Silvana Koch-Mehrin Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Vice President of the European Parliament, resigns amid claims that she plagiarised her doctoral thesis.
Speaker of the House Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich formally announces that he will be seeking the Republican Party Presidential nomination.
Police commissioner British government plans for the introduction of directly elected police commissioners in England and Wales are defeated with the help of Liberal Democrat peers in the House of Lords.
UK Deputy Prime Minister British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says his party will be more "muscular" and mark out their identity more clearly, following their poor results in recent council elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.
Greek police Greek police fire teargas at leftist demonstrators, as thousands of striking Greeks protest against austerity measures.
Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament meets for the first time since the victory of the Scottish National Party in the recent general election.
Premier Former Premier of the Australian state of Tasmania David Bartlett resigns as a government minister and will resign from the House of Assembly.
Micronesian president President Manny Mori and Vice President Alik Alik are re-elected to a second term in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Edinburgh John Clark Wilson is arrested in Edinburgh, Scotland, during a high-profile Hearts v Celtic tie in the SPL; the 26-year-old Hearts fan invaded the pitch and attempted to attack Celtic manager Neil Lennon. He is charged with breach of the peace and assault.
John Hinckley, Jr. A judge grants John Hinckley, Jr., the man who tried to assassinate then-President of the United States Ronald Reagan in 1981, additional visits to his family from the Washington, DC psychiatric hospital where he is confined.
Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India dismisses a government petition for seven people convicted for their role in the Bhopal disaster in 1984 to receive tougher sentences.
United States The trial of United States citizens Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer in Tehran, Iran, on espionage charges is again delayed.
Rape An international study reports that, on average, 48 women and girls are raped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo every hour.
Julian Assange Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, receives an award for "exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights" from the Sydney Peace Foundation.
TEPCO Tokyo Electric Power Company will accept involvement from the Government of Japan and will not cap compensation payments resulting from the Fukushima I nuclear accidents.
The fatal disaster of Wednesday 2011 Lorca earthquake: At least ten people are killed and dozens injured in the Spanish city of Lorca following a 5.3 magnitude earthquake.
Bank of England The Bank of England says it expects inflation to reach 5% this year, due to higher fuel bills that could rise by up to 15%, and revises down its growth projection for the UK economy.
Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway Trial runs begin for the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway in the People's Republic of China, ahead of the railway's official opening on 20 June 2011.
Venezuela Venezuela starts rationing electricity in the wake of nationwide blackouts earlier in the week.
Zambia Four Zambian peacekeepers are shot and injured after their convoy comes under attack by suspected armed tribal groups in the disputed border area between Sudan and Southern Sudan.
Grenade Two grenades are thrown into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Karachi, Pakistan; no injures are reported.
Opposition forces in Misrata claim to have seized the city's airport from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
2011 Syrian uprising 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian Army tanks shell the suburb of Bab Amro in the city of Homs, killing at least five people.