Sinn Féin Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness will shake hands with Elizabeth II at a historic first meeting between a British Monarch and member of Sinn Féin during the Queen's forthcoming trip to Northern Ireland.
Daphne Leef Daphne Leef and several other Israeli activists tried to restart the housing protests by re-erecting a tent encampment in the Rothschild Boulevard in Tel-Aviv. The municipality had not given a permit and as a result Leef, along with eleven other activists, were arrested when they resisted the 20 policemen and municipal inspectors who arrived to dismantle the tents. The protesters' tents were confiscated by the police forces as well.
Pakistan People's Party The ruling Pakistan People's Party nominates Raja Pervez Ashraf to replace Yousuf Raza Gilani after a judge orders the arrest of its first choice candidate Makhdoom Shahabuddin for alleged illegal importation of drugs.
Egyptian presidential election Possibly unreliable reports claim that Ahmed Shafiq will be named the president of Egypt on June 24.
Thousands of Egyptians crowd Cairo's Tahrir Square ahead of the announcement of the results of the presidential election.
Senate The Senate votes to impeach the President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo with former Vice President Federico Franco sworn in as the new president.
Bolivia Protests over pay by police officers in Bolivia spread; a police building is ransacked while president Evo Morales offers concessions.
Jerry Sandusky Jerry Sandusky, former American football coach at Pennsylvania State University, is convicted on 45 charges of child sex abuse. He is on suicide watch.
Azeri Khilal Mamedov, a prominent Azeri human rights activist and journalist, is arrested on suspicion of drug possession, a move a fellow rights watchdog says is politically motivated.
Uganda Ugandan ethics minister Simon Lokodo signs a government statement saying that it does not discriminate against homosexuals and that they are free to meet.
South China Sea dispute China asks the Philippines to refrain from "influencing public opinion" in their dispute over the Scarborough Shoal.
WikiLeaks WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange gives an interview on Australian radio as his attempt to gain political asylum in Ecuador continues.
Islamist Thousands of students in rebel Islamist-controlled northern Mali leave schools after the imposition of Sharia law.
Carol Ann Duffy Carol Ann Duffy, Jeanette Winterson, Simon Armitage, Melvin Burgess and the creator of "Coronation Street" are among signatories calling for the destruction of books to stop in Manchester.
Baghdad At least 14 people are killed and 106 others wounded in two successive bombings at a popular market on the northern outskirts of Baghdad.
Anti-austerity protests Anti-austerity protests spread through the Sudanese city of Khartoum, with security forces breaking them up.
NATO NATO-backed Afghan security forces end a 12-hour siege carried out by Taliban insurgents on the Spozhmai Hotel outside Kabul, killing all five insurgents.
Syrian uprising (2011–present) Saudi Arabia announces it plans to pay salaries of the Free Syria Army, in an attempt to encourage more defections from Assad's forces.
Twenty-six people believed to belong to the pro-government armed group Shabiha are killed in northern Aleppo Governorate.
The Syrian military shoots down a Turkish F-4 Phantom fighter jet after it had entered Syrian airpsace over the Mediterranean Sea.