Food and Drug Administration The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves weight loss drug lorcaserin, the first such drug approved since 1999.
British government The UK Government unveils its plans to reform the House of Lords to make it a mostly elected chamber.
Elizabeth II Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and former IRA commander and Sinn Féin deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness shake hands at a historic meeting in Belfast.
Uruguay Uruguay aims to become the world's first country to oversee and administer the nation's cannabis market.
Pennsylvania Former Pennsylvania State Representative Stephen Stetler is convicted of all six counts in his corruption case.
Colorado Springs Thirty-two thousand people in the US city of Colorado Springs flee from the Waldo Canyon Fire that has destroyed hundreds of homes.
Landslide At least 50 people are killed in rain-triggered landslides in the Bangladesh districts of Cox's Bazaar and Chittagong.
Barclays Bank plc Barclays Bank plc is fined £290m after trying to manipulate interbank interest rates. Chief Executive Bob Diamond also forgoes his bonus.
Glastonbury Festival The Glastonbury Festival and promoters Festival Republic "go their separate ways" after working together since 2001.
MNLA The MNLA and al Qaeda-linked Islamists clash in a gunbattle in Gao, Mali, that kills at least 20, witnesses say.
Taliban Roadside bombs and an ambush by the Taliban in their stronghold of Musa Qala, Afghanistan, kill 10 police officers.
Syrian uprising The Free Syrian Army’s commander, Riad al-Asaad, says that the Hezbollah is actively participating in the Syrian civil war on the side of the regime.
In the past seven days, 916 Syrians have been killed, making it the deadliest week since the uprising began, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
President Bashar al-Assad declares that a state of war exists in Syria as fighting spills into Damascus.