Quebec City Three men who escaped from a jail near Quebec City via helicopter on 7 June are recaptured by the RCMP in Montreal.
French government The French government votes to allow a US$17 billion deal buyout of much of Alstom's power production business by General Electric to move forward.
Pyu ancient cities The Pyu ancient cities are added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list, the first such site in Myanmar.
Syrian civil war A 15-year-old Israeli boy is killed and three Israelis wounded when their truck is hit by an unknown weapon in the Golan heights near the Quneitra border crossing; Israeli Defense Forces fire at Syrian government targets in response.
2014 Northern Iraq offensive Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant capture the al-Walid (al-Tanf) border crossing with Syria and the Turaibil (Karameh) border crossing with Jordan.