United States Panels of the United States Fourth and D.C. ("Halbig v. Burwell") Circuit Courts make contradictory rulings as to whether people who enroll in federal exchanges under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) can receive subsidies.
South Korean South Korean police advise that they have positively identified a body found on June 12 as Yoo Byung-eun wanted for his alleged role in the sinking of the MV "Sewol".
European Union The European Union agrees to impose new sanctions on Russia, expanding a list of Russian entities and individuals subject to asset freezes and travel bans and threatens to target vast sectors of the Russian economy if Moscow does not act swiftly to rein in rebels believed to have shot down a Malaysia Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine.
City of Yumen Thirty thousand people in the city of Yumen in China's Gansu province have been prevented from leaving and 151 people placed in quarantine after a man dies of bubonic plague last week.
Moscow Metro Ivan Besedin is fired as the head of the Moscow Metro as a result of the derailment that cost 22 lives.
Taiwan Typhoon Matmo (Henry) is expected to make landfall over Taiwan en route to eastern China later in the week.
Kharkiv Forensic experts in Kharkiv, Ukraine begin identifying the victims of the crash, with only 200 bodies delivered out of the 282 pro-Russian separatists claim to have sent.
Taliban A Taliban suicide bomber blows himself up outside Kabul International Airport killing three foreign advisers and an Afghan interpreter.
Red Cross The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), guardian of the Geneva Convention, makes a confidential legal assessment that Ukraine is officially in a war, Western diplomats and officials say, opening the door to possible war crimes prosecutions, including over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
United Nations For the second time, an inspection by United Nations officials reveals rockets being stored in a UNWRA run school in Gaza. Rockets discovered in a school a week ago were returned to Hamas by UNWRA workers.