Charleston church shooting Amazon.com announces that it is removing Confederate Flag merchandise from sale following the shootings.
Hungary Hungary unilaterally suspends European Union asylum seeker rules that require it to take back people who first enter Hungary, then travel to other nations.
Greek The deputy speaker of the Greek parliament, Alexis Mitropoulos, warns that the body may reject concessions the government had made to the country's creditors.
Australian Australian author Sofie Laguna wins the Miles Franklin Award for her novel "The Eye of the Sheep".
South Korea South Korean author Shin Kyung-sook admits to plagiarising a short story from Japanese author Yukio Mishima.
Syrian civil war The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the military base Brigade 93 and enter the town of Ayn Issa, the first defense line of ISIL north of its de facto capital al-Raqqah.ISIL claims it has started the destruction of the ancient complex of Palmyra.