Governor New Jersey governor Chris Christie formally announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election.
Supreme Court of the Philippines The Supreme Court of the Philippines asks the government to respond to a petition seeking to repeal a law banning same-sex marriage in the country.
California Governor Governor of California Jerry Brown signs a bill into law requiring all children to get vaccinations before being allowed to go to school or day care.
Himself on fire A man self-immolates aboard a "Nozomi" Shinkansen train running from Tokyo to Osaka; the man and another passenger die. Eleven others were reported injured.
2015 Indonesian military plane crash A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people onboard crashes in a residential area in the Indonesian city of Medan, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
Reinsurance British reinsurance broker the Willis Group announces a merger with American company Towers Watson to create an $18 billion company.
Greek government-debt crisis The Greek bailout program by the European Union ends today with Greece failing to make a payment to the International Monetary Fund.
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Seven out of 57 countries defer joining the China-dominated bank. While most of them cite temporary procedural constraints at home, political reasons are involved with the case of the Philippines amid a territorial dispute with China in South China Sea.
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Some 1,200 people escape from a Yemeni prison including al Qaeda members.