Ling Jihua Ling Jihua is expelled from the Communist Party of China after an investigation and arrested to faced criminal charges.
Philae The Philae lander on comet 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko has lost contact with the European Space Agency (ESA) ground control.
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves the Nuclear Pact between Iran and a group of six world powers in return for sanctions relief.
Venezuela Venezuela orders producers to divert supplies to state stores amid a chronic shortage of goods.
Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin agrees to buy United Technologies Corp's Sikorsky Aircraft for $9 billion.
Greek government-debt crisis timeline Greek banks reopen for the first time in three weeks with strict capital controls.
Spillover of the Syrian civil war A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting The Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100. Preliminary evidence suggests an ISIS suicide attack.
War In a friendly fire incident, a NATO air strike hits an Afghan National Army outpost in Logar Province, about 30 miles east of Kabul, with at least seven soldiers killed and five wounded.