Russia A Russian space capsule reaches the International Space Station allowing resupply of provisions after the crash of the SpaceX space capsule last week.
Turks Several hundred Turkish people protest China's treatment of Uyghurs and burn Chinese flags at the Chinese consulate in Istanbul.
Referendum The Greek opposition leader Antonis Samaras resigns as leader of his party, New Democracy; the new temporary leader is Evangelos Meimarakis.
The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and the President of France François Hollande call for an international summit of Eurozone leaders to discuss the next moves.
Greek voters solidly reject (61.3 percent) the latest austerity proposal of the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.
Wildfire More than 60 wildfires start in the Canadian province of British Columbia over the weekend leading to several communities declaring a state of emergency.
2015 Pacific typhoon season Over 1,000 people in the Philippines are stranded temporarily by Severe Tropical Storm Linfa (Egay) as landslides occur in Palawan province.
Pope Francis Pope Francis begans his tri-nation visit to Latin America arriving in Ecuador. Next he travels to Bolivia from July 8–10 and Paraguay from July 10–12, and returning to Rome on July 13.
UNESCO UNESCO adds more sites to the World Heritage List including the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in the US city of San Antonio, Texas and Scotland's Forth Bridge.
Boko Haram A suicide bomber attacks a church in the Potiskum area of Nigeria's Yobe State, killing five and raising the toll of Boko Haram attacks for the past week to 200.
War in North-West Pakistan A roadside bomb in North Waziristan kills at least three Pakistan Army soldiers and injures six others.
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Iraqi government air strikes kill at least 73 people in the ISIL held cities of Ramadi and Fallujah.
American-led intervention in Syria A United States bombing campaign against ISIL has killed at least 30 people in the Syrian city of Al-Raqqah.