South Sudan President South Sudan President Salva Kiir fires six ministers allied to his long-time rival Riek Machar, replacing them with people linked to a breakaway faction of Machar's SPLM-IO party.
United States elections, 2016 Incumbent Republican congressman Tim Huelskamp, an active Tea Party favorite with a confrontational, anti-establishment approach running for a fourth term, is defeated (56.5 - 43.5 percent) in the Kansas primary by obstetrician Roger Marshall.
Contested water The Chinese Supreme Court warns people caught fishing in Chinese waters could be jailed for up to a year.
Democratic National Committee Three top staffers leave the Democratic National Committee 100 days before elections in early November as a result of the email leak.
California Highway 99 At least five people are killed and dozens injured when a charter bus swerved into a support pole on California Highway 99 near the town of Livingston in Merced County. The bus was headed to Pasco, Washington.
2016 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Nida makes landfall near Hong Kong with Category 1 hurricane strength.
Catholic bishops of Panama Catholic bishops of Panama welcome the news that the next World Youth Day celebration is to be held in 2019 in Panama City. This location is the first diocese established in the Americas, in 1513.
Libyan Civil War A car bombing in the Al-Quwarsha area on the outskirts of Benghazi claims at least 23 lives. The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries says it is responsible.
Syrian civil war A Syria Civil Defence volunteer search and rescue team says 33 people, mostly women and children, were affected by toxic gas dropped from a helicopter on Saraqeb in rebel-held Idlib Governorate.