Trump administration U.S. President Donald Trump designates Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), replacing Richard Cordray, who promoted chief of staff Leandra English to CFPB deputy director prior to his resignation.
Days ahead of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in India, scheduled to be attended by Ivanka Trump per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's June invitation, reports indicate the United States Department of State, led by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, will not be sending a high-level delegation to support her amid reports of tensions between Tillerson and the White House.
2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in as the new President of Zimbabwe pending elections next year.
Sting Sting, Peter Gabriel, Edward Snowden and Ai Weiwei call for president of Amnesty International Turkey Taner Kılıç to be released from prison.
Trial of Oscar Pistorius Former South African sprint runner Oscar Pistorius has his jail sentence increased to 13 years and five months for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The Supreme Court of Appeal ruled his sentence be increased to 15 years, less time already served.
Palestine–United States relations The U.S. State Department, in a reversal, says the Palestine Liberation Organization mission can remain open in Washington, D.C.
Turkey–United States relations The White House confirms Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu's announcement that President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that America is preparing to stop supplying weapons to ethnic Kurdish fighters in Syria.
2017 Sinai mosque attack At least 305 people are killed, and over 128 wounded, in a bomb and gun attack at a mosque near Arish, Egypt.