Major events in 2019 (6)

JUNE

June 2

- Clashes erupt between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli forces at East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during a settler tour at the flashpoint site.

- Nayib Bukele of Palestinian heritage, begins term as President of El Salvador.

- A newly-found Tunisian party elects Prime Minister Youssef Chahed as leader, months before parliamentary and presidential elections.

June 4

- The head of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council announce elections will be held within nine months to resolve the crisis since the ouster of former President Omar Al-Bashir

June 5

- A new mass grave is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where bone remains are estimated to belong to civilians killed during the 1992-1995 war.

June 7

- British Prime Minister Theresa May resigns from the leadership of the Conservative Party. May became the second prime minister to fall victim of the Brexit process, after David Cameron.

June 8

- Turkey and Canada sign a deal to strengthen relations in trade, industry, services and investment.

June 9

- President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev wins early presidential election in Kazakhstan with 70.13% of the vote.

- Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Hong Kong to protest the government’s controversial extradition bill.

June 10

- Turkey slams the Greek Cypriot administration’s reported decision to issue arrest warrants for crew members of the Turkish-flagged drillship Fatih.

- Northern Iraq’s Kurdish parliament names Masrour Barzani as the region’s new prime minister.

June 12

- At least 79 people are injured at a large-scale protest in Hong Kong during demonstrations against a regulation that facilitated the extradition of criminals to China.

June 13

- Two big oil tankers explode in the Arabian Sea. Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko announces that two oil tankers carrying cargo to Japan were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. administration blamed Iran for the attacks.

June 17

- Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, Mohamed Morsi, 67, dies during a court trial on espionage charges.

- A heatwave in the eastern Indian state of Bihar kills 184 people.

June 18

- The Pentagon announces it will send $250 million in military aid for equipment and training to Ukraine’s forces.

June 20

- The EU agrees to extend by another year sanctions on Russia in response to its illegal annexation of Crimea.

- Turkey sends a second drilling vessel, Yavuz, to east Mediterranean Sea that will begin hydrocarbon explorations off the coast of the Cyprus Island in July.

June 21

- U.S. President Donald Trump announces American troops were going to attack three locations in Iran during the night, but received information that 150 people could lose their lives, and aborted mission 10 minutes before the attack.

June 22

- The Federal Aviation Administration issues an emergency order prohibiting U.S. airline operators from flying above parts of Iran-controlled airspace.

- Istanbul basketball giants Anadolu Efes wins the 2018-19 season’s Turkish Super Lig title, ending a 10-year drought.

- An armed group in northern Ethiopia attempts to overthrow the local government. Chief of General Staff Se'are Mekonnen and Ambachew Mekonnen President of Amhara region are assassinated during the attack.

- Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze resigns following violent protests in the capital of Tbilisi.

June 23

- The coup attempt against Ethiopia’s northern Amhara regional state government fails.

- Turkey’s opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu wins a do-over election in Istanbul.

June 24

- U.S. President Donald Trump signs a presidential decree introducing new sanctions against Iran, including Iran's spiritual leader Ali Khamenei.

June 29

- Calling for free and fair trade, a joint statement from the G20 Osaka summit skips mentioning trade protectionism in the free market.

June 30

- U.S. President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the disarmed zone between North and South Korea.