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(June. 28) The European Central Bank has stated that it would maintain the current limit of emergency funding to Greece, deflating Greece’s hopes in expanding the aid available.

(June.27) A group of gunmen opened fire in a hotel near Sousse, Tunisia, leaving 38 tourists dead and over 36 people injured.

(June. 24) Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has restated his stance on Iran’s nuclear program as the deadline for the comprehensive agreement approaches, insisting that Iran would only curb its nuclear program if the economic sanctions were lifted first.

(June.24) Greek PM Tsipras says the international creditors has not yet accepted Greece’s latest reform proposal.

(June.15) Russia and China have gained access to the encrypted cache of documents taken by Edward Snowden, according to an article the British news  press The Sunday Times.

(June 15) The official presidential candidate of the Republican Party Jeb Bush says that he is “ready to lead”; meanwhile, the front-runner of the Democratic Party Hillary Clinton outlined her key policies to support “every Americans” in her major campaign rally.

(Jun.17) Nine people were shot dead at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, by Dylann Roof, a white 21-year-old gunman.

* (Jun. 11) The negotiation between Greece and International Monetary Fund ended with little progress, as major differences remained, the IMF negotiators left talks in Brussels for Washington, and both sides were "well away from an agreement".

* (June. 10) Responding to a request from Iraqi PM Haider Al-Abadi, the US is to send up to 450 military advisers to train local Iraqis to integrate into the Iraq army.

* (June. 9) As the once-urgent Ebola crisis slowed, the UN emergency Ebola response headquarters in Ghana's capital, Accra, is to be closed soon.

* (Jun. 9) A US federal court ruled to uphold an anti-abortion law in Texas, ordering clinics to maintain hospital level equipment and operating procedures and thus closing most unqualified abortion clinics.

* (June. 6) Rescuing operations led by European warships and coast guard vessels have saved more than 2,000 migrants off the coast of Libya.

* (May. 30) The European Union responded angrily towards Russia's entry ban against 89 European politicians (which includes general secretary of the Eu council and former British deputy PM), stating that such measure is "totally arbitrary and unjustified".

* (May. 30) Chinese officials have described US remarks on the South China Sea issue as "groundless and not constructive", as the US once again called for an "immediate and lasting halt" to China's actions in the disputed areas.

* (May. 28) Despite the ongoing fighting, the Islamic coalition that includes the Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front has taken control of the city of Ariha, one of the last government strongholds  in western Idlib province.

* (May. 27) During his talks with French President Francois Hollande, PM David Cameron expressed his wishes to renegotiate the UK's relationship with Brussels ahead of the referendum by 2017.