More than 200 people were arrested, including opposition politician Alexei Navalny, at a protest in Moscow calling for punishment for police officers involved in arrest of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov. READ MORE HERE
Interior minister Matteo Salvini announced the closure of a reception centre for asylum seekers in Sicily. READ MORE HERE
A two-year-old Indian boy has died after remaining four days trapped inside a deep borehole. READ MORE HERE
The Libyan Coast Guard managed to rescue 60 persons in the Mediterranean about 92 miles north-west of Al-Khoms. READ MORE HERE
Paedophile ex-football coach Bob Higgins has been jailed for 24 years after being found guilty of sexually abusing young players over a 25-year period. READ MORE HERE
Boris Johnson’s promise to take Britain out of the EU with or without a deal on the scheduled Brexit date of October 31 has been undermined by a confidential cabinet note warning that the country is still far from prepared for the disruption of a disorderly exit. READ MORE HERE
Boubou Cisse , the prime minister of Mali said that from the bodies recovered of a massacre of scores of people by a Malian ethnic fighter group, these included at least 24 children. READ MORE HERE
Special Envoy for Media Freedom Amal Clooney this week addressed Foreign Office ambassadors during the FCO’s annual Leadership Week to talk about her work defending JOURNALISTS. READ MORE HERE
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels carried out an attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport on Wednesday using what has been described as a cruise missile. READ MORE HERE
Italian police on Wednesday smashed a huge contraband alcohol ring based in the UK and operating in 17 European countries. READ MORE HERE
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the EU to look into ways to ensure countries have a “comparable” minimum wage. READ MORE HERE
The United States government has formally submitted an extradition request to the UK for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. READ MORE HERE
Uganda’s health ministry says a patient has tested positive for Ebola in what is the first cross-border case of the deadly virus since an outbreak started in neighbouring DR Congo last year. READ MORE HERE
Women in the UK will be given help to start and grow companies as part of a new initiative from Microsoft. READ MORE HERE
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization said that with the possible adoption of a landmark declaration looking to the future, at a time of transformative change, it was time “to tell the world that we have the confidence, the common purpose, the will and the means”, to continue making social justice a top priority. READ MORE HERE
On 11 June 2019 common European rules on drones, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 & Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947, were published. READ MORE HERE
Police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Hong Kong where anger at a new extradition bill. READ MORE HERE
A Swiss childcare group has decided to turn down applicants not vaccinated against measles and whooping cough.READ MORE HERE
French President Emmanuel Macron told Swiss TV station RTS that he would back German Chancellor Angela Merkel for European Commission president. READ MORE HERE
Reuters reports that Ryanair’s British pilots have signalled strong support for industrial action over pay and conditions in an indicative ballot. READ MORE HERE
Italian news agency ANSA reports that the two Egyptian boys who helped avert a massacre on a hijacked bus near Milan in March will receive Italian citizenship. READ MORE HERE
A decree adopted by the Italian government would force non-governmental organizations to pay between €10,000 and €50,000 for transporting rescued migrants to Italian ports. READ MORE HERE
