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June 26, 2015 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali Civil War
- Al Shabaab militants attack an African Union base in the Leego district of Somalia and kills more than 70 African Union soldiers and seizes control of their military base. (Reuters) (VOA News)
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack
- A man is decapitated and at least two others are injured during an attack in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier as a man carrying an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant flag attacks a factory near the French city of Lyon. (The Local)
2015 Kuwait mosque bombing
- At least 27 people are killed and 227 injured after a suicide bombing at the Shia Imam Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City, Kuwait. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera), (Reuters)
2015 Sousse attack
- Two hotels in Sousse, Tunisia came under attack from an unknown number of gunmen; at least 37 people have been killed and 36 injured. (Sky News), (BBC), (USA Today)
Syrian civil war
- June 2015 Kobani massacres
  - Islamic State kills 146 civilians in Kobanî, the second largest massacre since the start of conflict when the extremist group executed 700 members of the al-Sheitaat tribe in eastern Syria. (IBT), (VOA NEWS)
- An Islamic State suicide bomber kills at least 20 people in the city of Hasakeh. (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Business and economy

The Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras says that Greece will hold a referendum on a bailout deal with creditors on July 5. (BBC), (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

An early monsoon arrives in India resulting in floods in Gujarat state that have killed 60 people so far this week. (Hindustan Times)

International relations

The European Union has reached agreement to share at least 40,000 migrants over two years. (Reuters), (BBC)
Authorities in Thailand stop the launch of a report by Human Rights Watch on alleged persecution of Montagnard Christians in Vietnam. (AP via ABC News America)

Law and crime

A South Korean court rules that South Korea is not obliged to pay compensation to its nationals who were victims of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who have not been compensated by Japan. (Yonhap)^{[permanent dead link]}
Obergefell v. Hodges:
- In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court declares state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and effectively legalizes it across the United States. (CNN)
2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape
- Richard Matt, one of the two escapees, died from gunshot wounds south of the town of Malone, New York. (New York Times)

Politics and elections

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015
- Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolves the Parliament to pave the way for the upcoming parliamentary election. (BBC)

Sports

Transportation

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