As the King of Bahrain arrives in the UK to celebrate the Queen's Diamond jubilee, protesters in Bahrain continue to take to the streets in protest of the lack of political reforms and human rights abuses.
The head of the Syrian National Council Burhan Ghalioun announced he is resigning from his position amid growing divisions within the umbrella opposition group.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he believes the global Islamic terrorist network Al-Qaida was behind two recent car bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus.
Rights activists and Bahraini opposition members angered at invitation to the King of Bahrain to join other royals at a Jubilee lunch with the Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor stopped short of apologising for his role in Sierra Leone civil war, instead accusing prosecutors of paying and intimidating witnesses.
Violence continues in Syria, prompting a UN monitoring group to find shelter with a group of rebels while attacks on civilians and doctors are on-going.
![France's newly-elected President Francois Hollande is awarded "Grand Maitre" in the Order of the Legion of Honour](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/273972/france039s-newly-elected-president-francois-hollande-awarded-quotgrand-maitrequot-order.jpg?w=198&h=135&l=13&t=14&f=a5b46382c09adbac593492da94be8a12 "France's newly-elected President Francois Hollande is awarded "Grand Maitre" in the Order of the Legion of Honour")
