A suicide-car bomb killed six Jordanian soldiers and injured 14 other soldiers in Jordan, near the Syrian border, on June 21. The attack occurred near the Rukban refugee camp in Syria, home to more than 50,000 Syrian refugees. No refugees were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, which came from the Syrian side of the border.

On June 23, Jordan declared its borders between Syria and Iraq to be “closed military zones” and warned that it...

In the eastern China province of Jiangsu, a tornado touched down in the city of Yancheng on June 23, killing at least 99 people and injuring at least 846 others. The tornado also destroyed homes and infrastructure. It was considered the worst tornado in China in 50 years. 

Bad weather also affected nine provinces in southern China in mid-June, with severe flooding killing 22 people and causing more than 200,000 people to evacuate their homes.

Protests staged by a teachers’ union in the Mexican state of Oaxaca turned violent on June 19 when police fired on protesters in two separate incidents, killing six people in the town of Nochixtlan and two in Juchitan. More than 100 people were injured, including more than 50 police officers.

On June 27, tens of thousands of people gathered in Mexico City to demonstrate against the police response to Oaxacan protesters. The event concluded peacefully.