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===June=== * [[June 2]] – The [[FIFA]] [[List of presidents of FIFA|President]] [[Sepp Blatter]] announces his intention to resign amidst an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]-led [[2015 FIFA corruption case|corruption investigation]], and calls for an extraordinary congress to elect a new president as soon as possible.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32982449 |work=BBC Sport |title=Sepp Blatter to resign as FIFA president amid corruption scandal |date=2015-02-06 |access-date=February 13, 2018 |archive-date=November 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101074808/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32982449 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[June 6]] – The governments of [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] officially ratify their 1974 agreement to exchange [[India–Bangladesh enclaves|enclaves]] along their border.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-Bangladesh-ratify-historic-land-deal-Narendra-Modi-announces-new-2-billion-line-of-credit-to-Dhaka/articleshow/47567164.cms |title=India, Bangladesh ratify historic land deal; Narendra Modi announces new $2 billion line of credit to Dhaka |newspaper=Times of India |access-date=2016-06-29 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108095810/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-Bangladesh-ratify-historic-land-deal-Narendra-Modi-announces-new-2-billion-line-of-credit-to-Dhaka/articleshow/47567164.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[June 12]]–[[June 28|28]] – The inaugural [[2015 European Games|European Games]] are held in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]]. * [[June 18]] – [[Pope Francis]] releases the encyclical letter ''[[Laudato si']]'', dated May 24, 2015. * [[June 25]]–[[June 26|26]] – [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] claim responsibility for three attacks around the world during [[Ramadan]]: **[[Kobanî massacre]]: ISIL fighters detonate three [[car bomb]]s, enter [[Kobanî, Syria]], and open fire at civilians, killing more than 220 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2015/06/28/22128 |title=79 IS killed in Ein al-Arab"Kobane", and an Egyptian captive reveals the mission details |date=June 28, 2015 |website=Syrian observatory for Human Rights |access-date=June 29, 2016}}</ref> ** [[2015 Sousse attacks|Sousse attacks]]: 22-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui opens fire at a tourist resort at [[Port El Kantaoui]], [[Tunisia]], killing 38 people.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33306884 |title=Tunisia beach attack: British death toll 'will top 30' |work=BBC News |date=June 28, 2015 |access-date=2016-06-29 |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613222138/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33306884 |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[2015 Kuwait mosque bombing|Kuwait mosque bombing]]: A suicide bomber attacks the Shia Mosque Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq at [[Kuwait City, Kuwait]], killing 27 people and injuring 227 others.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/06/26/is-claims-blast-at-shiite-mosque-in-kuwaits-capital/29322539/ |title=At least 27 dead in ISIL-claimed Kuwait attack |last=Diebel |first=Mathew |date=June 26, 2015 |website=USA Today |access-date=June 29, 2016 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428223404/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/06/26/is-claims-blast-at-shiite-mosque-in-kuwaits-capital/29322539/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <!--The current consensus is to exclude the US same-sex marriage ruling. Please discuss on talk if you disagree.--> * [[June 30]] – [[Cuba]] becomes the first country in the world to eradicate [[Vertically transmitted infection|mother-to-child transmission]] of [[HIV]] and [[syphilis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/mtct-hiv-cuba/en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702063246/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/mtct-hiv-cuba/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |title=WHO validates elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in Cuba|publisher=[[WHO]] |date=June 30, 2015 |access-date=August 30, 2015}}</ref>
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