June 4, 2011 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arab Spring:
- NATO begins using attack helicopters for the first time in air operations over Libya. (NATO)
- The Syrian human rights group Sawasiah claims that at least 63 protestors were killed on Friday. (Reuters via Haaretz)
- Yemeni uprising:
- Several senior Yemeni officials injured in yesterday's attacks are taken to Saudi Arabia for treatment. (Reuters)
- President Ali Abdullah Saleh is also flown to Saudi Arabia for treatment after being wounded. (BBC)
- Russia evacuates its diplomats from the capital Sana'a. (UPI)
- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges dialogue in Bahrain after protests. (UPI)
- At least seven people are killed in an exchange of fire between pro-government forces and mutineering soldiers in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. (BBC)
- North Sudan dismisses calls by the United Nations Security Council to leave the disputed Abyei region on the border with South Sudan. (Reuters)
- Tens of thousands of people gather in Hong Kong to remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. (CNN) (Washington Post) (Japan Today) (Times of India)
- Two terrorist suspects wanted in connection with the shooting of two Indonesian police officers are killed in a raid in Poso, Central Sulawesi. (Jakarta Post)
- Senior Islamic militant Ilyas Kashmiri, the leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, is killed in a US drone attack in South Waziristan in Pakistan. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Bangladesh receives a loan from the World Bank to strengthen regional co-operation on wildlife protection. (Straits Times)
Disasters
- Thousands of people are evacuated in Chile ahead of a possible eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano. (CNN Chile - Spanish)
International relations
- The Philippines accuses China of intimidating rival claimants to areas of the South China Sea, and violating its territorial waters. (AFP via Google News)
- Japan and the People's Republic of China agree to resume defense relationships suspended since a disagreement over the Senkaku Islands. (NHK World)
Law and crime
- The Cairo Criminal Court sentences former finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali to 30 years imprisonment in absentia for abuse of power. (Xinhua)
Politics
- Indian guru Swami Ramdev starts a hunger strike against corruption in the Government with thousands joining in but the camp is broken up. (Al Jazeera), (Hindustan Times)
- Former United States Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger dies. (AP via MSNBC)
Sports
- In horse racing, Pour Moi wins the Epsom Derby. It is the first French horse to win the Derby since 1976. (BBC)
- Li Na of the People's Republic of China becomes the first Asian tennis player to win a major title winning the 2011 French Open. (Bloomberg)