Portal:Current events/2012 June 16

• Syrian uprising (2011-present):
  • The United Nations suspends its peacekeeping mission in Syria amid escalating violence. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
• At least 32 people are killed in a car bomb attack targeting Shia Muslims in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. (BBC) (CNN)
• A bomb explodes in the Pakistani town of Landi Kotal, killing at least thirteen people. (Reuters) (BBC)

• Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi personally accepts the Nobel Peace Prize, 21 years after she was awarded the prize in absentia. (BBC) (Christian Science Monitor)
• Actors Kenneth Branagh and Kate Winslet and singer Gary Barlow are among those recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours. (BBC)
• Coca-Cola returns to Myanmar after 60 years, leaving North Korea and Cuba as the only two countries in the world where the company does not do business. (Voice of America)

• The collapse of a stage intended for a Radiohead concert in the Canadian city of Toronto kills one person. (BBC)
• More than 30 people are killed and 15 injured after a bus falls into a gorge in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. (IBN Live)
• A Blue Islands ATR 42 aircraft suffers an undercarriage collapse on the runway at Jersey Airport. The aircraft is later evacuated with no injuries reported. (BBC)

• A priest is stabbed to death in a church in the city of Focșani, Romania. (Realitatea TV)
• One of the United States's most wanted fugitives, Air Force deserter David A. Hemler, has reportedly been living and working in Stockholm, Sweden, for the past 28 years. (Dagens Nyheter)

• Voters in Egypt go to the polls for the second round of a presidential election, with ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood competing for the presidency. (AFP via News Limited) (Al Jazeera)
• Saudi Arabia states that Crown Prince Nayef has died in Geneva. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

• China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
• The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. (Space.com)

• UEFA Euro 2012:
  • UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against the Croatian Football Federation after bananas are thrown and racist chants are heard at the Italy-Croatia game. (BBC)
• Daredevil Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk a tightrope above the brink of Niagara Falls between the United States and Canada. (AP via Sydney Morning Herald)