Portal:Current events/2012 June 3

• Syrian uprising (2011–present):
  • Sporadic fighting continues in Tripoli, Lebanon, between supporters and opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. (The Daily Star)
• A U.S. drone attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region kills at least 10 suspected militants. (AP via Boston Herald)
• A suicide car bombing outside a church in the Nigerian city of Bauchi kills 15 people and injures 42 others. (AFP via Google News) (The Nation)

• The Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom reaches its peak with a pageant on the River Thames. (BBC)

• A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground. (CNN)

• United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visits a former U.S. base in Cam Ranh Bay, the first visit by an American official of cabinet rank to Vietnam since the Vietnam War. (AFP via Yahoo News)

• Police in China crack down on political activists marking the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. (The Daily Times)
• Police in Japan arrest Naoko Kikuchi, a member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult and one of the two fugitives still at large wanted over the deadly sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway in March 1995. (BBC)

• Demonstrations take place in Turkey against a proposed plan to limit the time for abortions. (Al Jazeera)
• Speaking on the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show, British Prime Minister David Cameron says that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt "acted wisely" in his handling of the BSkyB takeover bid. (BBC)

• In golf, Tiger Woods wins the Memorial Tournament played at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, tying with Jack Nicklaus for PGA Tour victories. (AP via Google News)

• Alexander Serebryakov wins cycling's Philadelphia International Championship. (VeloNation)