Main News of June 30

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* One person was killed and more than 50 wounded in clashes across Egypt between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday, the Al-Masry Al-Youm news portal reported

* North Korea is deploying improved artilleries with a longer range at its frontline military units, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, referring to a government source

* Foreign ministers from Gulf Arab states condemned at their meeting on Sunday the interference of the Lebanese Shia militia group Hezbollah in the Syrian conflict and accused it of undermining the efforts to settle the conflict peacefully

* Jaroslaw Kaczynski was re-elected as the leader of Poland's largest opposition party, Polish Radio reported

RUSSIA

* Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will discuss regional issues, including the Syria crisis, with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said

* President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill banning the promotion of “non-traditional sexual relations” toward minors, Russia’s official website of legal information said

* Two police officers were killed and 17 injured in a special operation against suspected militants in Chechnya’s Shatoi District, a district police source said

* Russia salvaged some pride in front of their home crowd by lifting the third-tier bowl at the Rugby World Cup Sevens on Sunday, beating Japan 29-5 in the final

SPORTS

* New Zealand ended their 12-year wait for a second Rugby Sevens World Cup title on Sunday with a record 33-0 rout of England in a mudbath final in Moscow

* Nico Rosberg on Sunday won a British Grand Prix marred by a series of technical failures from his rivals including F1 championship leader Sebastian Vettel