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The US Supreme Court has partially lifted an injunction against President Donald Trump's travel ban on six mostly Muslim nations. The ruling allows immigrants and refugees from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen to enter the US if they “have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship” to the country through family, schools or employment. However, those who don't have existing ties to the US will be affected by the ban. The justices said they would consider in October whether the ban should be upheld or struck down. The proposed travel ban has irked civil rights groups, which say it was motivated by discrimination against Muslims. Trump says the ban is necessary to protect the country. – Washington Post.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that the demands made by Arab states to resolve a diplomatic spat with Qatar will be “difficult to meet”. But Tillerson said the proposals provided a basis for a dialogue that could solve the crisis, which stems from allegations that the Gulf country supports Islamic terrorists. Qatar's foreign minister has rejected the list of 13 conditions imposed by Saudi Arabia and its allies, which include Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The countries want Doha to shut down broadcaster Al-Jazeera, cut diplomatic relations with Iran and sever ties with Hezbollah, al-Qaida, ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood. – BBC

"Wonder Woman" has become the highest grossing live-action film directed by a woman. The film has so-far earned $635 million worldwide, beating out the $609.8 million of 2008’s Meryl Streep-starring Mamma Mia!, directed by Phyllida Lloyd. "Wonder Woman", directed by Patty Jenkins, and starring Gal Gadot as the eponymous Amazon warrior, is on course to outperform the $665.7m made by Kung Fu Panda 2, also directed by a woman, and some analysts say it could overtake 2013's Frozen, which was made by male and female directors and earned $1.2 billion – VANITYFAIR

Nine people died and more than 30 went missing after a tourist boat carrying some 150 passengers sank in northern Colombia. The boat sank on Sunday near the popular tourist town of Guatape, in the Antioquia region. At least 100 people have been rescued and around 20 of them were injured, local authorities said. Videos posted on social media showed panicked passengers running to the top deck of the multi-story ferry as it sank. The man-made Penol-Guatape Reservoir, where the accident happened, is popular among Colombian and foreign visitors, especially water-sport aficionados. – CNN

The influential Koch brothers oppose President Donald Trump’s healthcare reform and will lobby against it. The bill that will be voted in the Senate this week should do more toward totally dismantling Obamacare, aides to Charles Koch, the billionaire energy magnate and leading Republican donor, said. “We have been disappointed that movement has not been more dramatic toward a full repeal,” said Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, an advocacy group financed by Charles Koch and his brother, David. Opposition from the Koch network could complicate the bill’s approval, since five Senate Republicans have already said they oppose the bill and Republicans can only afford two defections in the vote. – Bloomberg

Yemen faces "the world's worst cholera outbreak", according to the UN. More than 1,300 people have died — one quarter of them children — and the death toll is expected to rise, said Anthony Lake, executive director of UNICEF, and Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization. Some 200,000 cases have been reported, a number that is growing by about 5,000 cases a day. The UN has called the epidemic a "man-made catastrophe" caused by the warring sides in the country's civil war. – NPR

Turkish police fired rubber bullets to disperse a Gay Pride parade in Istanbul. Authorities had banned the march for a third year running, this time citing threats from radical groups. The organizers of the LGBT march had vowed to gather in central Taksim Square and defy the ban, but checkpoints prevented many of them from entering the area. Before the bans started in 2015, pride marches had taken place for more than a decade. Up to 100,000 people attended Istanbul Pride in 2014. Homosexuality is legal in Turkey – unlike in many other Muslim nations – but homophobia is commonplace. – BBC

An original map of the first Disneyland park has sold for $708,000 at auction in Los Angeles. The hand-colored drawing was given by Walt Disney to an employee and has been out of public view for more than 60 years. Disney used the map to secure funding for Disneyland after his own studio refused to fund the project. Disneyland's first resort, which is located in a 100-acre car park site in Anaheim, California, has greeted 650 million visitors since opening in 1955. It was the second most-visited theme park in the world in 2015. – FORBES

Coal is making a comeback among the three major biggest users of the fuel: China, the United States and India. Production is up in the three countries by at least 121 million tons in the first five months of the year, or 6 percent, versus the same period last year. In the US, coal production increased 19 percent in in the period, according to the Department of Energy. Coal production fell 6.5 percent in 2016, the largest drop on record. The turnaround is due to policy shifts in China, changes in U.S. energy markets and India's push to generate electricity for its growing population. Burning coal for power, manufacturing and heat is a primary source of carbon emissions responsible for climate change. – AP

Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has been moved from prison to hospital to receive treatment for terminal liver cancer. “If it was an early stage of cancer, then that would be easier to treat. But at this late stage, the treatment seems much more difficult,” said Shang Baojun, one of Liu’s lawyers. Liu, 61, was jailed in 2009 on subversion charges for calling for greater democracy. He was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for being "the foremost symbol" of the human rights struggle in China. His wife Liu Xia has been under house arrest since her husband won the award. – NYT

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal case filed by a Colorado baker who says making cakes for same-sex weddings conflicts with his religious freedom. The justices will review a finding that Jack Phillips and his bakery violated Colorado’s civil rights laws, which ban sexual-orientation discrimination by businesses. The dispute began in 2012, when Phillips refused to bake a cake for a gay couple that was planning to hold a wedding reception in Colorado. The couple filed a civil rights complaint and state officials joined the case against Phillips. In 2015, a Colorado appeals court ruled against Phillips. It will be one of the first major cases taken up by Neil Gorsuch, the newest Supreme Court justice and a longtime Colorado resident. – NYT

Japan’s airbag manufacturer Takata has filed for bankruptcy. The company’s faulty airbags have caused a recall of tens of millions of vehicles and have been linked to at least 16 deaths and 180 injuries around the world because they can rupture and send metal fragments flying. About 100 million airbags are being recalled worldwide. In February, Takata admitted to manipulating and withholding key information about the faulty inflators as part of a $1 billion settlement in the US. Takata, which has some $9 billion in debt, is selling the lion's share of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Chinese-owned company based in Michigan, for $1.6 billion. The U.S. company said it would keep "substantially all" of Takata's 60,000 employees in 23 countries. – REUTERS