(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: July 6, 2010) Barack Obama, in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, described the bond between Israel and the U.S. as "unbreakable." In Lebanon, hundreds of thousands mourned the country's top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. A controversial bill to ban the full-face veil in public is now under consideration in the French parliament. Thai authorities have extended the state of emergency in the capital Bangkok. The state of emergency was originally declared in April after violent clashes between Red Shirt protestors and government forces.

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: July 6, 2010) Barack Obama, in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, described the bond between Israel and the U.S. as "unbreakable." In Lebanon, hundreds of thousands mourned the country's top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. A controversial bill to ban the full-face veil in public is now under consideration in the French parliament. Thai authorities have extended the state of emergency in the capital Bangkok. The state of emergency was originally declared in April after violent clashes between Red Shirt protestors and government forces.