* NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on June 28 told reporters that he welcomed the announced US and Russia leaders meeting next month when he arrived to attend the EU summit in Brussels.
* India on June 28 reiterated that its priority was to ensure its "energy security" requirements, in an apparent indication that it will not shy away from importing oil from Iran despite US sanctions.
* Russia continues to pull its troops and aircraft from Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 28. Thirteen warplanes, 14 helicopters and 1,140 troops have pulled out of Syria over the past few days.
* China and Myanmar has agreed to maintain peace and security in their border area. The agreement was made by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U Kyaw Tint Swe, Myanmar's minister of the office of the State Counselor, during a meeting in Beijing on June 28.
* France and Italy reached a preliminary agreement on June 28 on a proposal on migration that would lead to processing centres in willing European Union states, although the deal lacked support from other EU states, officials said.
* Israel's goal is to realize 10 percent of its electrical grid generated by the solar energy by the year of 2020 and 17 percent by 2030, said the Electricity Authority of the country.
* Iran summoned the Pakistani ambassador to Tehran on June 28 over recent terrorist attack on Iranian border guards which claimed the lives of three and injured eight others, official IRNA news agency reported.
* Canada will hit back against US tariffs on its steel and aluminum by offering affected companies and workers up to C$800 million (US$603 million) in aid, a source familiar with the matter said on June 28.
* With John Kelly's tenure as White House chief of staff possibly winding down, President Donald Trump has been consulting with some of his advisers on who should succeed Kelly in that post, a source familiar with the situation said on June 28.
* Indonesian authority closed on June 29 Ngurah Rai International airport in the country's Bali resort island as volcanic ash spewed from Mount Agung is perceived dangerous for aviation, a spokesman of the national disaster management agency told Xinhua.
* Brazil's Central Bank reduced its economic growth projection on June 28, revising the country's 2.6 percent GDP growth expectation down to 1.6 percent.
* Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy said he hoped that US support for Ukraine would continue after the planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, local media reported on June 28.
* Russia on June 28 slammed the decision of the member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to expand its powers to assign responsibility for the use of chemical weapons.
* Scores of people were feared dead Thursday (June 28) evening when a fuel-laden tanker exploded amid traffic in Nigeria's commercial city of Lagos, with the blaze engulfing many vehicles, according to local media.
* The UN's children agency reported on June 28 that it spent over US$500 million to deliver emergency supplies to children in 2017, setting a record.
* An Israeli drone on June 28 fired a warning missile at a group of Palestinians launching flaming balloons from eastern Gaza city into Israel, local media reported. No casualties were reported in the attack, eyewitnesses said.
* Commander of Libya's eastern-based army, General Khalifa Haftar, on June 28 announced taking over the whole eastern city of Darna after defeating the extremists there.
* Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed on June 28 began negotiations with Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) on wage increase in the public sector.
