* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that he and U.S. President Donald Trump were in "full agreement" to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
* The United States will provide Poland with a new 4-billion-U.S.-dollar loan to purchase U.S. military equipment, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Thomas DiNanno said on Friday.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday issued a presidential decree fixing the authorized personnel strength of the Russian Armed Forces at 2,399,130.
* Russian forces carried out seven retaliatory strikes over the past week targeting infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
* The European Union (EU) on Friday agreed to open the first cluster of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on Monday, marking a significant step forward in the bloc's latest enlargement process.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the U.S. military has killed the leader of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan-origin group dubbed as "a terrorist organization" by the United States.
* Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze's visit to Kyrgyzstan marks the beginning of a new stage in the development of bilateral relations, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said Friday.
* India's Ministry of External Affairs on Friday summoned U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to India Jason Meeks to lodge a "strong protest" regarding the continued attacks by U.S. naval forces on commercial vessels carrying Indian mariners in the Gulf of Oman, said an official statement. Several attacks by U.S. forces on similar commercial vessels had been reported over the past three days.
* The U.S. military has "downed" several Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said late Friday.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Friday discussed the latest developments in the U.S.-Iran negotiations during separate phone calls with his Pakistani and Iranian counterparts, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Friday called on the United States and Iran to seize the opportunity to sign an agreement to put an end to the unsustainable situation.
* The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday denied media reports alleging that funds had been transferred from the UAE to Iran, including claims involving 3 billion USD.
* Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday that the Israeli military will not withdraw from the "security zones" it holds in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Friday that it apprehended over 50 Palestinians in "counterterrorism" operations conducted in the West Bank in the past week.
* The Iraqi National Security Service said Friday that its forces had thwarted an assassination plot targeting its chief, Abdul Karim al-Basri, and several other high-ranking officers.
* The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) continues to observe extensive Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military activity across its areas of operations, a UN spokesperson said Friday.
* The United Nations in South Africa on Friday called for calm, restraint and respect for the rule of law amid rising anti-immigration tensions in parts of the country.
* Pakistani security forces killed 21 militants, including four local ring leaders, during a series of intelligence-based operations in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military's media wing said Saturday.
* The European Commission on Friday proposed a package of measures, including 540 million euros (625 million USD) in financial support and targeted changes to the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), to help farmers cope with rising fertiliser prices driven by geopolitical tensions and recent supply disruptions.
* China saw steady growth in railway passenger trips in the first five months of the year, with increases in passenger volume and improvement in service quality, the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway) said Saturday. Nearly 1.97 billion railway passenger trips were made nationwide during the January-May period, up 5.7 percent from a year earlier and setting a new record high, said China Railway.
* Indonesia has been accelerating the expansion of its national railway network to 10,524 kilometers to reduce logistics costs, ease traffic congestion, and bridge regional economic gaps, local media reported on Saturday.
* Retail inflation in India rose to 3.93 percent in May from 3.48 percent in April, owing to the rise in fuel and food prices, according to an official statement by the country's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Friday.
* The Slovenian government on Friday decided to extend fuel price controls for gasoline sold outside highway service stations for another six months, keeping the measure in place until Dec. 15.
* The Dutch economy is expected to grow by 0.8 percent in 2026, a slower pace than previously forecast due largely to the impact of the conflict in the Middle East, the Dutch central bank (DNB) said on Friday.
* Britain's real gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 0.1 percent in April over the previous month, marking the first monthly fall since August 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday.
* Malaysian shrimp producers continue to post strong production, reaching 14,308.36 tonnes as of May this year, with a wholesale value of 386.57 million ringgit (about 95.27 million USD), the Department of Fisheries said on Saturday.
* Mexico expects to welcome about 10 million additional tourists during the month-long 2026 FIFA World Cup, which opened Thursday, Tourism Secretary Josefina Rodriguez Zamora said.
* The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 689, including 139 deaths, according to the latest situation report released on Friday by the country's health authorities.
* The Kenyan government on Friday assured the public that the country remains free of Ebola following intensified surveillance measures.
* An Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 transport aircraft crashed Saturday in the northeastern state of Assam, officials said.
* Pakistan recorded its second-warmest year in 65 years in 2025, underscoring growing climate risks that are intensifying floods and threatening the country's economy, according to the Economic Survey 2025-26 released on Thursday.
