* Francisco Carvalho, leader of the African Party for the Independence of Cabo Verde, was sworn in on Friday as prime minister of Cabo Verde following the legislative elections held on May 17.
* Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signed a decree on Friday reappointing Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua as prime minister, three days after his resignation.
* Russian air defense forces shot down 76 Ukrainian drones approaching Moscow on Friday during what authorities described as a massive attack launched by Kiev, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
* The Czech Republic will not meet NATO's target of spending 2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defense this year, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said Friday.
* The Japanese government has decided to raise single-entry visa fees for foreigners fivefold to 15,000 yen (about 90 USD) from 3,000 yen beginning in July.
* Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz announced early Saturday the implementation of a state of emergency aimed at restoring road traffic across the country after weeks of nationwide blockades related to protests.
* Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and visiting Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze held talks in Dushanbe on Friday, during which a package of bilateral cooperation documents was signed.
* Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi left for Tehran on Saturday with a special government message on U.S.-Iran talks, an official from the Interior Ministry confirmed to Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
* Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received a phone call on Friday from Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif to discuss the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
* Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Friday that the group would confront Israel with weapons if attacked, stressing that threats of death would not deter its members.
* Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), the body responsible for maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, announced on Friday new procedures for vessels seeking passage through the waterway, including a requirement that transit requests be submitted at least 48 hours in advance.
* At least five people were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks across southern Lebanon overnight and early Saturday, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
* Russia on Friday lifted its advisory warning citizens against traveling to the Gulf states following the signing of the U.S.-Iran interim peace agreement, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
* Türkiye will raise transit fees for international vessels passing through the Turkish straits from July 1 to boost state revenue, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Friday.
* Consumer confidence in Slovenia rose sharply in June, reaching its highest level in nearly five years, according to data released Friday by the country's Statistical Office.
* A boat carrying 61 migrants sank off the coast of the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk on June 12, leaving 51 people dead or missing, the Al-Abreen Foundation for Migrants and Humanitarian Services said on Friday.
* Tanzanian health authorities on Thursday confirmed that the country remains free of Ebola cases and is stepping up surveillance and preparedness measures to prevent potential cross-border transmission as outbreaks persist in parts of East and Central Africa.
* New Zealand is well prepared for a potential incursion of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) after the virus was detected in a wild seabird in Western Australia, a senior official said on Saturday.
* The Australian government has confirmed the first mainland case of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in a migratory bird found in Western Australia (WA).
* A senior official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that healthcare workers were among the first people infected when the current Ebola outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
