* Russia and Ukraine have agreed to hold the third round of negotiations after completing their war prisoner exchange, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday after the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as one of the key centers of global development.
* A new regulation banning the storage of Russian citizens' personal data abroad will come into effect on July 1, local media reported Saturday.
* Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Friday that Hungary has blocked the opening of European Union accession talks with Ukraine, citing the results of the "Voks 2025" national consultation, which was backed by over 2 million voters.
* The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed a protest to the German ambassador in Moscow over the pressure exerted on Russian media in Germany.
* The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Mongolia signed trade agreements with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on Friday in Minsk.
* U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States would terminate all trade talks with Canada due to Canada's digital services tax on U.S. tech companies.
* Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday called the negotiations with the United States "complex" when he responded to the announcement of U.S. President Donald Trump to terminate all trade talks with Canada with potential new tariffs.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that her government will protect the country's migrants in the United States, where a series of immigration raids have resulted in the arrest of 252 Mexican nationals.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would consider ordering another military strike against Iran if the country intensifies its nuclear activities.
* At least 13 people were killed and over 20 others injured in a suicide bombing on Saturday in North Waziristan district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, security sources told Xinhua.
* Kazakhstan has completed the evacuation of its nationals from Israel and Iran amid heightened regional tensions, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry announced Friday, according to the Kazinform News Agency.
* China's local governments issued new bonds worth an approximate total of 1.98 trillion yuan (about 277 billion USD) in the first five months of this year, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Friday.
* Brazil's unemployment rate fell to 6.2 percent in the March-May period, the lowest level for the same period in the past decade, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported Friday.
* Singapore's total employment rose by 2,400 in the first quarter of 2025 to 3.7 million, according to the Ministry of Manpower's labor market report released on Friday, marking a slowdown from the 7,700 increase in the previous quarter.
* Canada's real gross domestic product (GDP) edged down 0.1 percent in April, following 0.2 percent increase in March, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
* Ethiopia has exported 409,000 tonnes of coffee in the past 11 months, earning 2.44 billion U.S. dollars in revenue, the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA) said Friday.
* At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and shelling across the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian sources said.
* Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid held a phone conversation on Friday with the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss regional developments and ways to enhance bilateral cooperation.
* Iran has postponed the full reopening of its airspace until Saturday afternoon, the official news agency IRNA reported.
* Thousands of Yemenis on Friday gathered in public squares across Houthi-controlled provinces to show their support for Gaza and Iran, according to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV.
* The Embassy of Latvia to Israel will resume consular services as of June 30, the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. The Latvian embassy had suspended consular services and cancelled all appointments as Israel declared a state of emergency amid its military conflict with Iran.
* Air travel between Turkey and Iran partially resumed on Friday after being suspended for 15 days due to the Iran-Israel conflict, Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the signing of a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda.
* A national disaster has been declared in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province after recent devastating floods killed 101 people and caused widespread destruction.
* At least 22 people were killed and dozens of others injured after heavy pre-monsoon rains wreaked havoc in parts of Pakistan, an official told Xinhua on Friday.
* The Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok recorded its highest temperature in 55 years on Friday, which reached 31.4 degrees Celsius, local meteorological authorities said.
* Italy's first heatwave of the summer is set to intensify this weekend, with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius in several regions, according to Italian authorities.
* Continuous heavy rainfall in Laos has triggered rising river levels and widespread flooding across several villages, with authorities closely monitoring the situation.
* An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit waters off the southern Philippines on Saturday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
