* Haiti's new interim Prime Minister Garry Conille said on Monday members of the new administration were setting aside their differences to work for the good of the country, which is battling a devastating crisis fuelled by gang wars.
* British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday promised to introduce a legal cap to curb immigration levels if re-elected, taking aim at one of the main issues facing the country ahead of next month's national vote.
* Over 20 experts and special rapporteurs of the United Nations (UN) called on Monday for all countries to recognize a Palestinian state.
* Britain's King Charles will host Japanese Emperor Naruhito and his wife for a state visit later in June, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, providing details of the three-day trip in the latest sign of the monarch's health after his cancer diagnosis.
* Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez will visit China from June 5 to 9, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
* Russia has issued entry bans on several British politicians, journalists and experts, the country's foreign ministry said on Monday.
* South Korea's military on Tuesday said it would resume all military activities along the demarcation line separating the two Koreas and the North West Islands after suspending an inter-Korean military agreement.
* South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday the country will step up cooperation with African nations to secure a stable supply of critical minerals and speed up negotiations to promote economic partnerships and trade.
* Switzerland's upper house of parliament on Monday rejected a 5 billion Swiss franc ($5.58 billion) aid contribution for Ukraine contained in a broader financial package on the grounds that the plan breached borrowing restrictions in the neutral country.
* The Lithuanian government on Monday greenlighted most of a Defense Fund package, which would allow an increase in the country's defense funding to 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the coming years.
* The African Union (AU) on Monday warned of the combined effects of escalating conflicts and unconstitutional government changes that threaten the democratic foundations and security of African countries.
* Portugal announced on Monday a new plan that will toughen some immigration rules, following in the footsteps of other EU countries and days before Europeans head to the polls in an election set to tilt the bloc's politics to the right.
* A two-day meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council kicked off in Belarus on Monday, with the theme of "Food Security in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)."
* U.S. President Joe Biden urged Qatar's emir on Monday to "use all appropriate measures" to secure Hamas' acceptance of the ceasefire and hostage deal now on the table.
* Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies "fully endorse and will stand behind the comprehensive" ceasefire and hostage release dealfor the Gaza war outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden and call on Hamas to accept it, a statement said on Monday.
* The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Egypt said on Monday it was important to "deal seriously and positively" with a proposal presented by U.S. President Joe Biden that would lead to a ceasefire in Gaza, Saudi state news agency (SPA) reported.
* No date has been set for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress, his office and congressional sources said on Monday, following reports that the leader's speech had been set for June 13.
* Tehran will react if the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors passes a resolution against it, Iran's Nuclear Chief Mohammad Eslami said on Tuesday, Iran's Fars news agency reported.
* The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 995 migrants were intercepted and returned off the coast of Libya in the past week.
* Yemen's Houthis say they targeted a military site on Israel's port city of Eilat with a new ballistic missile, the group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Monday.
* The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Boeing are targeting Wednesday, June 5, for the launch of the first crewed mission of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
* The Polish government plans to allocate more than 3 billion zloty (760 million USD) for cybersecurity investments, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitalization Krzysztof Gawkowski said on Monday.
* Statistics Austria announced on Monday that Austria's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted for the fourth consecutive quarter in the first three months of this year, underscoring the ongoing economic challenges as the country grapples with recession.
* The Philippine economy will accelerate to 5.8 percent this year, and to 5.9 percent in 2025, according to a forecast report released by the World Bank on Tuesday.
* Indonesia reported an annual inflation rate of 2.84 percent in May, down from the previous month's 3.0 percent, yet still within the central bank's target range of 1.5 to 3.5 percent, as announced by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Monday.
* The Romanian manufacturing sector continued its recovery in May, with the BCR Romania Manufacturing PMI reaching 52.0, up from 51.5 in April, marking the highest reading since data collection began in July 2023.
* Pakistan's consumer price index (CPI) increased by 11.8 percent in May compared to the same month last year, marking the lowest inflation rate in 30 months, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday.
* Bangladesh's May inflation rate, driven by food prices, hovered around the double-digit mark, the data released by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. Bangladesh's inflation increased to 9.89 percent in May from 9.74 percent in April.
* At least 56 people were killed and nearly 25,000 suspected heat stroke cases recorded in the last three months in India, a local media report quoting federal health ministry said Monday.
* More than 1.8 million people could be affected by monsoon rain-induced disasters in Nepal this year, the authorities cautioned on Monday.
