* In a message for World Oceans Day, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called on the international community to take urgent actions to save the troubled oceans.
* The process of updating Gabon's electoral register ahead of a referendum scheduled later this year will take place from June 13 to 20, Gabonese Interior Minister Hermann Immongault said on Saturday.
* The Republic of Korea will begin on Sunday loudspeaker broadcasts at the border directed at the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in response to the resumption of balloons carrying trash being launched by Pyongyang, the RoK's National Security Council said in a statement.
* The White House declined to say on Sunday whether President Joe Biden will meet Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli prime minister visits Washington next month to address the U.S. Congress.
* Israeli forces pounded central Gaza anew on Sunday, a day after killing 274 Palestinians during a hostage rescue raid, and tanks advanced into further areas of Rafah in a bid to seal off part of the southern city, residents and Hamas media said.
* The Egyptian Air Force, along with its counterparts from other friendly states, continued to carry out airdrops of humanitarian aid over the north of the Gaza Strip, said the Egyptian military on Saturday.
* The extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers of Developing 8 (D-8) countries held in Turkey's Istanbul called on Saturday for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
* Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Saturday on his social media account that his country will suspend coal export to Israel due to its attacks on the Gaza Strip, which he again called a "genocide."
* The Republic of Korea's main doctors' lobby group said on Sunday it would go on strike on June 18 to protest the government's healthcare reform plan, defying a warning by the prime minister that such action would damage the credibility of the medical community.
* Cambodia exported 4,969 million USD worth of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFTs) in the first five months of 2024, up 20 percent from 4,129 million dollars over the same period last year, said a Ministry of Commerce's report released on Sunday.
* The number of passenger trips operated by China's urban rail transit networks grew by around 290 million, or 11.7 percent from a year earlier to reach 2.79 billion in May, according to the Ministry of Transport.
* Ghana has retained its position as Africa's top gold producer and the 11th biggest producer globally, with four million ounces in 2023, the Ghana Chamber of Mines has said.
* A lingering heat wave continued to scorch the southwestern United States this weekend, bringing record-breaking temperatures and leaving millions under heat advisories.
