Islamic State's far-flung enemies in Syria and Iraq pressed ahead on June 8 with major advances on multiple fronts that have put some of the greatest pressure on the ultra-hardline Islamists since they declared their caliphate two years ago.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on June 9 that it will convene a session of its parliamentary in late June, following a rare congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party in May that cemented young leader Kim Jong Un's control of the isolated state.

Two Palestinian gunmen killed four people at a popular shopping and restaurant area in Tel Aviv on June 8 in an attack that sent diners, some clutching small children, running for their lives just outside Israel's Defence Ministry.

The World Health Organization said on June 7 it will convene experts next week to discuss the Zika outbreak, including its impact on the Rio Olympics, as new research suggests only a slight risk that more tourists will be infected at the Games.

The United Nations is still waiting for Syrian government agreement for an aid convoy to enter the besieged town of Daraya and has requested approval to airlift food into four locations if land routes are unavailable, UN officials said on June 7.

Muslim allies of Saudi Arabia piled pressure on UN chief Ban Ki-moon over the blacklisting of a Saudi-led coalition for killing children in Yemen, with Riyadh threatening to cut Palestinian aid and funds to other UN programs, diplomatic sources said on June 7.

Three Jordanian intelligence officers and two other security personnel were killed in an attack on their security office in a Palestinian refugee camp outside the Jordanian capital, Amman, and one suspect was arrested.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) appears to have reopened a plant to produce plutonium from spent fuel of a reactor central to its atomic weapons drive, the UN nuclear watchdog said on June 6, suggesting the country's arms effort is widening.

Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, the Associated Press said on June 6, putting her on course to become the first woman to head a major US party ticket.

US Navy fighter jets flying from an aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean Sea bombed 16 new Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria on June 6.