Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and five cabinet members survived a parliamentary vote of no-confidence on June 2 thanks to his ruling coalition having a majority in the Lower House.

Israel says it will release and deport all foreign nationals seized on board an aid flotilla trying to break its blockade of Gaza.

A man shot dead three judges and wounded another three before killing himself in a court office in central China on June 2, state news said.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on June 2 he and his powerful party No. 2 would resign after a slide in the polls threatened their party's chances in an election expected next month.

The euro fell to a fresh four-year low on June 1 after the European Central Bank warned the region's banks may face a new wave of losses, and U.S. stocks plunged as the government launched a criminal probe into BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The White House has said it "welcomes the demise" of al-Qaeda number three and Afghan operations chief Mustafa Abu al-Yazid.

Rust-colored oil washed ashore on barrier islands off Alabama and Mississippi on June 1, while more patches of crude offshore appeared to be moving toward those states' coasts, authorities reported.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook India’s Andaman Islands early Tuesday (June 1), said the US Geological Survey (USGS).

The United Nations Security Council said early Tuesday that it deeply regretted the loss of lives on the humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza and condemned the actions that led to the deaths.

Shock and outrage swept the globe on May 31 after Israeli commandos stormed a flotilla of Turkish aid ships bound for Gaza, as the Jewish state’s foes and allies closed ranks in condemning the deadly raid.