ASEAN and New Zealand sought measures to step up their cooperation at the fourth meeting of their Joint Cooperation Committee which took place at the headquarters of the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 3. 

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha called on ASEAN to promote its role in building security balance in the region while the opening the 15th Shangri-La Dialogue on June 3 in Singapore. 

VOV.VN - The 15th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council meeting opened on June 6 in Luang Prabang, Laos, discussing  priorities of the Community in 2016, the master plan of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community until 2025 and related issues.

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter urged China on June 4 to join a "principled security network" for Asia, saying that the United States would remain the world's most powerful military and the main guarantor of regional security for decades to come.

At least 16 people in Texas, including four soldiers who went missing when their vehicle overturned in flood waters, have died due to torrential rains in the past week that have deluged hundreds of homes and led to prison evacuations, officials said on June 3.

Presumptive Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump on June 3 denounced protesters in California as "thugs" a day after another demonstration outside one of his political rallies turned violent ahead of the state's presidential primary.

A Cambodian court on June 2 issued a warrant ordering deputy opposition leader and lawmaker Kem Sokha to present himself in the court on June 14 for questioning over a case of "refusal to appear". 

President Barack Obama has urged the US Congress to approve the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

VOV.VN - The UN Human Rights Council announced on June 1 that at least 700 migrants died and many more went missing in the Mediterranean over the past few days. Meanwhile, the EU is still seeking a solution to the migrant crisis.

Britain's main opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn, appealed to leftist voters on June 2 to back "In" at a referendum on EU membership this month, defending immigration and rejecting criticism that he is not campaigning hard enough.