The United States has approved 4,700 Syrian refugees who are awaiting resettlement to the country.

A suicide bomber detonated explosives near a mosque in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia on June 2, killing and wounding several people, a monitoring group and state media reported.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon slammed the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen for killing and maiming children by adding it to an annual blacklist of states and armed groups that violate children's rights during conflict.

Cambodia on June 2 defended its court for taking legal action against Vice President of the CNRP (Cambodia National Rescue Party) Kem Sokha, who was charged with "refusal to appear" in court over a case involving his alleged mistress.

The Supreme Court of Thailand on June 2 sentenced redshirt leader Jatuporn Prompan to six months in jail and a fine of 50,000 THB (roughly US$1,400) for defaming former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva in January 2009. 

The second meeting of the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC) in 2016 and related meetings took place in Manado, Indonesia on May 29-30 with Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN Nguyen Hoanh Nam in attendance.

VOV.VN - The month-long European football championship (Euro 2016) will begin on June 10 in Paris, France. Security has been tightened against a possible terrorist attack.

The Australia-ASEAN Council has unveiled a new international partnership programme that connects Australian schools with those across Southeast Asia. 

A murder-suicide killed two people at the University of California, Los Angeles on June 1, shutting down the campus for two hours as officers in camouflage and tactical gear responded to reports of a shooting.

Islamic State insurgents faced major assaults on two fronts in both Iraq and Syria on June 1 in what could prove to be some of the biggest operations to roll back their caliphate since they proclaimed it in 2014.