Greece failed again to clinch a deal with its international creditors on June 25, setting up a last-ditch effort on June 28 to avert a default next week or start preparing to protect the euro zone from financial market turmoil.

Russian President Vladimir Putin phoned US President Barack Obama on June 25, their first call since February, to discuss Iran nuclear talks, "the increasingly dangerous situation in Syria" and the need to counter Islamic State militants, the White House said in a statement.

ASEAN and Japan Senior Officials participating in the 30th ASEAN-Japan Forum, held on June 22 in Cambodia, reaffirmed the importance of the strategic partnership between two sides and agreed to explore new opportunities to further the relationship. 

Legislation vital to securing the largest US trade deal in decades was passed by the Senate on June 24 by a comfortable margin, advancing President Barack Obama's efforts to strengthen US economic ties around the Pacific Rim.

The United States and China urged each other on June 24 to remove barriers to foreign investment, saying that business ties were vital to overall relations, although they appeared to achieve little beyond rhetoric at a high profile three-day meeting that was overshadowed by security rivalries.

Austria threatened to reimpose controls on its Hungarian border and Britain considered adding security around the French port of Calais on June 24 as divided EU leaders prepared to debate how to stem a flood of desperate migrants.

The 15th meeting of the ASEAN-India Joint Cooperation Committee took place at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on June 23 to review cooperation and adopt measures to boost progress. 

Islamic State suicide bombers killed at least ten people and injured dozens in two coordinated attacks on June 23 in the heart of the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka, a monitor and a resident said.

European Union (EU) foreign ministers have agreed that the union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) need to work together to move the relationship to a strategic level.

The US and China held "candid and to-the-point" talks at the start of three days of cabinet-level meetings, aimed at managing the highly complex relationship between the world's two biggest economies, a senior US official said.