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- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he is prepared to hold direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to solve the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he is set for a historic meeting with Kim.
- Spain’s new Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has launched his Cabinet.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has arrived in Washington for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump prior to the U.S.-North Korea summit.
- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have reaffirmed that the 2 countries will demand North Korea’s denuclearization in a complete, verifiable and irreversible way.
- The forensic medicine agency in Guatemala says the death toll from Sunday’s massive eruption of the Fuego volcano has reached 99.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his desire to make the upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a success.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to visit the United States to reaffirm close cooperation ahead of President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim.
- Iran says it has begun preparations to boost its uranium enrichment capacity.
- The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set for 9 AM, Singapore time, on June 12th.
- North Korea’s state-run news agency has lashed out at what it calls Japan’s insistence on maintaining pressure on the country.
- All 21 Japanese detained last month for alleged religious activities in China have been released and returned to Japan.
- The vice chairman of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, Kim Yong Chol, is expected to return to Pyongyang, following his visit to the United States as early as Monday.
- Chinese authorities are taking steps to suppress criticism on the 29th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on Monday.
- Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai and 2 other crewmembers have returned to Earth after completing their mission at the International Space Station.
- U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have driven a wedge between Washington and the other members of the Group of 7.
- A Chinese military official has reacted sharply to U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s statement that Beijing is militarizing the South China Sea.
- A new regional government has been formed in Spain’s Catalonia region.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he will hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12th in Singapore as initially planned.
- High-ranking officials from North and South Korea have agreed that the 2 countries will hold military talks as a step to ease tensions.
- The European Union says it plans to slap tariffs on 2.8 billion euros’ worth of American products in retaliation for U.S. levies on metal imports.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have ended 2 days of talks in New York.
- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to impose heavy tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union , Canada, and Mexico, starting on Friday.
- The United Nations says it has reached an agreement with Myanmar’s government to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to return and rebuild their lives.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the vice chairman of North Korea’s ruling workers’ Party, Kim Yong Chol, have ended their first day of talks in New York.
- A North Korean official preparing for the historic summit between the United States and his country has visited the hotel in Singapore where his U.S. counterpart is staying.
- Japan’s Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera says it is a positive move by the U.S. military to have renamed the Pacific Command the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.