North Korea has convened a key meeting of the ruling Workers' Party to discuss policy issues, including diplomatic and defense strategies, with leader Kim Jong Un in attendance.
The Japanese government says the country's trade deficit narrowed in May compared to the previous year amid strong automobile exports and falling costs for energy imports.
The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency is going to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine to assess the impact of the collapse of a nearby hydroelectric dam.
The United States and more than 90 countries and organizations say they have received assurances from the Taliban on the safe departure of those who want to leave Afghanistan.
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has drawn sharp public criticism for allegedly breaking a mandatory quarantine to host a birthday party for his wife.
The International Paralympic Committee said two Afghan athletes who were due to compete in the Tokyo Games arrived in Japan on Saturday. They once gave up their participation following the Taliban's takeover.
A parole board in the US state of California has recommended that a man serving a life sentence for assassinating US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 be granted parole.