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• Pakistan Slams Afghan National Security Chief, Accuses Him of Spoiling Peace Process VOA 05 Jun 2021 -- Pakistan's top diplomat on Saturday publicly stated for the first time that his ministry had severed ties with Afghanistan's national security adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, over incendiary remarks about its southern neighbor that undermined regional peace efforts.
• Taliban Kills At Least Eight Troops In Northern Afghanistan Attack RFE/RL Gandhara 05 Jun 2021 -- Taliban militants launched an attack against Afghan security forces in the northern province of Baghlan on June 5, killing at least eight people, according to a security official.
• Roadside bomb kills 11 people in Afghanistan's Badghis: Officials Press TV 05 Jun 2021 -- A road bomb explosion has killed at least 11 people in Afghanistan's northwestern province of Badghis, local officials say.

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• Myanmar's NUG asks Rohingya to join hands in fighting junta Press TV 05 Jun 2021 -- Myanmar's national unity government has called on the Rohingya minority to join hands in fighting the junta in return for citizenship for the persecuted Muslim community.
• Myanmar's Shadow Civilian Government Pledges to Grant Rohingya Citizenship on Return to Power Radio Free Asia 04 Jun 2021 -- Myanmar's shadow civilian government on Friday pledged to grant citizenship to the country's ethnic Rohingya if it regains power from the military, as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held talks with the junta about the ongoing political crisis prompted by its February coup d'état.
• At Least 88 Civilians Killed By Militants in Nigeria's Northwest Sputnik 05 Jun 2021 -- Armed bandits attacked several villages in the Nigerian state of Kebbi, killing at least 88 civilians and hijacking an unspecified number of cows, local police spokesman Nafi'u Abubakar told Nigeria's Peoples Gazette media outlet on Saturday.
• Greece Warns Turkey it Will Push for Sanctions if Tensions Persist VOA 05 Jun 2021 -- Greece has lashed out at Turkey, warning it will push for sanctions against its neighbor if it continues with what it calls "hostile" and "provocative threats." The warning from Athens comes as the leaders of the two NATO allies, age-old foes, prepare to meet in an effort to accelerate talks aimed at easing growing tension in the past year over energy rights in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean Seas. Chances of a breakthrough look bleak.
• Armed assailants kill 100 civilians in Burkina Faso Press TV 05 Jun 2021 -- Armed assailants have killed at least 100 civilians in a town in northern Burkina Faso; the deadliest attack in six years.
• Israel begged US to broker Gaza ceasefire, says Yedioth Ahronoth Press TV 05 Jun 2021 -- An Israeli newspaper says Tel Aviv begged the US to mediate a ceasefire during the 11-day military aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip that prompted the Palestinian resistance to retaliate with a massive rocket barrage.
• Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Defuse Latest Border Incident RFE/RL 05 Jun 2021 -- Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on June 5 reached an agreement to calm a tense border standoff between the two Central Asian nations, in the latest incident over contested territory more than a month after deadly clashes.

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• White House Says US Justice Dept. Will No Longer Seize Reporters' Records in Leak Probes Sputnik 05 Jun 2021 -- The US Department of Justice will no longer subpoena the records of reporters while investigating leaks of classified information to the media, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Saturday.
• Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Department of Justice Leak Investigation Policy The White House 05 Jun 2021
• US uses dollar to wage economic, political war, says Putin Press TV 05 Jun 2021 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the United States is using the dollar as an instrument to wage economic and political war.
• As Russia Touts Convict Labor To Offset An Exodus Of Migrants, Some Fear 'A Return To The Gulag' RFE/RL 05 Jun 2021 -- It was an undertaking that endured as a symbol of Soviet brutality and flawed planning. Prisoners of the gulag forced labor camp system would die in their thousands toiling on the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), a showpiece communist project that was never completed.
• Beijing slams Biden's curbs on firms PLA Daily 05 Jun 2021 -- China on Friday expressed opposition to United States President Joe Biden's expansion of restrictions on investments in certain Chinese companies and vowed to take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights of Chinese enterprises.
• Office of the Commissioner of Chinese FM in HK condemns clumsy political show by US, Western countries Global Times 05 Jun 2021 -- "We condemn and firmly oppose the clumsy political show staged on June 4 by the consulates-general of the US and several other Western countries in Hong Kong, which echoed very few anti-China troublemakers destabilizing the city," said the spokesperson of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the HKSAR on Saturday.
• Taiwan admonishes Beijing for repression in Hong Kong CNA 05 Jun 2021 -- Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Saturday urged China's government to end its political repression after several Hong Kongers were arrested Friday for marking the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
• Hungarians Protest Planned Chinese University Campus In Budapest RFE/RL 05 Jun 2021 -- Thousands of Hungarians protested on June 5 against a Chinese university's plans to open a campus in Budapest.
• 3rd Plenary Meeting of 8th C.C. WPK to Be Convened KCNA 05 Jun 2021 -- The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) decided to convene the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Party in early June to make an interim summing-up of the execution of the immediate key policies of the Party and the state for 2021 advanced at the 2nd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Party and to discuss and decide a series of matters arising in dynamically and correctly pushing forward with them.
• 1st Meeting of Political Bureau of 8th C.C., WPK Held KCNA 05 Jun 2021 -- The 1st meeting of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) took place at the office building of the Party Central Committee on June 4.
• Iran Presidential Candidates Clash On Economic Crisis In First Debate RFE/RL 05 Jun 2021 -- Iran's presidential candidates on June 5 traded accusations over the country's economic crisis during their first debate ahead of the June 18 election.
• Prominent Belarusian Political Analyst Flees Country RFE/RL 05 Jun 2021 -- A prominent Belarusian political analyst has fled the country, saying he fears being imprisoned, days after being named by detained journalist Raman Pratasevich in a televised interview widely considered to have been given under duress.
• Man Who Would be German Chancellor Faces Stiff Electoral Test VOA 05 Jun 2021 -- Armin Laschet, who hopes to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor, has been compared to a traditional child's toy - a wooden figure on a round base that, when touched, wobbles but stays upright.
• Kazakhstan Rejects Russian Proposal Of Joint Response To Western Sanctions RFE/RL 05 Jun 2021 -- Kazakhstan has rebuffed a proposal floated by a senior Russian official of a joint response to Western sanctions against Moscow and its allies such as Belarus by the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) trade bloc.
• Serbian President Says EU-Brokered Talks On Normalizing Kosovo Ties To Resume RFE/RL 05 Jun 2021 -- Serbia's president says European Union-mediated negotiations on normalizing relations with Kosovo will resume within days.
• Sudan Rally Shows Lingering Anger Over 2019 Massacre VOA 05 Jun 2021 -- Thousands of protesters in Sudan's capital demanded justice from the government this week over a 2019 massacre in Khartoum in which more than 100 people died.