Gaza - Israeli warships have attacked the six ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists and aid for blockaded Gaza, killing at least two and wounding an unknown number of people on board.
The Israeli military refused to comment on the report.
Global: UN World No-Tobacco Day.
Japan: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits Japan, as does Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuchehr Motaki
Japan: Japan's Social Democratic Party (SDP) has left the coalition with the ruling Democratic Party of Japan over its opposition to an agreement by Japan and the United States to keep a military base on Okinawa, Kyodo reported
Thailand: Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra expected on a private visit to France
Russia: EU-Russian summit will focus on outstanding issues in relations between Russia and the EU, including scientific and technical cooperation, investments and visa-free travel.
Russia: Major youth organisations in Russia are scheduled to hold a mass rally in Moscow. Triumfalnaya Square is also the site for monthly Marches of Dissent held by the Other Russia coalition, an umbrella group for opposition parties, on the 31st day of those months that have one. Around 5,000 people are expected to take part
Afghanistan: Afghan fighters are being armed and trained inside Iran, according to Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan
Qatar: The World Economic Forum on Global Redesign Summit – final day
Jordan: Public school teachers in Jordanian are continuing their sit-ins and strikes on the grounds that the government has yet to meet their demands to establish a syndicate for teachers in the country.
Yemen: The assassination of radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on Yemeni territory by the United States would be unacceptable, Yemeni Prime Minister Ali Mohammad Megawar said
Uganda: The International Criminal Courts Review Conference opens. 111 member states, as well as non-member states, the UN and civil society groups will reaffirm the importance of bringing to justice those accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Greece: Port workers and seamen at Greece's main commercial port go on their third strike over government economic reforms. The strike will force the cancellation of ferry schedules in the midst of the tourist season.
Germany: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting (to June 11). This is an annual meeting of negotiators to discuss technical details of implementing the Kyoto Protocol and for the last two meetings to negotiate a new climate deal to replace Kyoto in 2013.
Belgium: Courts will decide if the case being brought by a Congolese man to ban 'Tintin in the Congo,' arguing it is racist, is admissible and can be heard in court. If the court rules that there is not enough evidence then the case may be thrown out.
France: First day of the Franco-African summit.
UK: British Airways cabin crews launched at five-day strike May 30 to protest pay and other working conditions
US: The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico may continue until August, when relief wells are completed, White House Energy and Climate Change Policy Director Carol Browner said
Argentina: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has canceled a visit to Argentina following a decision by the city government in Buenos Aires not to inaugurate a bust of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, after pressure by Armenian groups
Colombia: Following as vote for a successor to President Alvaro Uribe expected. Front-runners are former defense minister Juan manuel Santos and former Bogota mayor Antanas Mockus, though neither are expected to win the more than 50% needed to avoid a June runoff.
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