Vietnam: First day of World Economic Forum meeting.
South Korea: Following up on measures taken by the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund - including a $1 trillion bailout to help countries deal with the fallout from unsustainably high debt.
Pakistan: Authorities in coastal regions of Pakistan are preparing for high winds and possible flooding and destruction from an approaching tropical storm. The National Disaster Management Authority said Saturday that 7,000 people have been moved to safety from low-lying areas close to the southern city of Karachi.
Iran: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said sanctions could be approved by the UN Security Council in the near future, and added that the European Union, the United States, Russia and China share a common position on the issue.
Iraq: Jabar Yawar, a deputy minister in the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, says Iranian troops have crossed the Iraqi border in pursuit of Iranian Kurdish rebels. Yawar said 35 Iranian soldiers remain in the Iraqi village of Perdunaz after crossing the border June 3.
Iraq: Iraq's military withdrew the right to carry weapons from 10,000 ex-Sunni insurgents, which threatened to cause a rift between security forces and Sunni fighters credited with helping stem violence in Iraq, Reuters reported. Leaders of the "Sons of Iraq" responded with a warning that they would stop cooperating with security forces in Diyala province if their weapons permits were taken from them.
Iraq: Gunmen killed a third candidate from the Sunni-backed coalition that won the most seats in Iraq's March parliamentary election. The alliance said the slaying of Faris Jassim al-Jubouri was part of a politically motivated campaign of assassinations
Turkey: Thousands expected to get together at "Freedom for Palestine" demonstrations organised by NGO groups to protest Israeli raid on an aid flotilla.
Yemen: Yemeni Colonel Mohammed Saleh al-Shaief and two of his bodyguards were killed in an attack by suspected members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula near the city of Marib
Cyprus: On the final day of his visit to Cyprus Pope Benedict delivers mass for the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, with thousands expected to watch the proceedings on giant screens outside.
Slovenia: National referendum on whether a border arbitration agreement with Croatia should be enforced.
Germany: French President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to travel to Berlin tomorrow to coordinate France's financial position with Germany, Europe's biggest economy, ahead of the forthcoming G-20 and G-8 summits later this month in Canada.
France: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili meets French President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss developments following the 2008 war with Russia.
US: BP has collected 6,000 barrels of oil in the first 24 hours of pumping it from a ruptured well up to a drill ship, CNN reported
US: Robert Gates called for free access to the resource-rich South China Sea, saying Washington objected to any moves to "intimidate" U.S. energy firms in the region
US: The White House plans to nominate US Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper as the new Director of National Intelligence, CBS News reported
US: Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee holds convention to mark 30 years of its formation. Panelists include Dr. Karen AbuZayd, retired Under-Secretary-General of United Nations and Commissioner-General of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, PLO Representative to the United States and Dr. Asa'd Ghanem, senior lecturer at the School of Political Science at the University of Haifa. Dr. Clovis Maksoud, and Dr. Azmi Bishara, former member of the Israeli Knesset will attend, and the Rachel Corrie Award will be presented at the Luncheon to Free Gaza Movement activist Ramzi Kysia and Jennifer Loewenstein.
Peru: Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly (to June 8).
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