Five congressmen wrote a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking the company to reconsider its partnership with China's Huawei Technologies, which they labeled a security threat, Reuters reported June 20.
Index provider MSCI said it will reclassify Argentina as an emerging market economy, adding it back to its Emerging Market (EM) index, and will begin classifying Saudi Arabia as an emerging market, Reuters reported June 20.
In response to the 12 U.S. demands announced last month, Iranian Prime Minister Javad Zarif issued a list of 15 demands of the United States, including halting arms sales in the region, ceasing its support for Israel and a withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the region, Iran Daily reported June 20.
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said that recent events in Ethiopia warrant appropriate attention and that his administration would send a delegation to Addis Ababa to talk about potential cooperation between the two countries, Al Jazeera reported June 19.
China's state-owned offshore oil and natural gas producer CNOOC began developing a new natural gas field, Lingshui 17-2, in the South China Sea, Reuters reported June 19.
South Korea announced June 20 that it would suspend its Taegeuk command post military exercises, scheduled for June 25, Yonhap reported.
The Taliban announced June 17 that they will resume military operations against Afghan and NATO forces, ending the three-day Eid cease-fire despite Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's announcement that the government was extending its own cease-fire by 10 days, Al Jazeera reported June 18.
The U.S. Senate passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Bill for 2019, which retained a clause to temporarily block the sale of F-35 combat jets to Turkey over concerns regarding Istanbul's intent to install the Russian-built S4-00 air defense system, the Financial Times reported June 18.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, and to identify an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods for tariffs if Beijing retaliates, The New York Times reported June 18.
Right-wing candidate Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election June 17 and will assume office Aug. 7, Reuters reported.
