Representatives from the foreign ministries of Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and the United States are meeting in Manama, Bahrain, for the first steering committee meeting of the Negev Summit, which is intended to address regional security and economic cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa, The Times of Isreal reported June 27.
The United States will send four additional M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rocket launchers to Ukraine as part of a newly authorized $450 million package of military assistance, Politico reported June 24.
The United States is preparing to launch a request for formal consultations with Mexico under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement over Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's energy sector policies, Bloomberg reported June 23.
Taiwan's energy ministry is slated to review the country's electricity pricing scheme on June 27, Taipei Times reported June 23.
Japan, South Korea and the United States may hold a trilateral summit when they are at the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, next week, Nikkei Asia reported June 24.
The British Conservative Party lost two parliamentary seats following by-elections in the northern English constituency of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, won by the Labor Party with 48% of the vote, and in the southwestern English constituency of Tiverton and Honiton, where the Liberal Democrats party secured a majority with 30% of the preferences, The Guardian reported June 24.
South Africa's state power company Eskom announced that it will widen electricity cuts over the weekend as labor protests continue to disrupt operations, Reuters reported June 24.
The 27 leaders of the European Union agreed to grant EU candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, Euractiv reported June 23.
Qatar's Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will visit Cairo, Egypt, on June 25-26 and meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Reuters reported June 24.
Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro announced on Twitter that he contacted the Venezuelan government about reopening the Colombia-Venezuela border, which has been closed since 2015, Deutsche Welle reported June 23.
