Record 1 ton of illegal drugs seized in Japan

Japanese authorities have seized the country's largest-ever cache of illegal stimulant drugs from a suspicious ship at sea.
Vietnam earns less from seafood export in 5 months

Hanoi 5 June

Australian police raid public broadcaster amid media crackdown
Australian police raided the headquarters of public broadcaster ABC on Wednesday, the second high-profile probe into news outlets in 24 hours, amid a crackdown on sensitive leaks.
N.Korea blames US before 1st anniversary of summit
North Korea has demanded that the United States stop pressuring Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear program.
Turkey's Erdogan says no backtracking on S-400 deal with Russia
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Turkey would not withdraw from a deal made with Russia to buy an S-400 missile defence system despite US threats of "devastating" consequences.
Tiananmen anniversary vigil held in Hong Kong
A huge vigil has been held in Hong Kong to remember the victims of the crackdown on prodemocracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
45 illegal immigrants rescued off western Libyan coast
The Libyan navy on Tuesday announced rescuing 45 immigrants off the country's western coast in an operation earlier in the day.