Hong Kong authorities arrested fifteen prominent activists, including former lawmakers, in what is thought to be the largest crackdown (Reuters) on the city’s pro-democracy movement since mass protests began last year.

The UN watchdog on freedom of assembly and several foreign governments, including the United States, condemned the arrests (SCMP), which Hong Kong officials said were due to participation in unauthorized marches in August and October. Some of those arrested belong to an older generation (NYT) of pro-democracy figures. Beijing’s office in Hong Kong denounced criticism (SCMP) from the United States and the United Kingdom as inappropriate meddling. 

North Korean state media said that leader Kim Jong-un did not (Yonhap) recently send a letter to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, despite Trump’s claim on Saturday to have received one.

The Taliban told TOLO News that U.S. and Afghan forces have conducted fifty attacks against the militant group since a U.S.-Taliban deal was signed in late February. A U.S. military spokesperson said U.S. forces continue to defend Afghan forces, per terms of the deal.
 
Bangladesh: The country’s health minister held regional officials responsible for the large turnout at an Islamic leader’s funeral, which as many as one hundred thousand people attended (Dhaka Tribune) despite a coronavirus-related lockdown.

Some two thousand Israelis held a socially distanced protest (Haaretz) in Tel Aviv to denounce what they called antidemocratic coronavirus response measures enacted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
 
Egypt: The country designated thirteen people as terrorists (AFP), including prominent Arab Spring leader Zyad al-Elaimy, for collaborating with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Mali held a runoff legislative election (Al Jazeera) amid reports of widespread voter intimidation and in the wake of an opposition leader’s kidnapping in late March. The election was originally slated for 2018 but was postponed due to security concerns. 
 
DRC: An Ebola patient ran away (Reuters) from a clinic in the town of Beni, prompting health officials to warn that he could cause further spread of the virus.

Ankara blocked websites of news organizations based in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in apparent retaliation (Reuters) for Riyadh’s blocking of Turkish state-owned news agencies.
 
UK: A new round of post-Brexit talks (Guardian) begin today between the United Kingdom and the European Union. The deadline for any extension of the UK’s transition out of the EU single market and customs union is July 1.
 
This CFR In Brief looks at what the post-Brexit negotiations entail.

A shooter in northern Nova Scotia Province killed sixteen people, including a police officer, before being killed himself in what is thought to be Canada’s deadliest mass shooting (CBC).
 
Peru: The country reported more than fifteen thousand cases of the coronavirus, the second-highest (Reuters) count in Latin America, despite an early nationwide lockdown. Health experts say high-density living (WaPo) helped the virus spread.
 
On this conference call, CFR’s Shannon K. O’Neil and Paul J. Angelo discuss Latin America’s response to the virus.

President Donald J. Trump said he might invoke the Defense Production Act (WaPo) to require companies to increase the production of swabs for coronavirus testing, aiming to raise production by more than twenty million swabs per month.
 
This CFR In Brief looks at the Defense Production Act.