China and India have both taken steps to de-escalate a border standoff (Hindu), pulling back some troops and equipment. 
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A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said the countries are working to ease the standoff (PTI) that started in early May. A series of talks between the two militaries are slated to begin today. Indian officials cautioned that the moves were only the first steps (Indian Express) in what would be a gradual disengagement and that there would be no immediate withdrawal of troops or weaponry. 

The Palestinian Authority (PA) sent a plan for Palestinian statehood (Times of Israel) to the European Union, Russia, the United Nations, and the United States, countering one put forward by the Donald J. Trump administration. The PA rejected the U.S. plan, which would allow parts of the West Bank to be annexed.
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Libya: The EU’s top diplomat, along with the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Italy, called for the warring parties in Libya to cease military operations and begin peace talks (Al Jazeera).

Antiterrorism legislation that some say could be unconstitutional (Al Jazeera) passed the Philippines’ Congress and has been sent to President Rodrigo Duterte. Among its provisions, the law would allow for the warrantless arrest and detention of suspected terrorists.
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Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tokyo hopes to take the lead (Japan Times) in a Group of Seven (G7) statement on China’s national security law for Hong Kong. Japan has been leery of taking too strong a position and jeopardizing its relationship with China, analysts said.

Pakistan’s army chief of staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to discuss peace talks between Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban. Abdullah said Bajwa expressed Pakistan’s support (TOLO) for the peace process.

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of heart failure (NYT) at the age of fifty-five. Burundi recently elected Evariste Ndayishimiye, a ruling party candidate, to succeed Nkurunziza, whose government was investigated for crimes against humanity during his fifteen-year autocratic rule.

Nigeria: At least fifty-nine people were killed (AFP) by fighters linked to a faction of Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state, a local leader said. Sources told Reuters that gunmen killed at least sixty-nine people and razed a village.
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CFR’s John Campbell explains the military’s failures against Boko Haram in Borno.

Republican lawmakers on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee opposed Trump’s plan to withdraw troops from Germany (Politico), saying the move would weaken the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and encourage Russian aggression.

CFR’s Philip H. Gordon explains why a troop withdrawal would be dangerous.
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Russia: Efforts to contain an oil spill (NYT) in Russia’s far north have failed and the oil is moving toward the Arctic Ocean, threatening a nature reserve.

President Nicolas Maduro is restricting the return of Venezuelan migrants (MercoPress), blaming them for the spread of the coronavirus. Hundreds of Venezuelans are stranded in camps in Colombia.
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Brazil: The government resumed publishing the cumulative totals of coronavirus cases and deaths (Reuters) pursuant to an order from Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court. The country has the second-highest number of deaths after the United States.

George Floyd, whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked a national reckoning with systemic racism, was remembered by friends and relatives and eulogized by Reverend Al Sharpton at his funeral in Houston (NYT), which was broadcast live. Thousands attended a public viewing on Monday.