Joe Biden recently announced his $715 billion defense budget for the 2022 fiscal year, which also included $3.3 billion in aid to Afghan forces. The new offer is $300 million more than the US provided last year to Afghanistan. In addition to military aid, Afghanistan will also receive further assistance from the US Department of State.

The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) increased the price of super petrol by Ksh3.56 ($0.03) per litre while that of diesel and kerosene remain unchanged for the period May 15 to June 14. The latest price review pushes the price per litre of super petrol in Nairobi to Ksh126.37 ($1.18) while that of diesel and kerosene remain unchanged at Ksh107.66 ($1) and Ksh97.85 ($0.91), respectively.

Prior to his first face-to-face meeting with US President Biden, President Erdoğan held a meeting with the executives of US large companies. Reuters news agency reported that the top executives of about 20 companies, including Boeing, Amazon, Microsoft, Kellogg, PepsiCo, Cisco, Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson, participated in the meeting. (DW)

The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution calling for an investigation of violations in the Gaza Strip and in Israel, including in East Jerusalem. It is reported that the commission created for this will deal with both recent events during the last exacerbation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and "systematic violations" of human rights.