The US Navy reported June 4 it and the Royal Navy responded to a distress call as three craft from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy closely followed an "internationally flagged" merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz the same day.
On June 1, Justice Anthony Besanko ended a defamation case from the most decorated Australian veteran alive, ex-Special Air Service Regiment Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith, ruling in favour of the The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times.
Western Australia Premier and Treasurer Mark McGowan told a snap press conference May 29 he would retire by week's end, concluding six years as premier and 26 as Member for Rockingham.
On May 24, Madera County, California, US police jailed retired corrections officer Gregory Rodriguez on a US$7.8 million bond for allegedly sexually assaulting 13 prisoners at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla.
China's Foreign Ministry summoned Japan's ambassador to it, Hideo Tarumi, on May 21 to protest claimed "hype around China-related issues", after the Group of 7, meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, commented on matters Beijing considered "internal affairs".
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