Main News of June 2

WORLD

* The Cairo criminal court has sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak to life imprisonment over the killing of protesters during an uprising in January 2011

* Tigran Sargsyan has been reappointed as prime minister of Armenia, the presidential press service said

* The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs will vote on the Magnitsky List June 7, according to the committee schedule

RUSSIA

* Russia does not have any special interests in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said

* Russia will conduct dialogue on missile defense with Western countries if it has guarantees that the missile shield is not directed against it, President Vladimir Putin said

* The Russia-EU summit in St. Petersburg will address the economic crisis in Europe, integration in the post-Soviet area, Syria and Iran, as well as other issues, a presidential aide said