1. North Korea has notified Japan it plans to launch a rocket carrying a satellite between May 27 and June 4.
2. Courts in Thailand handed jail terms on Monday to an activist musician who set fire to a portrait of the king and to an opposition lawmaker for insulting the monarchy.
3. Myanmar's Muslim-minority Rohingya community is once again under threat of attacks and displacement.
4. The European Union aims to agree in principle on Monday to press ahead with an EU border mission at Rafah.
5. Papua New Guinea's massive landslide three days ago buried more than 2,000 people.