1. South Korea's defence ministry summoned Japan's defence attache to protest over an annual white paper published by Tokyo, which made a territorial claim over disputed islands located in the East Sea.

2. Japan's ruling coalition will likely lose its majority in the upper house election on July 20, media polls showed.

3. China's GDP grew 5.2% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, slowing from 5.4% in the first quarter.

4. US, allies agree to set the end of August as the de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran.

5. US Senate will begin voting on President Donald Trump's request to slash $9.4 billion in spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting. 

6. Google inks $3 billion US hydropower deal in largest clean energy agreement of its kind.

7. Tesla launched its Model Y at about $70,000 in India, the highest price among major markets.