Russia carried out an overnight missile and drone strike on Kyiv, damaging residential buildings, sparking fires and injuring medical workers after Ukraine warned of a large-scale assault.
Qatar says US and Iranian negotiators made positive progress during indirect talks in Doha and agreed to continue discussions, while Tehran ruled out IAEA access to bombed nuclear sites and defended ongoing diplomacy.
Venezuela has announced seven days of national mourning after the death toll from the June 24 earthquakes climbed to 2,295. Rescue operations continue as thousands remain affected and temporary relief camps expand.
Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the US decision to transfer the Panama Canal to Panama, alleging China is seeking to gain control over the strategic waterway and vowing Washington would not allow it.
Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan said on Wednesday that the Adani Group must obtain state government's permission to transfer shares of the Vizhinjam seaport.
Congressman Jim Himes has agreed to support a bill introduced in the US Congress to declare Diwali as a federal holiday.
PM Modi will then travel to Washington DC, where he will receive a ceremonial welcome at the White House on June 22 and meet President Biden to continue their high-level dialogue
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said the full implementation of the new norms defined in the adopted Constitution requires the continuation with renewed vigour and enthusiasm.
After much speculation, visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday -- becoming the highest-ranking American official to meet the Chinese leader since 2018.
The death toll from the extra-tropical cyclone that lashed southern Brazil over the weekend has increased to 13, with four people still missing, said the country's civil defence agency.
