France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on June 21 it was unclear whether an international deal could be reached on Iran's nuclear program by a June 30 deadline.

A roadside bomb killed at least 19 Afghan civilians including nine children in a southern province, while Taliban fighters in the north captured a key district on the frontline of the battle for Kunduz city, officials said on June 21.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led tens of thousands of people in a yoga session in the center of the capital on June 21 to showcase the country's signature cultural export.

A driver killed three people and injured 34 on June 20 in the Austrian city of Graz when he ploughed a vehicle at high speed into a crowded shopping street, police said.

Kakuma camp in northern Kenya is expanding by nearly a half, the UN refugee agency said on June 20, to house refugees fleeing nearby South Sudan as hopes fade for peace in the world's newest nation.

the Republic of Korea's Health Ministry reported on June 21 three more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, bringing the total to 169 in an outbreak that is the largest outside of Saudi Arabia.

China, Japan and the Republic of Korea are considering holding their first trilateral summit in three years, offering a potential stage for the first one-on-one meeting between Tokyo and Seoul's leaders, the Nikkei business daily reported on June 20.

UN sponsored talks in Geneva on a ceasefire between Yemen's warring parties ended on June 19 without a deal as Saudi-led warplanes staged further strikes on the dominant Houthi armed faction and allies including elite Republican Guards.

The US House of Representatives on June 18 reversed course, approving "fast-track" legislation central to President Barack Obama's trade deal with Pacific Rim nations and sending it back to the Senate.

Danish voters ousted Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt in an election on June 18 and handed power to an opposition centre-right alliance including huge gains for a eurosceptic, anti-immigrant party.