President Vladimir Putin said on June 17 he accepted the United States was probably still the world's sole superpower and he was ready to work with whoever won the presidency, but didn't want to be told how to live by Americans.

Politicians in Kiev worry that a vote by Britain to leave the European Union would weaken the EU's support for Ukraine and undermine its resolve to stand up to Russia.

The U.S. administration sought on June 17 to contain fallout from a leaked internal memo critical of its Syria policy, but showed no sign it was willing to consider military strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces called for in the letter signed by dozens of American diplomats.

President Barack Obama on June 16 met survivors of a massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub and relatives of the 49 people killed and said the United States must act to control gun violence and fight what he called homegrown terrorism.

VOV.VN - In a referendum on June 23 British voters will decide if the UK will stay in or leave the EU. Recent public polls show that Brexit supporters slightly outnumber opponents.

Air strikes hit rebel-held parts of Aleppo just hours into an announced 48-hour ceasefire and fighting carried on in and around the northern Syrian city, monitors and witnesses said.

Tens of thousands of civilians stranded inside Islamic State-controlled Falluja are at risk of disease outbreaks as Iraqi government forces press their assault to retake the city, World Health Organization (WHO) official Ala Alwan said on June 16.

A British member of parliament was shot dead in the street on June 16, causing deep shock across Britain and the suspension of campaigning for next week's referendum on the country's EU membership.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged the country’s Maritime Coordinating Minister, Rizal Ramli, to come up with a strong marine policy that can be implemented in July.

Four terrorist suspects were arrested in Surabaya, East Java, with links to the self-proclaimed Islamic State, Indonesia’s National Police Chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti said on June 15.