Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha denied rumours of a coup by high-ranking military officers on June 16.

Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump barged his way into the 2016 US presidential election on June 16 in a blitz of boasts, inflammatory comments and attacks on both fellow Republicans and President Barack Obama's administration.

The Yemeni leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Nasser al-Wuhayshi, who was once an associate of Osama bin Laden, was killed in a suspected US drone strike, CNN reported on June 15, citing two Yemeni national security officials.

A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia's border would be the most aggressive US act since the Cold War, and Moscow would retaliate by beefing up its own forces, a Russian defense official said on June 15.

The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) started its 29th session on June 15 in Geneva, Switzerland with the participation of representatives from dozens of UN agencies, human rights non-governmental organisations and 47 HRC member states, including Vietnam.

(VOV) -Hillary Clinton formally kicked off her presidential campaign on June 13 with the first major speech calling on all Americans to develop a new era of real and lasting prosperity and sustainability for all.

Talks on ending a deadlock between Greece and its international creditors broke up in failure on June 14, with European leaders venting their frustration as Athens stumbled closer toward a debt default that threatens its future in the euro.

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said drug companies that would benefit from a Pacific trade pact should sell their products to the US government at a discount in her strongest comments yet on an issue that has divided her party.

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet has fallen to the lowest level since he took office in 2012, to just over 40%, with nearly two-thirds of voters opposed to his muscular defense policy that would end a self-imposed ban on the military fighting overseas, a weekend media survey showed.

Boeing Co (BA.N) is exploring a potential market of over 1,000 aircraft in a niche between its single-aisle 737 and wide-body 787, but has not decided whether to invest in a new jetliner, its sales chief said on June 14.