Biden-Putin meeting opens with reporters shoving June 16, 2021 at 03:47AM

Flash floods kill 10 people in Bhutan, seven missing in Nepal June 16, 2021 at 03:30AM

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains washed away a remote mountain camp in Bhutan on Wednesday killing 10 people and injuring five, while floods in neighbouring Nepal left seven people missing, authorities said. The Bhutan villagers, who had been collecting cordeyceps, a fungus used in medicine, were sleeping when the floodwaters hit just after midnight. Their camp near Laya, about 60 km (37 miles) north of the capital Thimphu, was washed away, local media reported.

Face to face: Biden, Putin meet for long-anticipated summit June 16, 2021 at 01:50AM

US President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin have arrived on Wednesday at the lush lakeside Swiss mansion for their highly anticipated summit, a moment of consequential diplomacy at a time when both leaders agree that relations between their countries are at an all-time low.

Iran field narrows as candidates quit on campaign's last day June 16, 2021 at 02:32AM

Iran's presidential contest headed toward a showdown between the country's hard-line judiciary chief and moderate former Central Bank chief on Wednesday, as two candidates dropped out on the last day of campaigning to clear a path for the challengers.