Burgenstock, June 15 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the peace conference in Switzerland will increase the pressure on Moscow, but other conference attendees were not so optimistic.

New Delhi, June 15 - The Group of Seven (G7) Summit held in Italy's Apulia on Friday has further solidified India's image as the leader of the Global South, right at the start of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third consecutive term.

Bratislava, June 15 - Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of left-wing populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, was sworn in as the President of Slovakia on Saturday.

Moscow, June 15 - Russian authorities said on Saturday that seven people have been killed by Ukrainian shelling on the Russian border region of Belgorod.

Fuzhou, June 15 - Railway authorities in east China's Jiangxi and Fujian provinces have suspended passenger train service on four railways from Saturday to June 19 in an emergency response to flooding risks brought by lingering rainfall.

Tokyo, June 15 - A worker from a subsidiary was found collapsed at a rest area at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and was later confirmed dead, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).

Seoul, June 15 - North Korea's military has been carrying out unexplained construction activities inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, according to a military source on Saturday.

Bari, Italy, June 15 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is keeping expectations low for the international peace conference in Switzerland aimed at helping chart a path toward the end of the war in Ukraine.

Manila, June 15 - Twenty-one of the 22 Filipino seafarers on board a commercial ship attacked in the Red Sea earlier this week have been rescued and safe, the Philippines' Department of Migrant Workers chief said on Saturday.

Washington, June 15 - Predicted high waves and stormy seas have prompted the US to temporarily remove a pier it set up to provide humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip.

Burgenstock, Switzerland, June 15 - An international conference opening in Switzerland on Saturday is set to discuss the first building blocks of a peace process in the Ukraine war.

Moscow, June 15 - Two warships of the Russian Pacific Fleet will participate in joint naval exercises with the Egyptian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday.

Brussels, June 15 - The Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) has announced that EU ambassadors agreed "in principle" on the negotiating frameworks for the accession talks of Ukraine and Moldova.

Moscow/Kiev, June 15 - The Ukrainian Air Force has reported that Russia launched several attacks on Ukraine using various missiles, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.

Cape Town, June 15 - Cyril Ramaphosa, leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), has been re-elected by the National Assembly as the President for the next five years.