VOV.VN - The US Senate has approved legislation extending the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for another ten years – by a vote of 99-0.  The Iran Sanctions Extension Act, which passed in the House in a 419-1 vote a fortnight ago, now goes to President Obama’s desk.

A downpour drenched thousands of mourners in this Brazilian city on Saturday as they grieved over 50 caskets flown overnight to the stadium of the local Chapecoense soccer team, which was all but wiped out in an air crash Monday in Colombia.

China lodged a diplomatic protest on December 3 after US President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, but blamed the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own for the "petty" move.

Tens of thousands of Cubans packed into a public square in Santiago de Cuba on December 3, joining dignitaries to bid farewell to revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in the city where his ashes will be entombed.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he expected to have most members of his Cabinet announced next week, interviewing more candidates at Trump Tower for top jobs in his administration as he prepares to take office on Jan. 20.

Dozens of coffins carrying those killed when a plane flying Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team crashed into a Colombian mountain were loaded onto Brazilian air force planes for their final journey home on December 2.

The Republic of Korea (ROK) blacklisted senior Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) officials, including leader Kim Jong Un's top aides, on December 2 in fresh unilateral sanctions over Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile tests.

President Francois Hollande shocked France on December 1 by announcing he would not seek a second term next year, acknowledging his deep unpopularity and making way for another leftist candidate to take on conservative Francois Fillon and far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

The Republic of Korea (ROK) President Park Geun-hye's approval rating remained at a record low of 4%, according to a Gallup Korea opinion poll released on December 2, amid a growing political scandal.

The United Nations issued a fresh warning on November 30 about the humanitarian situation in eastern Mosul where the US-backed Iraqi army is locked in heavy fighting with Islamic State militants.