(VOV) - The G8 summit opened in Northern Ireland on June 17, focusing on how to recover the global economic recession. Yet, disagreements over policies for Syria have cast a shadow over the event. 

(VOV) - 50 million voters on June 14 will cast their ballots to elect a new President to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The new president is expected to face many challenges to help Iran overcome current difficulties amid increased Western pressure on Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme.

(VOV) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold talks with US President Barack Obama during his visit to the US. This summit is expected to increase mutual understanding and trust fostering both cooperation and competitiveness for global peace and stability.

(VOV) - An international peace conference will be held in Geneva next week on the initiative of Russia and the US to try to put an end to the prolonged crisis in Syria. There are signs that the conference will not yield the hoped-for results because of a lack of international consensus.

(VOV) - Recent attacks on soldiers in France and the UK have put those countries on high alert and efforts are being made to clarify the reason behind those attacks.

(VOV) - A conference opened in London on May 23 to discuss the future of Europe in the global economy.

(VOV) - Relations between Russia and US have been strained by the arrest and expulsion of a US Embassy official in Moscow suspected of trying to recruit a Russian agent with a large amount of money. 

(VOV) - Two years ago, on May 2, the US jubilantly celebrated the death of Osama Bin Laden, the terrorist leader who masterminded the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington D.C, Al Qaeda branches in Pakistan and other countries continue to threaten security in the US and US interests around the world.

(VOV) - The US was shocked by a twin bombing in Copley square in the centre of Boston city, where tens of thousands of people and athletes from 96 countries were attending a marathon.

(VOV) - After 7 years of negotiations, the United Nations has finally endorsed the historic Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), breaking a deadlock over the global trade of conventional weapons.