The member countries of the European Union (EU) agreed to start negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Indonesia, regardless of the increasing doubt in the EU on the benefits of globalisation. 

Thailand’s Deputy Minister of Commerce Suvit Maesincee said Thailand and the UK have agreed in principle on the signing of a Free Trade Agreement in the context of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. 

VOV.VN - The deadly cargo truck attack on crowds of  people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on the evening of July 14 killed at least 84 people and injured hundreds more, heightening fears of terrorist attacks around the globe. 

Turkey purged its police on July 18 after rounding up thousands of soldiers in the wake of a failed military coup, and said it could reconsider its friendship with the United States unless Washington hands over a cleric Ankara blames for the putsch.

A 17-year-old Afghan refugee wielding an ax and a knife attacked passengers on a train in southern Germany on July 18 evening, severely wounding four, before he was shot dead by police, the interior minister for the state of Bavaria said.

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on July 17 had a historic meeting with representatives from ethnic armed groups to deliberate the organisation of the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference.

Marcel Winter, President of the Czech – Vietnamese Society, recently refuted a newspaper article showing China’s wrongful viewpoints on the East Sea situation. 

Turkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of a failed military coup on July 17, taking the number of people rounded up in the armed forces and judiciary to 6,000, and the government said it was in control of the country and economy.

The man who mowed through a crowd with a truck, killing 84 Bastille Day revelers in Nice on July 14, had phoned home hours earlier and sent a 'laughing' picture from the French city, his brother told Reuters.

The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) will kick off in Vientiane, Laos, on July 24 with the attendance of Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.