Chief of the ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) and President of the Senate Chea Sim died on June 8 due to illness, aged 83, according to CPP spokesperson Chhim Phalvarun. 

With the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community set to take place at the end of this year, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong talked to Vietnam News and other news outlets of ASEAN on major issues facing regional group members.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is confident the ASEAN Community will be established by the end of this year, but added the quality of ASEAN integration will depend on how it resolves outstanding issues, including the territorial dispute in East Sea. 

Saudi-led air strikes killed at least 44 people during an air raid on the main headquarters of the Yemeni army in central Sanaa on June 7, the Houthi-run state news agency Saba said.

Group of Seven (G7) leaders vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on June 7 to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine.

(VOV) -Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations meet on June 7 in the Bavarian Alps for a summit overshadowed by Greece's debt crisis and ongoing violence in Ukraine.

Group of Seven leaders will express their concern over any unilateral action to change the status quo in the East China Sea and East Vietnam Sea amid tensions between China and a number of Asian countries, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper said on June 6.

(VOV) -Dozens of experts and scholars discussed East Sea issues and conflicts threatening world peace at a round table discussion held in Moscow’s University of Humanities on June 5.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting Philippine President Benigno Aquio have agreed to start negotiations on an accord for the transfer of military equipment and technology, aiming to strengthen security ties. 

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott voiced his country’s stance on the East Sea issue on June 4, opposing China’s unilateral moves to expand its territory in the sea.

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton called on June 4 for changes to election laws to make it easier to vote, and condemned several Republican rivals for backing efforts that she said keep poor, young and minority voters from the polls.

Yemen's dominant Houthis agreed on June 4 to join United Nations-backed peace talks in Geneva planned for June 14, a day after their opponents in the exiled government confirmed their attendance.

ASEAN will organise the 5th ASEAN Competition Conference (ACC) between June 4 and 5 in Ho Chi Minh City themed “Advancing Competition Policy and Law Post-2015: Progress, Opportunities and Challenges”, said the ASEAN Secretariat on June 3.

Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists on June 3 fought their first serious battles in months and Ukraine's defense minister said an attempt by rebels to take the eastern town of Maryinka had been thwarted.

Myanmar will host the 7th Summit of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) in Nay Pyi Taw late this month. 

Western and Arab states carrying out air strikes on Islamic State fighters backed on June 2 Iraq's plan to retake territory from the jihadist movement after being accused by the Iraqi premier of not doing enough to help Baghdad push back the insurgents.

President Barack Obama signed into law on June 2 legislation passed by Congress earlier in the day reforming a government surveillance program that swept up millions of Americans' telephone records.

US President Barack Obama has stated that China’s illegal construction projects in the East Sea are counter-productive and called for an end to aggressive action in the region.

Representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have reaffirmed the importance of ASEAN-ROK Strategic Partnership and agreed to enhance cooperation and further strengthen the relationship.

Efforts to coax Yemen's warring factions into talks have made some progress, officials said on June 1, as warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition mounted more air strikes on the country's dominant Houthi militia.

A passenger ship carrying 458 people, many elderly Chinese tourists, sank in the Yangtze River in a storm late on June 1 and only about 20 had been rescued so far, state media said, in what could be one of China's worst disasters for years.

Six world powers have agreed on a way to restore UN sanctions on Iran if the country breaks the terms of a future nuclear deal, clearing a major obstacle to an accord ahead of a June 30 deadline, Western officials told Reuters.

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of China's People's Liberation Army, Sun Jianguo, told the 14 th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31 that the situation on the East Sea is generally peaceful and stable.

An array of initiatives have been proposed by many countries to ensure regional security on May 30 - the first working day of the 14 th Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore.

Roadside bombs in southern Thailand killed one police officer and wounded seven members of the security forces in a region scarred by a long-running Muslim separatist insurgency, police said on May 31.

Six world powers have agreed on a way to restore UN sanctions on Iran if the country breaks the terms of a future nuclear deal, clearing a major obstacle to an accord ahead of a June 30 deadline.

Italians go to the polls on May 31 in local elections that will be the biggest test for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi since his center-left Democratic Party (PD) triumphed in a vote for the European parliament a year ago.

US Secretary of State John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif for six hours on May 30 trying to overcome obstacles to a final nuclear agreement, a month ahead of a deadline for a deal between Tehran and six world powers.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called upon the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China to come up with a code of conduct in the East Sea (COC) at an early time.

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on May 30 that Beijing's island-building in the East Sea was undermining security in the Asia-Pacific but, despite his blunt remarks, the response from Chinese officials was measured.