The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague, the Netherlands, on July 12, ruled that China violated the Philippines’s sovereign rights in exploring resources surrounding the Reed Bank in the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea). 

VOV.VN - On July 12, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdon of Thailand issued a press release on Peace, Stability and Sustainable Development in the South China Sea (known as the East Sea by Vietnam).

China’s claims to historic rights over waters within the nine-dash line are contrary to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague, the Netherlands, said. 

VOV.VN - More than 100 mayors and city leaders are attending the 7th World Cities Summit which is taking place in Singapore from July 10 to 17.

An arbitration court in The Hague will rule on July 12 in a dispute about the South China Sea in which the Philippines is challenging China's right to exploit resources across vast swathes of the strategic territory.

The United States is stepping up its military campaign against Islamic State by sending hundreds more troops to assist Iraqi forces in an expected push on the city of Mosul, the militants' largest stronghold, later this year.

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps on July 11 dispatched five military vessels to monitor a US warship hosting one of America's top generals on a day trip through the Strait of Hormuz, coming as close as 500 yards (meters).

Interior minister Theresa May will become Britain's prime minister on July 13, with the task of steering its withdrawal from the European Union, after rival Andrea Leadsom abruptly terminated her disastrous leadership campaign.

In the 21st century, robots and unmanned vehicles no longer sound like science fiction.

Stricter security checks will be applied to Malaysian and Singaporean visitors entering Indonesia in the upcoming time, said Indonesia’s PT Angkarasa Pura II, the state-owned company handling airports.