Protesters in Chicago, New York and St. Paul, Minnesota, took to the streets on July 7 to express outrage after the second fatal police shooting of a black man in the United States in two days.

Islamic State claimed a triple suicide attack on July 7 evening near a Shi'ite mausoleum north of Baghdad, which killed at least 35 people and wounded 60 others, according to Iraqi security sources.

An international conference discussing on recent developments in the East Sea and relevant policies will be held by the Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative under the US Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on July 12.

The United States on July 6 sanctioned the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un for the first time, citing "notorious abuses of human rights," in a move that diplomats say will incense the nuclear-armed country.

VOV.VN - Five days after Australia’s federal election, an official result has still not been announced. 90% of the votes have been counted but no party has gained enough votes to form a government.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on July 6 he hoped a 72-hour truce in Syria was "a harbinger" that more ambitious and long-lasting similar deals could be struck.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha held talks with his visiting Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith in Bangkok on July 6, focusing on bilateral issues like trade promotion, labour cooperation, and cross-border tourism as well as regional connectivity.

The Malaysian authorities have called for people’s calmness and cooperation with the government in the fight against terrorism following the first attack carried out by the so-called Islamic State on the Malaysian territory. 

Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf has released a Filipino hostage after about one year in captivity in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, the country’s military said on July 6. 

President Barack Obama, calling Afghanistan's security situation precarious, said on July 6 he will keep US troop levels there at 8,400 through the end of his administration rather than reducing them to 5,500 by year's end as previously planned.