Eight Yemeni troops and six militants were killed on July 6 in an assault claimed by Al Qaeda on a military base near the international airport of Yemen's southern city of Aden.

Myanmar's Preparatory Committee for Holding the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference has outlined policy guidelines for the peace process, said spokesman of the President's Office U Zaw Htay on July 6. 

VOV.VN - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will meet with Russia after NATO’s summit ends on July 9 in Warsaw, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on July 4.

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith arrived in Bangkok on July 5, beginning his two-day official visit to Thailand, according to the Spokesperson of the Thai Foreign Ministry Sek Wannamethee.

Some 4,500 migrants were rescued from rubber dinghies and a wooden boat in the Mediterranean on July 5, Italy's coast guard said, as the sea calmed after a rough weekend.

The king of Saudi Arabia warned his country would strike with an "iron hand" against people who preyed on youth vulnerable to religious extremism, a day after suicide bombers struck three cities in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks.

Iraq's interior minister resigned on July 5 and said a deputy would take over his responsibilities, a few days after the deadliest of many car bombings in Baghdad since the 2003 US-led invasion.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon sharply criticized a decision by Israel to advance plans to build hundreds of units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem just days after world powers called on Israel to stop its settlement policy, his spokesman said on July 5.

The Royal Thai Government has sent representatives to the United Nations to inform the latter of the current political situation in the country. 

Thailand and Malaysia will organize the 22nd Land Exercise Thamal operation, a joint military training, in their shared border area from July 18-28.