Philippines’ Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte has won the country’s May 9 presidential election, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced on the evening of May 27.

Islamic State fighters captured territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border on May 27 and inched closer to a town on a supply route for foreign-backed insurgents fighting the jihadists, a monitoring group said.

Barack Obama on May 27 became the first incumbent US president to visit Hiroshima, site of the world's first atomic bombing, in a gesture Tokyo and Washington hope will showcase their alliance and reinvigorate efforts to rid the world of nuclear arms

The United Nations' humanitarian chief on May 27 demanded that the Syrian government and militant groups stop interfering with the delivery of food and medicine for civilians trapped in besieged and difficult-to-reach areas in war-ravaged Syria.

Six Bangladeshis were prosecuted for financing terrorism in Singapore on May 27, the first to be charged under the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act (TSOFA) in the city state. 

The G7 leaders have committed to enhancing cooperation to achieve sustainable growth in the global economy and to ensure maritime security, including in the South China Sea (known as the East Sea in Vietnam). 

The Group of Seven industrial powers pledged on May 27 to seek strong global growth, while papering over differences on currencies and stimulus policies and expressing concern over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Russia and maritime disputes involving China.

VOV.VN - G7 leaders met in Japan on May 26 to discuss coordinated actions to stimulate global growth, fight terrorism, and ensure maritime security. The 42nd G7 summit involves leaders from Britain, Canada, Germany, the US, Japan, France, and Italy. 

VOV.VN - The tensions between China and Vietnam, or China and the Philippines, or China and other claimants in the South China Sea are not of our making, said US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the expanded G7 Summit in Japan. 

There will be no new round of Syria talks for at least two or three weeks, the office of UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said in a statement on May 26, after he consulted the UN Security Council for about two and a half hours.