China and Myanmar have vowed to push forward military relations and cooperation in training and the defence industry.

Member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on May 24 voiced their support for maintaining peace and stability in Asia-Pacific, including the East Sea, at their foreign ministerial meeting in Uzbekistan. 

The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) needs to promote unity and increase its role in addressing security challenges in an effective and prompt manner.

A US-backed alliance of Syrian militias launched a new offensive against Islamic State fighters near their de facto capital of Raqqa city on May 24, a monitoring group and an official said.

At least 11 people were killed and many others are reported missing after a landslide hit a jade mining region on May 24 in Hpakant town in northern Kachin, Myanmar due to a heavy downpour on May 23. 

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) committed to loaning Indonesia US$824 million to finance programmes for infrastructure development, education and power plants. 

Several foreign newspapers have carried news stories highlighting the ongoing visit to Vietnam by US President Barack Obama, during which he announced to fully lift the arms embargo on Vietnam. 

India, Thailand and Myanmar are negotiating building an 1,400-kilometre highway to link India with Southeast Asia by land. 

A suicide car bombing claimed by Islamic State killed at least 40 Yemeni army recruits and wounded 60 in the southern city of Aden on May 23, medics said, in one of the deadliest attacks yet on government interests.

Global leaders met in Istanbul on May 23 to tackle a "broken" humanitarian system that has left 130 million people in need of aid, a near insurmountable task for a two-day summit that critics say risks achieving little.