Saudi security forces shot dead two alleged Islamic State fighters and two others blew themselves up outside the holy city of Mecca on May 5, the interior ministry said.

Myanmar’s Union Parliament on May 5 agreed to discuss adding the Ministry of the Office of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi to the government set-up. 

Ahmet Davutoglu announced on May 5 that he was stepping down as leader of Turkey's ruling AK Party and therefore as prime minister, bowing to President Tayyip Erdogan's drive to create a powerful executive presidency.

Air strikes on a camp housing Syrians uprooted by war killed at least 28 people near the Turkish border on May 5, a monitoring group said, and fighting raged in parts of northern Syria despite a deal to cease hostilities in the city of Aleppo.

Foreign ministers and military chiefs of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines agreed to conduct joint patrols to boost maritime security following the kidnappings of Indonesians by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants.

The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Defence Officials' Dialogue (ARF - DOD) opened in Luang Prabang, Laos on May 5, with much emphasis on humanitarian and security issues.

Italy and Germany agree on how Europe should tackle the migrant crisis and oppose any move to fence off borders, but they are at odds over how to fund proposed initiatives, the leaders of the two countries said on May 5.

VOV.VN - The US and EU have criticized wrong views after the leaking of documents reported to be of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement. 

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on May 4 that Washington and its allies had agreed to do more in their campaign to defeat Islamic State but that more risks lay ahead.

The United States said on May 4 it had agreed with Russia to extend a cessation of hostilities agreement to include Aleppo where intense day-long violence between Syrian rebels and government forces killed dozens of people.