An Indonesian transport official has said ships travelling from the country's Borneo Island to the Philippines need to have an armed escort as piracy in the waters is escalating. 

Air strikes destroyed a hospital and killed dozens of people in rebel-held areas of Aleppo, including children and doctors, in an attack that a US official said appeared to be solely the work of the Syrian government.

VOV.VN -  The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has carried out a number of missile launches despite strong international opposition. This has increased tensions on the Korean peninsula and nuclear talks can’t be resumed for the moment.

President Barack Obama said on April 28 he expected the United States would meet a goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees before the end of the year despite delays and opposition from critics concerned about security implications.

VOV.VN - The ASEAN-US Joint Cooperation Committee convened its 7th meeting on April 28 in Jakarta, Indonesia, to review recent activities and discuss stronger cooperation in the future to realize the statements made by both sides’ senior leaders. 

Several members of the US Congress on April 27 urged the Obama administration to help strengthen marine security in the East Sea via increasing naval operations close to disputed islands in those waters.

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was placed under formal investigation on terrorism and murder charges in France on April 27 after his extradition from Belgium, and he promised to talk to judges during his next hearing, his French lawyer said.

A female suicide bomber wounded eight people when she blew herself up near the main mosque in the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa on April 27, officials said, the fifth suicide bombing in a major urban center this year.

The United Nations mediator on April 28 called on the leaders of the United States and the Russian Federation to salvage the "barely alive" two-month-old ceasefire in Syria and revitalize the damaged peace process.

Cambodia, on April 27, dispatched 230 troops to join a United Nation (UN) peacekeeping mission in the West African nation of Mali, where they will work in mine clearance and airport construction.