Islamic State fighters launched attacks on government-held areas near Damascus overnight in what a Syrian source said appeared to be a response to the group's loss of ground elsewhere.

Myanmar's President U Htin Kyaw formed the State Financial Commission on April 5, according to an announcement of the President's Office. 

China wishes to strengthen cooperation on trade with Myanmar, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei said on April 5.

Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned on April 5, becoming the first casualty of leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm which have shone a spotlight on the offshore wealth of politicians and public figures worldwide.

The Panamanian lawyer at the center of a data leak scandal that has embarrassed a clutch of world leaders said on April 5 that his firm was a victim of a hack from outside his company, and has filed a complaint with state prosecutors.

VOV.VN - On April 4, Greece began sending the migrants back to Turkey under an agreement reached between the European Union (EU) and Turkey last month aimed at stemming the influx of refugees to Western Europe.

The United States applauded a ceasefire between Azerbaijan and its breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region on April 5 and said it was engaging with both sides to encourage them to strictly abide by the halt in fighting.

Turkey is ready to take in another 200 migrants deported from the Greek islands this week, a senior government official said, as it presses ahead with a disputed EU deal aimed at shutting down the main route for illegal migration into Europe.

Indonesian authorities sank 23 foreign fishing boats on April 5, saying that the vessels were illegally operating in the country’s territorial waters.

Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea (RoK), has worked to enhance cooperation relations with ASEAN’s capitals across the fields of public transport and water treatment, aiming to lay a foundation for closer ties between the two sides.