There will be no bargaining over a new constitution for Turkey which could enhance the powers of the president and the government will seek to put the matter to a referendum, the prime minister said on March 6.

Nancy Reagan, the former actress who was fiercely protective of husband Ronald Reagan through a Hollywood career, eight years in the White House, an assassination attempt and her husband's Alzheimer's disease, died on March 6 at age 94.

A truck bomb at an Iraqi checkpoint south of Baghdad killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 70 on March 6, medical and security officials said, and Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast.

VOV.VN - Islamic State (IS) is expanding its influence in and outside Libya, UN Secretary General of Ban Ki-moon said on March 5 in Mauritania as part of his tour of West and North Africa.

VOV.VN - The European Union’s decision to extend by one year restrictions against 16 Ukrainian citizens including Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych began to take effect.

China faces a tough battle to keep its economy growing by at least 6.5% over the next five years while creating more jobs and restructuring inefficient industries, Premier Li Keqiang said as he opened China's annual parliament on March 5.

The new Myanmar government, which is to take office in late March, will cut the number of ministries to 23 from the previous 36.

VOV.VN - Cuban and EU chief negotiators expressed optimism at separate press meetings following the 7th round of Cuba-EU negotiations on political dialogue and cooperation.

The European Commission set out a timetable on March 4 to restore the fraying 26-nation Schengen open border area by year-end, warning that failure to do so would cost the European economy up to 18 billion euros (US$19.7 billion) a year.

Malaysia will send experts to Mozambique for examining the wreckage found in the country, which possibly comes from the missing flight MH370, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said on March 3.