A senior official from Syria's main opposition group said on February 29 that a fragile international attempt to halt nearly five years of fighting was in danger of collapse because of attacks by government forces.

Popular support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel has bounced back after hitting a 4-1/2 year low in February, a poll indicated on February 29, but a majority of voters are still sceptical her government will be able to reduce the refugee influx soon.

The number of refugees and migrants trapped in Greece may reach 70,000 in coming weeks, Greece's migration minister said, adding that a NATO plan to crack down on smugglers could limit migrant flows significantly.

At least 40 people were killed by a suicide bomber at a funeral in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala while a suicide blast at a security checkpoint in Baghdad's western outskirts killed eight members of the security forces, police said on February 29.

Singapore, as the coordinator of ASEAN-China relations, will focus on the formulation of a Code of Conduct between ASEAN and China, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on February 27.

The Syrian opposition warned on February 28 that attacks by the army, backed by Russian warplanes, threatened a US-Russian deal for a cessation of hostilities with collapse and endangered future peace talks.

A twin suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State killed 70 people in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad on February 28 in the deadliest attack inside the capital this year, as militants launched an assault on its western outskirts.

Thailand and Cambodia have pledged to boost agreements signed during a joint cabinet meeting in December 2015 and support each other at the UN, said Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai on February 26.

At least seven policemen and two locals were seriously injured in a car bomb detonated near a Border Patrol Police (BPP) station in Thailand’s southern province of Pattani on February 27.

VOV.VN - The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat closed in Vientiane, Laos on February 27