Canada is proceeding with plans to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees, but the country's background-vetting program is under scrutiny by a US congressional panel, with a hearing set for February 3, amid lawmaker concerns about US security.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) told UN agencies on February 2 it plans to launch a satellite as early as next week, a move that could advance the country's long-range missile technology after its fourth nuclear test on January 6.

VOV.VN - The relationship between Russia and Turkey has been tense since Turkey shot down a Russian Su 24 fighter. 

The United Nations announced the formal start of peace talks for Syria on February 1 and urged world powers to push for a ceasefire even as government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, launched their biggest offensive north of Aleppo in a year.

Nearly two dozen nations gather on February 2 to plot their fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq and how to choke off its rise in Libya.

France and Belgium vowed on February 1 to intensify cooperation in the fight against Islamist radicals, including a more rapid exchange of information on potential militants and efforts to prevent forgery of documents.

A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself after joining a queue to enter a police office in Kabul on February 1, killing 20 people and wounding at least 29 in the worst such attack this year.

President Barack Obama will ask Congress for US$755 million in his budget next week to jumpstart cancer research in a "moonshot" push to find cancer cures and treatments, the White House said on February 1.

Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari left New Delhi on February 1 for a five-day visit to Brunei and Thailand to strengthen bilateral collaboration with the two southeast Asian countries as well as promoting the country’s “Look East” policy.

Myanmar’s 430 lawmakers of the House of Representatives (Lower House) arrived for their first day of work in the capital Nay Pyi Taw on February 1.