VOV.VN - Republic of Korean President Park Geun Hye recently called for a 5-party talk to discuss nuclear issues on the Korean peninsula after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.

Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing outside Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's residence in the southern city of Aden on January 28 that killed at least six people.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised an agreement by Somalia's government on January 28 on a model for the electoral process to establish a new, bicameral federal parliament in 2016.

Indonesia and Iran will bolster cooperation in energy, including oil and gas, and in renewable energy development, the Antara Agency quoted Indonesian Minister of Energy and Minerals Sudirmad Said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their left-leaning Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners agreed on January 28 to tighten asylum rules, reaching a compromise on how to stem an influx of migrants that topped one million last year.

The Indonesian Police launched a mobile application on January 27 to encourage people to report suspected terrorism-linked activities in their neighbourhood. 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told French business leaders on January 27 that Iran was open for investment as he started a visit in France to revive business ties despite diplomatic differences.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) authorities arrested three Indonesian migrant workers who were suspected to have links with the Islamic State (IS), said Nusron Wahid, head of the Indonesian Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers Overseas, on January 27.

VOV.VN -Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired the annual press conference recapping Russia’s external achievements in 2015 and its future policy.

Indonesia is renewing its cooperation with Timor Leste in a number of areas, and will also explore the possibility of cooperation in the energy and economy sector, Indonesian President Joko Widodo was quoted by the Antara News on January 27.