Turkish-backed rebels on September 4 cleared Islamic State from Turkey's Syrian border, securing a 90 km (55 miles) corridor and marking a substantial gain in Ankara's plan to drive out Sunni militants and stop the advance of Syrian Kurdish fighters.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 5, the Japanese government said, the first such meeting in more than a year as Asia's two largest countries are locked in a territorial dispute.

 A bomb blast in front of a railway station in Thailand’s southern province of Pattani killed one and injured three others. 

 Building the ASEAN Community and strengthening the bloc’s external relations will top the agenda of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits scheduled to take place in Laos’ capital city of Vientiane from September 6-8.

Turkey and its rebel allies opened a new line of attack in northern Syria on September 3, as Turkish tanks rolled across the border and Syrian fighters swept in from the west to take villages held by Islamic State.

China and the United States ratified the Paris agreement to cut climate-warming emissions on September 3, marking a major step toward the enactment of the pact as early as the end of the year and setting the stage for other countries to follow suit.

US President Barack Obama on September 3 pressed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on territorial disputes in the South China Sea, urging Beijing to uphold its legal obligations and stressing the United States' commitments to its regional allies.

The US is considering to further ease sanctions against Myanmar as State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi will visit the White House from September 14-15.

Mayor of the Philippines’s Davao city Sara Duterte on September 3 accused the Abu Sayyaf, a notorious group of Islamic militants, of bombing a night market in Davao that took the lives of at least 14 people.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on September 2 to draw up proposals this year to end a row over a group of disputed islands that has bedevilled relations between their countries for over 70 years.

Uzbek President Islam Karimov has died aged 78 after suffering a stroke, leaving no obvious successor to take over the Central Asian nation.

An explosion at a packed night market in the home city of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte killed at least 12 people on September 2 and wounded dozens more, officials said, but the cause of the blast was not immediately clear.

A blast caused by a fire at a weapons storage depot in eastern Baghdad on September 2 set off rockets that hit neighboring districts, killing at least four residents and injuring 14 others.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has called on Malaysians to be wary of a "new form of colonialism", which could destroy the unity and harmony the country established since gaining independence 59 years ago.

The G20 summit of developed and emerging economies will take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou on September 4-5.

The leaders of Germany, France and Italy will discuss the migrant crisis with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a meeting of the G20 countries in China next week, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on September 1.

Companies building a multi-billion dollar bridge to link the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea were targeted by the United States in an updated sanctions blacklist on September 1.

Kurdish Peshmerga forces retook a swath of northern Iraq late last month from Islamic State and days later American forces appeared in the area, the latest sign of increasing US military activity in the country.

A Russia-ASEAN forum to boost business education cooperation was opened on September 1 as part of the Eastern Economic Forum in the Russian city of Vladivostok. 

VOV.VN -  The 16th session of ASEAN’s Socio-Cultural Community Council (ASCC) concluded in Vientiane on August 31 with the adoption of significant documents.

The 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference of Myanmar has agreed to continue reviewing the framework for political talks and start the dialogue at the national level after the conference, the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) said on September 1. 

Brazil's Senate ousted President Dilma Rousseff on August 31, ending an impeachment process that polarized Latin America's biggest country amid a massive corruption scandal and brutal economic crisis.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged China and the Philippines to abide by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)’s ruling on the East Sea issue, saying that military acts are not a solution to the dispute. 

VOV.VN - Starting August 31, the Chinese city of Hangzhou will host a range of meetings within the framework of the G20 economic summit. 

The first scheduled commercial passenger flight from the United States to Cuba in more than half a century landed on August 31, opening another chapter in the Obama administration's efforts to improve ties and increase trade and travel with the former Cold War foe.

Turkey wants to clear Islamic State from a 90-km (56-mile) stretch of territory on the Syrian side of its border, a week after it launched an incursion that has strained ties with the United States.

Prime Minister Theresa May and her top ministers on August 31 agreed Britain would seek a unique relationship with the European Union, involving controls on immigration as well as a good trade deal.

The 16th session of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council (ASCC) was closed in Vientiane on August 31, with the issuance of a joint ministerial statement.

Malaysian police on August 31 announced that they arrested three suspects linked to the Islamic State (IS), who had plotted to launch attacks on Malaysia’s Independence Day.

A seminar titled “ASEAN: Peace and Unity after the PCA Ruling” was organised following the ruling of the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague, the Netherlands, on the case the Philippines brought against China’s claims in the East Sea.