Malaysia will establish a high-level committee to address resolutions on the cost of living declared at the Priority Declaration 2016 meeting held on December 28.

(VOV) - The Austrian police warned on December 26 that European capitals could suffer shooting or bomb attacks this New Year. Police across the continent are stepping up their security measures.

A ship carrying more than 25,000 pounds (11,000 kg) of low-enriched uranium materials left Iran for Russia on December 28 in an Iranian step toward honoring a July 14 nuclear deal with major powers, the United States said.

Around 450 Syrian fighters and their families were evacuated from two besieged areas on December 28 under the kind of operation that the United Nations hopes can be a stepping stone toward a wider peace accord in the country's civil war.

Malaysia has been successful in turning a new chapter in regional integration in 2015, the year it served as the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 

A bill that would impose new regulations on Israeli non-profit groups that receive funds from foreign governments won ministerial approval on December 27, a move critics said targets pro-Palestinian organizations.

Guinea President Alpha Conde recently named mining executive Mamady Youla as prime minister as part of a strategy to revive the West African nation's ailing economy, the government announced.

China's parliament passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on December 27 that requires technology firms to hand over sensitive information such as encryption keys to the government and allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations.

Iraq's army declared victory over Islamic State fighters in a provincial capital west of Baghdad on December 27, the first major triumph for the US-trained force since it collapsed in the face of an assault by the militants 18 months ago.

(VOV) - Narendra Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister in more than a decade to visit Pakistan when he made a surprise stop in Lahore on December 25 to meet his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif.