Myanmar’s 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference opened in the capital of Nay Pyi Taw on August 31, aiming to end nearly-seven-decade-long conflicts in the country. 

Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon arrived in Nay Pyi Taw on August 30, beginning his two-day working visit to Myanmar.

VOV.VN - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) recently continued testing its submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), which fell inside Japan’s Air Defense Identification Zone over the Sea of Japan.

Islamic State said on August 30 one of its most prominent and longest-serving leaders was killed in what appeared to be an American air strike in Syria, depriving the militant group of the man in charge of directing attacks overseas.

At least 10 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on August 30 when a car bomb claimed by al Shabaab exploded outside the Presidential Palace and also damaged two nearby hotels, an official said.

Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay on August 30 said that China will be the "loser" if it does not recognise the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, the Netherlands over the East Sea dispute.

The Obama administration will meet its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year a month ahead of schedule and is working with Congress to increase the target by a few thousand in 2018, the White House said on August 29.

A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people when he drove a car bomb into a militia compound in Aden on August 29, the health ministry said, in one of the deadliest attacks claimed by Islamic State in the southern Yemeni port city.

An expected explosion in US tourism to Cuba will likely take years to materialize even after US airlines resume commercial flights to the Caribbean island this week for the first time since 1961, industry official said.

US President Barack Obama will have a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during the G20 summit in China next month and is likely to have at least an informal talk with Russia's Vladimir Putin, the White House said on August 29.

VOV.VN - The 6th Tokyo international conference on African development concluded on August 28, in Kenya. 

VOV.VN - Brazil's Senate recently started the long-anticipated impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff. 

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on August 29 promised rewards running to tens of thousands of USD for information leading to the capture of police officers protecting drug syndicates.

Myanmar holds a unique position in India's neighbourhood, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a joint press conference after his meeting with visiting Myanmar President Htin Kyaw on August 29.

A Thai military court on August 29 issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect in a series of bomb attacks on southern tourist towns earlier this month.

Three leaders and 18 gunmen of the Abu Sayyaf militant group have been killed in a clash with government troops in the southern Philippines.

The Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) is hosting a conference themed “Reshaping the East Sea Maritime Agenda” in Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur beginning August 29. 

Indonesian authorities on August 28 said at least 65 rural areas in nine out of 17 districts in East Kotawaringin, central Kalimantan are on high alert for forest fires.

About 1,100 migrants were rescued from boats in the Strait of Sicily on August 28 as they tried to reach Europe, Italy's coastguard said.

Turkey's army and its allies thrust deeper into Syria on August 28, seizing territory controlled by Kurdish-aligned forces on the fifth day of a cross-border campaign that a monitoring group said had killed at least 35 villagers.

At least 34 Libyan fighters were killed and more than 180 wounded on August 28 as they closed in on the last Islamic State militant holdouts in the coastal city of Sirte, according to field hospitals.

Muslim extremists of the Maute group staged a daring jailbreak in the southern Philippines, freeing 23 detainees, the country’s officials said on August 28. 

A man carrying bombs attacked a priest in a church in North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on August 28, leaving four people injures. 

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte affirmed on August 27 that any upcoming bilateral talks with China should be based on the arbitral tribunal's ruling on the East Sea dispute.

Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on August 27, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.

Weeping relatives hugged each other and reached out to touch the simple wooden coffins at a state funeral on August 27 for some of the 291 people killed in an earthquake this week.

Yemen's Saudi-backed exiled government said on August 27 it welcomed a plan agreed by the United States, Gulf Arab states and the United Nations to restart peace talks with a goal of forming a unity government.

Myanmar’s parliament has expressed support for the government’s effort for becoming a member of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities and the Convention on Nuclear Safety, local media reported on August 26.

Turkish forces will remain in Syria for as long as it takes to cleanse the border of Islamic State and other militants, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on August 26 after a truck bombing by Kurdish insurgents killed at least 11 police officers.

The last time US Vice President Joe Biden flew to Turkey, in January, he had a stern message for President Tayyip Erdogan: his model of Islamic democracy was setting a bad example by intimidating media and threatening academics