Indonesia’s anti-terrorism forces have been on high alert after the bloody attacks in Paris on November 13. 

The signing of a historic declaration on the formation of an ASEAN Community by the end of this year by all 10 ASEAN leaders will be the highlight of the upcoming 27th ASEAN Summit.

Boosting regional cooperation is high on the agenda of the 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC 23), which opened in Manila, the Philippines, on November 18. 

(VOV) - Countries are collaborating in the hunt for individuals behind the terrorist attacks in Paris and airstrikes targeting the Islamic State have been intensified in Iraq and Syria.

Islamic State's official magazine carried a photo on November 18 of a Schweppes drink it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.

A woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a police raid on November 18 that sources said had foiled a jihadi plan to hit Paris's business district, days after a wave of attacks killed 129 across the French capital.

The Myanmar government lifted the martial law imposed in the Kokang region of the State of Shan as order has been restored, according to an order of the country’s Presidential Office published on November 18.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on November 18 that his country can beat terrorism on its own but the best option would be for Moscow and the West to put aside their differences and fight it together.

(VOV) - Sustainable maritime development in East Asia after 2015 is one of the topics for discussions at the 5th East Asian Seas Congress in Vietnam. However, it will not be easy to achieve this target. 

A blast struck a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola on November 17 evening, killing 32 people and wounding 80 others, both the Red Cross and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said.