Heavy fighting took place in different sectors of the Syrian city of Aleppo on August 14 as rebels assaulted two government strongholds in the city's northwest and south, a monitor of the war said.

Thai police affirmed on August 14 that they know who was behind a series of bombings that rocked well-known tourist destinations across the south.

Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance on August 13 at his 90th birthday gala, after the leader of the 1959 revolution thanked fellow Cubans for their well wishes and lambasted his old foe the United States in a column carried by state-run media.

Six people were injured in an attack aboard a Swiss train on August 13 by a man armed with a knife and flammable fluid, St Gallen cantonal police said.

Thousands of displaced residents streamed back into the northern Syrian town of Manbij on August 13 after US-backed fighters ousted the last Islamic State militants from their former stronghold, residents and US allies said.

Six people, including three members of an Indiana family and a German exchange student, were killed on August 12 when their small plane plowed into a line of trees after an aborted landing at a northern Virginia airport, authorities said on August 13.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered law enforcers to arrest Caucasian-looking people who were allegedly involved in indoctrinating Filipinos in the south of the country with teachings of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS).

Indonesian armed forces have decided to set up a special squad to assist the release of local hostages being held by Abu Sayyaf rebel group in the Philippines.

Representatives of the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) resumed negotiations on implementing peace agreements at their meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 13.

Five Pakistanis and a Russian who were captured by the Afghan Taliban after their government helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan have been released and turned over to Pakistani custody, officials said on August 13.

US Vice President Joe Biden spoke by phone on August 12 with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and urged him "to do his part" to avoid escalating tensions with Russia, the White House said

US-backed forces have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border after the last remaining Islamic State fighters, who had been using civilians as human shields, left, a spokesman for the group said on August 12.

The leader of Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a US drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman said on August 12 after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announced the news to Reuters.

Japan and the Philippines have started talks on Tokyo’s transfer of two coast guard ships to Manila, deputy spokesperson of Japan’s foreign minister Masato Ohtaka said on August 12.

Malaysia has called on ASEAN member countries to restart a high priority cooperation plan to fight haze pollution in the region by 2020.

Nationwide flooding in Myanmar has killed at least six people and affected the lives of more than 420,000 others.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the intensification of security in densely-populated cities and areas, especially tourist destinations, across the country.

Indonesia assured its Southeast Asian neighbours that it will take measures to tackle haze caused by forest fires and slash-and-burn farming.

The Venezuela-Colombia border will be reopened gradually, the presidents of the two countries announced on August 11, speaking side-by-side in Venezuela's southeastern state of Bolivar.

VOV.VN - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s current visit to Russia comes amidst a number of rifts between the two countries. 

The second Counter-Terrorism Financing Summit wrapped up in Bali, Indonesia on August 11.

Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay on August 11 called on China to respect maritime law and security as well as the rule of law to resolve disputes in both the East Sea and the East China Sea.

Two bombs exploded in the Thai seaside resort of Hua Hin on August 11, killing one woman and injuring 10 people, Thai police said.

The United States is extremely concerned about tension on the boundary between Russia and Ukraine and calls on both sides to reduce tension and rhetoric, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said on August 11.

An explosion at a power plant in China killed at least 21 people and injured five on August 11, state media said, the latest deadly industrial accident in a country that struggles with poor safety standards.

VOV.VN - The Council of Representatives of French and Vietnamese Associations (CRAFV) have asked China to respect the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling on the Philippines lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea. 

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned of the looming problem the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group poses to the country. 

Parlamentnilisty.cz, an e-newspaper of the Czech Republic, has recently run an article praising the achievements Vietnam has recorded over the past 30 years of reform.

Singapore’s Minister of Home Affairs K. Shanmugam and Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had a bilateral meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on August 10 to discuss counter-terrorism measures. 

A research centre has been established under the Catholic University of Uruguay on August 10 to facilitate and promote trade exchange between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).