Hungary's planned new transit zones near the Serbian border will be closed off from the rest of Hungary but migrants whose asylum requests are rejected will be returned to Serbia, a senior Hungarian ruling Fidesz party lawmaker said on September 9.

Member states of the European Parliament (EP) expressed their willingness to provide technical support to member countries of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly ( AIPA ) at a dialogue in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on September 9. 

Political parties in Myanmar began election campaigns on September 8 for the general election to take place on November 11. 

Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political and military situation there said on September 9.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen affirmed on September 8 that the arrest of Hong Sok Hour is in the name of preventing chaos in society after the opposition party Senator posted materials distorting the Vietnam-Cambodia border treaty to Facebook. 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) nations are at a stage where one more round of ministerial talks will lead to an agreement on remaining issues, according to the text of a message presented at an event organized by Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Tokyo.

President Barack Obama on September 8 secured 42 votes in the US Senate for the international nuclear deal with Iran, more than enough to keep Congress from passing a resolution disapproving of the pact.

Families torn apart by the Korean War six decades ago are to reunite briefly near the heavily fortified border of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (RoK) next month under a deal reached between the two sides on September 8, according to a statement from the RoK.

Iraq's acting deputy justice minister was kidnapped from his vehicle on September 8 by black-clad gunmen in northern Baghdad, security sources said, the second high-profile abduction in the capital in less than a week.

At least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean seeking refuge in Europe this year and next, the United Nations said on September 8, giving estimates that already look conservative.