Outgoing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signaled on August 26 he would accept an easing of Greece's huge debt burden if he wins elections expected next month without any of the write-offs he has long demanded.
The Indonesian Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) has held a meeting with counterparts from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Yogyakarta, aimed at strengthening these networks.
(VOV) - After 43 hours of intense negotiation, early on August 25 the two Koreas reached an agreement defusing a crisis, which had pushed them to the brink of war.
Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam dissolved the country’s parliament on August 25 on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, paving the way for a general election slated for this September.
Singaporeans will go to the ballot box on September 11 to elect 89 members of the Parliament, the Singaporean Government announced on August 25.
Spain and Morocco arrested 14 people on August 25 suspected of planning attacks and recruiting fighters to join Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the Spanish government said.
ASEAN held a series of policy dialogues with the European Union (EU) on the Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region programme (SHARE) in Jakarta on August 24-25 to seek higher education quality for the ASEAN region.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (RoK) reached agreement early on August 25 to end a standoff involving an exchange of artillery fire that had pushed the divided peninsula into a state of heightened military tension.
The first East Asia Investment Forum took place on August 24 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a side event of the 47th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) and related meetings.
Turkey and the United States will soon launch "comprehensive" air operations to flush Islamic State fighters from a zone in northern Syria bordering Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Reuters on August 24.