The United States launched its first manned air strikes against Islamic State targets from the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on August 12, the US military said.

The 47th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting, scheduled to be held in Malaysia from August 22-25, will be the final step towards the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of this year. 

Iraq's parliament voted unanimously on August 11 for the biggest shakeup in its governing system since the US military occupation, eliminating entire layers of government and giving Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi new powers.

(VOV) - The relationship between the two Koreas is tense, following the Republic of Korea (RoK) used loudspeakers to blare anti-Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) rhetoric across the border in retaliation for DPRK planting land mines in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that wounded two RoK's soldiers last week.  

Greece and its international lenders reached an 85 billion euro bailout agreement on August 11 after nailing down the terms of new loans needed to save the country from financial ruin.

Russia and Saudi Arabia failed in talks on August 11 to overcome their differences on the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a central dispute in Syria's civil war that shows no sign of abating despite renewed diplomacy.

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla urged ASEAN member states to step up security collaboration to prevent rampant piracy in theStrait of Malacca, one of the world’s most bustling maritime routes. 

Greece and its international lenders were locked in marathon overnight talks to seal a multibillion-euro bailout deal on August 10, racing against a countdown to European Central Bank debt repayments falling due in days.

Two women shot at the US consulate in Istanbul on August 10 and at least nine people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani demanded that Pakistan crack down on the Taliban after a car bomb explosion near Kabul airport claimed by the Islamist militants killed five people on August 10, the latest in a series of suicide attacks to rock the capital.