The Malaysian Government affirmed on July 17 that it will continue efforts to find a full and satisfactory explanation for the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 tragedy, which was shot down over eastern Ukraine two years ago.

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong underlined the need to combat terrorism on multiple fronts at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Leaders’ Retreat in Ulan Bator, Mongolia on July 16. 

Laos has been following the East Sea situation closely given the sea area is important and sensitive and called on parties involved to continue exercising restraint and holding talks to settle their disputes peacefully, acting Spokesperson of the Lao Foreign Ministry Bounnem Chuonghom said.

United Nations-sponsored talks to end nearly 16 months of war in Yemen resumed in Kuwait on July 16, delegates said, despite threats by representatives of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government not to attend.

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Jully 16 for the truck attack that killed at least 84 people celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice and police arrested three more people there in connection with the seafront carnage.

Turkish authorities rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters on July 16 and ordered thousands of judges detained after thwarting a coup by rebels using tanks and attack helicopters to try to topple President Tayyip Erdogan.

 A roundtable talk on the East Sea issue took place in New Delhi, India on July 15, drawing scholars, experts and representatives of diplomatic corps.

Officials of the German state of Baden Württemberg expressed optimism about cooperation prospects between the state and ASEAN countries at a recent meeting with the member ambassadors of the Berlin ASEAN Committee (BAC).

VOV.VN - The 11th summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) has closed in Ulan Bator following the release of a joint message by ASEM leaders on strengthening Asia – Europe cooperation.

Leaders of Asian and European countries to the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Mongolia on July 15 issued a statement condemning “heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks”, including the truck attack in France’s Nice city that claimed at least 84 lives.

Turkish troops said on July 15 they had seized power but President Tayyip Erdogan vowed that the attempted coup would be put down and crowds answered his call to defy a curfew order and take to the streets to support him.

World leaders united in horror and pledged their determination to fight terrorism on July 15 after a truck attack on a Bastille Day crowd in the French Riviera city of Nice killed 84 people.

VOV.VN - Less than a year after the November 2015 terror attacks that killed 130 people, the world has been shocked by another attack – this time an intentional vehicle attack on a crowd of people watching fireworks on France’s National Day July 14. 

State and government leaders attending the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit have vowed to make their contributions to the world’s efforts in realising the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will send former president Fidel Ramos to China for talks after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague issued a ruling on the case brought by the Philippines against China’s nine-dash line claims in the East Sea.

Victor Oh, a Canadian senator, encouraged all parties to come together to find a diplomatic solution to the overlapping claims in the East Sea in a statement from Ottawa on July 14. 

Russia maintains its “consistent and invariable” stance on non-use of force and diplomatic dialogue to settle maritime disputes in the East Sea, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on July 14.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on July 14 began an official visit to Mongolia.

The 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit kicked off in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on July 15 to mark its 20th founding anniversary.

New Prime Minister Theresa May ruthlessly overhauled the British cabinet on July 14, sacking a raft of ministers, promoting loyalists and putting supporters of Britain's exit from the European Union firmly in charge of negotiating its terms.

The US House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation linked to the international nuclear agreement with Iran on July 14, one year after the landmark pact was announced, defying President Barack Obama's veto threat.

VOV.VN -  On July 12 the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague announced its ruling in the Philippines case against China’s nine-dash line claims of historical rights in the East Sea. 

A Cambodia court has banned deputy opposition leader and lawmaker Kem Sokha from leaving the country since he has been charged with "refusal to appear" in a case involving his alleged mistress.

US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian President Vladimir Putin about boosting military and intelligence cooperation against Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria and told him that without "concrete, near-term steps," diplomatic efforts to end the war could not go on indefinitely.

An attacker killed up to 80 people and injured scores when he drove a truck at high speed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on July 14.

The Philippines on July 14 urged China to respect the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s (PCA) ruling that rejected Beijing’s sovereignty claims in the East Sea and said it will raise the issue at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit, scheduled for July 15-16 in Mongolia. 

Indonesian Minister of Defence Ryamizard Ryacudu has proposed military escort for ships sailing on dangerous routes to Philippines, where dozens of sailors have been kidnapped by Islamic militants in recent months. 

Theresa May became Britain's prime minister on July 13 with the task of leading it out of the European Union, and quickly named leading 'Brexit' supporters including former London mayor Boris Johnson to key positions in her new government.

China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty over the South China Sea and said it had the right to set up an air defense zone, after rejecting an international tribunal's ruling denying its claims to the energy-rich waters.

Indonesia wants to send hundreds of fishermen to the Natuna Islands to assert its sovereignty over nearby areas of the South China Sea to which China says it also has claims.