More than 300 Indonesian followers of extremist cleric Abu Bakar, set to be freed by Indonesian Government, will be prevented from entering Malaysia due to terrorism concerns.

More than 110 mayors and officials as well as top executives of corporations and international organisations are gathering at the five-day 2016 World Cities Summit (WCS) in Singapore which opened on July 10. 

US President Barack Obama met the king of Spain and acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on July 10, but the trip that was meant to show solidarity with Europe has been overshadowed by violent events in the United States.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s military said on July 11 it will take "physical response" to a move by the United States and the Republic of Korea (RoK) to deploy the advanced THAAD missile defense system to the Korean peninsula to counter the threat from the DPRK.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition won a landslide victory on July 10 in an election for parliament's upper house, despite concerns about his economic policies and plans to revise the nation’s post-war pacifist constitution for the first time.

Islamic State lost an area the size of Ireland - a quarter of its territory - to hostile forces in the last 18 months in Iraq and Syria and is likely to further step up attacks on civilians in coming months, IHS said in a report on July 10.

A meeting of armed ethnic groups in Myanmar will be held in the northern state of Kachin on July 26 in preparation for the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference scheduled for late August in Nay Pyi Taw, local media reported on July 10.

The British government has rejected an online petition signed by 4.1 million people calling for a new referendum on whether to leave the European Union.

Militants shot down a military helicopter near Palmyra in Syria, killing two Russian pilots on board, Interfax news agency said, quoting Russia's defense ministry.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on July 10, but it appears to have failed soon after launch, the Republic of Korea's military said.

Malaysian terrorists in the Philippines have established a new battalion, called the Katibah Al-Muhajir or Battalion of Migrants, to persuade supporters to join the Islamic State (IS). 

Air strikes killed 23 people at a holiday spot in Syria's Idlib province while at least 25 died when rebels shelled government-held areas of Aleppo city on July 8, the last day of a 72-hour ceasefire announced by the Syrian army, a war monitor said.

The Republic of Korea and the United States said on July 8 they would deploy an advanced missile defense system in the RoK to counter the threat from nuclear-armed Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Both candidates seeking to become Britain's next prime minister vowed in interviews published on July 8 to impose tougher rules on EU citizens newly arriving in Britain, as they face a ballot of party members to choose David Cameron's successor

An Indonesian military helicopter crashed on July 8 into a home in Yogykarta city, in the Indonesian province of Central Java, killing at least two people.

Myanmar and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) are cooperating in fighting terrorism with the UN agency helping the Southeast Asian nation in improving its capacity to prevent acts of terrorism. 

The Border Affairs Ministry of Myanmar and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have agreed on a plan on the voluntary repatriation of Myanmar nationals living in refugee camps in Thailand. 

Chairman of the Thai Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) Meechai Ruchupan will work with the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and the Election Commission (EC) on the distribution of fake copies of the draft constitution, he said on July 7.

A suspected pipe bomb injured 25 people on a passenger train in the Taiwanese capital late on July 7, officials said.

VOV.VN - Leaders from 28 nations will attend a NATO Summit, which will open in Warsaw on July 8. The two-day event will discuss ways to increase NATO’s defense and deterrence capabilities and promote stability outside NATO’s borders.

Protesters in Chicago, New York and St. Paul, Minnesota, took to the streets on July 7 to express outrage after the second fatal police shooting of a black man in the United States in two days.

Islamic State claimed a triple suicide attack on July 7 evening near a Shi'ite mausoleum north of Baghdad, which killed at least 35 people and wounded 60 others, according to Iraqi security sources.

An international conference discussing on recent developments in the East Sea and relevant policies will be held by the Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative under the US Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on July 12.

The United States on July 6 sanctioned the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un for the first time, citing "notorious abuses of human rights," in a move that diplomats say will incense the nuclear-armed country.

VOV.VN - Five days after Australia’s federal election, an official result has still not been announced. 90% of the votes have been counted but no party has gained enough votes to form a government.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on July 6 he hoped a 72-hour truce in Syria was "a harbinger" that more ambitious and long-lasting similar deals could be struck.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha held talks with his visiting Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith in Bangkok on July 6, focusing on bilateral issues like trade promotion, labour cooperation, and cross-border tourism as well as regional connectivity.

The Malaysian authorities have called for people’s calmness and cooperation with the government in the fight against terrorism following the first attack carried out by the so-called Islamic State on the Malaysian territory. 

Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf has released a Filipino hostage after about one year in captivity in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, the country’s military said on July 6. 

President Barack Obama, calling Afghanistan's security situation precarious, said on July 6 he will keep US troop levels there at 8,400 through the end of his administration rather than reducing them to 5,500 by year's end as previously planned.