The Russian air force and Syrian military are preparing a joint operation to take Aleppo from rebels, the Syrian prime minister was quoted saying on April 10, and an opposition official said a ceasefire was on the verge of collapse.

Rival sides in Yemen's year-long conflict began a tentative truce overnight on April 10 saying they were committed to the halt in hostilities despite pockets of deadly fighting in the hours leading up to it.

As many as 61 political prisoners, including activists and students, in Myanmar were freed on April 9 after their prosecutions had been withdrawn.

A huge fire swept through a temple in southern India early on April 10, killing more than 60 people and injuring 200 gathered for a fireworks display to mark the start of the Hindu new year.

British Prime Minister David Cameron published his tax records on April 10 in an attempt to draw a line under questions about his personal finances raised by the mention of his late father in the Panama Papers for setting up an offshore fund.

US Secretary of State John Kerry suggested that Afghanistan's national unity government could continue beyond September, a step that could irk the opposition even as he attempts to avert a brewing political crisis.

The main identified suspects in Islamic State attacks on Paris and Brussels are now dead or in custody after Belgian investigators charged two men on APril 9 with aiding last month's Brussels suicide bombers.

A formal exchange mechanism at ambassadorial level of 18 member countries of the East Asia Summit (EAS) was set up at the first meeting of the 18 countries’ ambassadors to ASEAN in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 8.

Panama will focus on diplomacy with France following a standoff over a mass data leak dubbed the "Panama Papers," President Juan Carlos Varela said after speaking with his French counterpart Francois Hollande.

Two ferries carrying more than 120 migrants returned to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos on April 8, in the second round of arrivals under an EU deal with Ankara to stem mass migration to Europe across the Aegean Sea.

Belgian police detained two key suspects on April 8 in the Islamic State attacks on Paris and Brussels as operations go on to track down militants who have fought with or take direction from leaders in Syria.

VOV.VN - On April 5 conflicting parties in the Nagorno-Karabakh region disputed by Armenia and Azerbaijan reached a ceasefire agreement after days of fierce fighting. 

Pope Francis issues one of the most eagerly awaited documents of his pontificate on April 8, a treatise on marriage and the family following two gatherings of Catholic bishops that exposed divisions in the Church.

Belgian prosecutors appealed for help in finding a man suspected of leaving a bomb at Brussels Airport on March 22, saying they were eager to find a coat he had discarded and to speak to people who saw him on his hour-long walk back into the city.

The start of a new round of peace talks on the Syrian war has been pushed back by two days so that UN mediator Staffan de Mistura can travel to Damascus and Tehran to sound out their position on a political transition, the envoy said on April 7.

Syrian rebel forces on April 7 took over a town near the Turkish border that had been the main stronghold of Islamic State in the northern Aleppo countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and rebel sources said.

Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion met with his Myanmar counterpart Aung San Suu Kyi in the Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw on April 7, reported Chinese news agency Xinhua.

Leader of the National League for Democracy (LND) Aung San Suu Kyi has become Myanmar’s state counselor in accordance with the state counselor bill signed by President U Htin Kyaw on April 6.

A forum was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 6 to provide information about the vision, strategies, targets and initiatives for the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity to 2025 (MPAC 2025).

Swiss police raided the European soccer body UEFA on April 6 to seize information about a contract disclosed in the Panama Papers that was signed by Gianni Infantino, now head of the global soccer body FIFA.

Islamic State fighters launched attacks on government-held areas near Damascus overnight in what a Syrian source said appeared to be a response to the group's loss of ground elsewhere.

Myanmar's President U Htin Kyaw formed the State Financial Commission on April 5, according to an announcement of the President's Office. 

China wishes to strengthen cooperation on trade with Myanmar, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei said on April 5.

Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned on April 5, becoming the first casualty of leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm which have shone a spotlight on the offshore wealth of politicians and public figures worldwide.

The Panamanian lawyer at the center of a data leak scandal that has embarrassed a clutch of world leaders said on April 5 that his firm was a victim of a hack from outside his company, and has filed a complaint with state prosecutors.

VOV.VN - On April 4, Greece began sending the migrants back to Turkey under an agreement reached between the European Union (EU) and Turkey last month aimed at stemming the influx of refugees to Western Europe.

The United States applauded a ceasefire between Azerbaijan and its breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region on April 5 and said it was engaging with both sides to encourage them to strictly abide by the halt in fighting.

Turkey is ready to take in another 200 migrants deported from the Greek islands this week, a senior government official said, as it presses ahead with a disputed EU deal aimed at shutting down the main route for illegal migration into Europe.

Indonesian authorities sank 23 foreign fishing boats on April 5, saying that the vessels were illegally operating in the country’s territorial waters.

Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea (RoK), has worked to enhance cooperation relations with ASEAN’s capitals across the fields of public transport and water treatment, aiming to lay a foundation for closer ties between the two sides.