Two years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, answers remain elusive with international investigators yet to arrive at a conclusion over what happened to the jet.

President Barack Obama's administration will announce further measures to ease travel and trade restrictions on Cuba on March 17, ahead of his historic visit to the Communist-ruled island this month, US congressional sources said on March 8.

An interim report on the investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 jet will be available online on the official MH370 website – www.mh370.gov.my, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said on March 7. 

Vietnam joined several ASEAN countries in organising an ASEAN Economic Forum to promote economic cooperation between the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Mexico.

VOV.VN - It has been two years since the flight MH 370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board.

A Syrian or Russian air strike was reported to have killed at least 19 people and possibly many more at a market in northwestern Syria on March 7, straining a cessation of hostilities agreement meant to pave the way for peace talks.

Thirty men, nine women and eight children from Malaysia are fighting for the self-claimed Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, according to Malaysian news agency Bernama.

Foreign media reported that a resident on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, who found a wing fragment from the flight MH370 last year, had come across a second possible piece from the missing plane. 

The Philippines' coast guard on March 6 said it was closely watching a freighter of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and its 21 crew members, as officials waited for a response from the UN.

The United States has nearly finished setting up an air base in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria and was proceeding with the construction of a second base for dual military and civilian use, a Kurdish website said on March 6.

There will be no bargaining over a new constitution for Turkey which could enhance the powers of the president and the government will seek to put the matter to a referendum, the prime minister said on March 6.

Nancy Reagan, the former actress who was fiercely protective of husband Ronald Reagan through a Hollywood career, eight years in the White House, an assassination attempt and her husband's Alzheimer's disease, died on March 6 at age 94.

A truck bomb at an Iraqi checkpoint south of Baghdad killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 70 on March 6, medical and security officials said, and Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast.

VOV.VN - Islamic State (IS) is expanding its influence in and outside Libya, UN Secretary General of Ban Ki-moon said on March 5 in Mauritania as part of his tour of West and North Africa.

VOV.VN - The European Union’s decision to extend by one year restrictions against 16 Ukrainian citizens including Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych began to take effect.

China faces a tough battle to keep its economy growing by at least 6.5% over the next five years while creating more jobs and restructuring inefficient industries, Premier Li Keqiang said as he opened China's annual parliament on March 5.

The new Myanmar government, which is to take office in late March, will cut the number of ministries to 23 from the previous 36.

VOV.VN - Cuban and EU chief negotiators expressed optimism at separate press meetings following the 7th round of Cuba-EU negotiations on political dialogue and cooperation.

The European Commission set out a timetable on March 4 to restore the fraying 26-nation Schengen open border area by year-end, warning that failure to do so would cost the European economy up to 18 billion euros (US$19.7 billion) a year.

Malaysia will send experts to Mozambique for examining the wreckage found in the country, which possibly comes from the missing flight MH370, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said on March 3. 

The Philippines and the US have accused China of using navy to threaten fishing vessels in the East Sea.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK's) leader Kim Jong Un ordered his country to be ready to use its nuclear weapons at any time and to turn its military posture to "pre-emptive attack" mode in the face of growing threats from its enemies, state media said on March 4.

The 22nd ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Retreat wrapped up in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province on late March 3, agreeing on ways to boost the regional and inter-regional economic connectivity. 

Aircraft debris found in Mozambique will be transferred to Australia to examine whether it is one piece of missing flight MH370, Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said on March 3. 

The 22nd ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Retreat officially opened in Thailand's Chiang Mai province on March 3.

The governments of Indonesia and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have inaugurated an e-government cooperation centre in an effort to achieve world-class governance, which is more transparent, effective, and efficient.

Singapore has suggested a new concept called the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES) to parties involved to avoid accidental miscalculations that could lead to conflict at sea. 

The European Union, faced with a growing refugee crisis in Greece, launched a new aid program on March 2 worth an initial 700 million euros that mirrors the kind of disaster relief it offers developing nations.

VOV.VN - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the Democratic and Republican front runners, consolidated their lead in several state primary elections on Super Tuesday, March 1, and moved closer to securing their parties' nominations.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) faces harsh new UN sanctions to starve it of money for its nuclear weapons program following a unanimous Security Council vote on March 2 on a resolution drafted by the United States and Pyongyang's ally China.