Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be at the Supreme Court on January 15 for the first hearing in her rice-pledging scheme trial, her lawyer said on January 14.

Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the heart of Indonesia's capital on January 14 and the assault was claimed by Islamic State, the first time the radical group has targeted the world's most populous Muslim nation.

Several explosions went off and gunfire broke out in the center of the Indonesian capital on January 14 and police said they suspected a suicide bomber was responsible for at least one the blasts.

Iran freed 10 U.S. sailors on January 13, a day after detaining them aboard two U.S. Navy patrol boats in the Gulf, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves just before the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord.

(VOV) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has enhanced diplomatic efforts to gain support for the UK’s EU reform proposal at a summit in February. It will impact a referendum next year on whether or not the UK should stay in the EU. 

An Islamic State suicide bomber who killed 10 German tourists in the heart of Istanbul's historic district entered Turkey as a refugee from Syria and went undetected as he was not on any watch lists, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on January 13.

Defence officials from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and China will meet on January 15 to discuss the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) latest nuclear test, the Yonhap news agency reported, after the RoK and the United States put pressure on China to rein in its neighbor.

(VOV) -The Philippines has filed a protest against China's test flights to an airfield China illegally built on the Fiery Cross Reef of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in the East Sea.

President Obama wrapped up his final State of the Union address with a forceful statement of confidence in the future of the United States.

The US House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously on January 12 to pass legislation that would broaden sanctions over Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear program, days after Pyongyang announced it had tested a powerful nuclear device.

Iran detained 10 US sailors aboard two US Navy boats in the Gulf on January 12 in an incident that rattled nerves days ahead of the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord with Tehran.

President Barack Obama on January 12 urged US leaders to "fix our politics" and lift Americans' standard of living in a final State of the Union speech designed to contrast his vision for the country with Republican presidential campaign rhetoric.

A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul's historic heart on January 12, in an attack Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed on Islamic State.

The Philippines’ Supreme Court on January 12 declared a security deal with the United States constitutional, allowing an increased US military presence in the country.

Thailand’s media has raised strong objections to China’s test landing of planes on an airstrip illegally built on Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, saying this action escalates tensions and instabilities in the region.

Myanmar’s the first ever Union Peace Conference is taking place in the capital of Nay Pyi Taw, from January 12 -16.

Some terror groups in the Philippines have merged to form a satellite extension of the proclaimed Islamic State (IS) in Mindanao, according to Russia’s TASS News Agency.

(VOV5) - European countries have strengthened the control of migrants after a series of women in Cologne, Germany were attacked by a number of migrants from Middle East and North African countries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Syria needs to start working on a new constitution as a first step to finding a political solution to its civil war, though he acknowledged the process was likely to be difficult.

Gunmen detonated suicide vests inside a shopping complex in Baghdad on January 11 and a car bomb exploded nearby in an attack claimed by Islamic State that killed at least 18 people and wounded 40 others.

Ade Komarudin of the Golkar party was sworn in on January 11 as speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, replacing Setya Novanto who stepped down over corruption allegations.

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) concluded its 39th Congress on January 10, which reviewed the achievements recorded in 2015 and set out this year’s tasks.

(VOV) - The Netherlands has taken the EU Presidency from Luxemburg. Amidst numerous difficulties taking place in Europe, the Netherlands’ 6-month term will not be easy.

France honored the victims of Islamist militant attacks last year in a thinly attended silent ceremony on January 10, almost a year to the day when more than a million people marched in Paris to protest killings at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

The Singaporean Government plans to spend 19 billion SGD (about US$13.2 billion) on supporting research and development efforts from now to 2020. 

Meeting for the first time in more than three years, Egypt's new parliament on January 10 elected a constitutional expert as its speaker, a key position as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi looks to push through more than 200 laws issued by executive decree while the assembly was suspended.

Saudi Arabia and Iran said on January 10 that an escalating dispute between the two countries would not affect international efforts to end the war in Syria, even as a large Syrian rebel group cast doubt on the United Nations-led peace process.

The United States deployed a B-52 bomber on a low-level flight over its ally the Republic of Korea (RoK) on January 10, a show of force following the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear test last week.

Afghan security forces have retaken a district in the north of the country, killing 30 Taliban fighters and capturing vehicles and weapons from the insurgents, the defense ministry said on January 10.

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) convened its 39th meeting in Phnom Penh on January 9 with the participation of some 1,650 representatives from 25 cities and provinces nationwide.