Tens of thousands of Yemenis rallied in the center of the capital on August 20 to show support for the Houthi-led bloc as the head of the group's new governing council vowed to form a full government in the coming days.

Chinese President Xi Jinping had a meeting in Beijing on August 19 with Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who began a five-day official visit to China on August 17.

Thailand’s police said on August 20 that Ahama Lengha from Narathiwat province is on the run in Malaysia after an arrest warrant was issued for him over his suspected involvement in the bomb attack in Phuket on August 12.

Immigration authorities at Manila's airport on August 19 intercepted 177 Indonesians carrying Philippine passports before they boarded a flight to Saudi Arabia.

Four Singaporeans were dealt with under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for involvement in terrorism-related activities, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement on August 19.

The U.S. military has withdrawn from Saudi Arabia its personnel who were coordinating with the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen, and sharply reduced the number of staff elsewhere who were assisting in that planning, U.S. officials told Reuters.

Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo on August 19, a further sign of Moscow's broadening military effort in Syria days after it began to fly bombing missions from an airbase in Iran.

Thailand’s police force on August 19 identified a Thai man as a suspect in a wave of bombings that killed four people and wounded dozens in seven southern provinces. 

Philippine police on August 18 freed 12 Maoist movement leaders in the country, days before a new round of peace talks between the government and the Maoist movement which was scheduled for next week in Norway.

Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Indonesia Arrmanatha Nasir stated on August 18 that the finalization of a code of conduct in the East Sea (COC) will play an important role in easing tensions in the waters.