Almost 700 migrants arrived at the Italian port town of Augusta on November 7 after being rescued from their perilous boat journey across the Mediterranean Sea.

Israel on November 7 formally rejected France's invitation to take part in a Middle East peace conference in Paris later this year, saying it was a distraction from the goal of direct negotiations with the Palestinians.

Personnel from the US Justice Department's civil rights division will be deployed to polling sites in 28 states to monitor November 8's election, five more than it monitored in the 2012 election, the department said on November 7.

The US presidential campaign neared its end on November 7 in the same angry tone it began, with Republican Donald Trump calling Democrat Hillary Clinton a "phony" and Clinton accusing him of splitting the country, as a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed Clinton with a strong chance of winning.

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on November 7 sentenced opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour to seven-year imprisonment for forgery and incitement. 

The authorities of Yangon city of Myanmar are planning to expand the city in the southwest direction with new seven satellite towns, reported local newspaper “Myawaddy” on November 7. 

Libyan forces in the final stages of a six-month campaign to recapture Sirte from Islamic State said they freed 14 civilians on November 6 from a small residential area where some militants are holding out.

VOV.VN - On November 8, more than 100 million American voters will cast their ballots to elect the 45th US President. This is the biggest political event of the year in the US. The race to the White House has been dramatic until its last minute.

A US-backed alliance of Syrian armed groups has launched an operation to retake the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State in Syria, the group said on November 6.

The FBI said on November 6 it stood by its earlier finding that no criminal charges were warranted against Democrat Hillary Clinton for using a private email server for government work, lifting a cloud over her presidential campaign two days before the U.S. election.

Foreign diplomats and representatives from non-government organisations in Indonesia participated in a fact-finding trip on improving women capability and children protection in Aceh province from November 4-6. 

Two Somali soldiers died and five others were injured when a car bomb claimed by Islamist group al Shabaab exploded on November 5 near the parliament in the capital Mogadishu, police said.

Iraqi security forces drove Islamic State fighters from the center of a town just south of the militants' main stronghold of Mosul on November 5 and reached within a few km (miles) of an airport on the edge of the city, a senior commander said.

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton traded barbs as they entered the last three days of campaigning in the U.S. presidential election with competing events on November 5 in Florida, a swing state that could prove decisive in November 1 's vote.

Thousands of Russians have been fighting in Syria in anti-government ranks, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on November 5, issuing a warning of possible attacks by them on their return home.

British police said they arrested 47 people on November 5 at an anti-capitalism demonstration in central London organized by the Anonymous hacking group.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on November 5 cancelled his upcoming visit to Australia after Islamist protests broke out in Jakarta. 

Turkish authorities arrested the leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish opposition party in a terrorism probe on November 4, drawing European and UN condemnation of a widening crackdown on dissent under President Tayyip Erdogan.

Prime Minister Theresa May told European Union leaders on November 4 she was confident a court ruling that could delay Britain's departure from the bloc would be overturned and she vowed to stick to her Brexit timetable.

Iraqi special forces said they recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on November 4, expanding the army's foothold in the Islamic State bastion a day after its leader told his jihadist followers there could be no retreat.

Tens of thousands of devout Muslims in Indonesia marched on November 4 to the Presidential Palace in Jakarta to demand the resignation of Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for defaming the Koran in his election campaign in Pulau Seribu last month. 

The appeal court of Cambodia decided on November 4 to uphold the sentence of the Phnom Penh Court of First Instance for acting President Kem Sokha of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). 

Thailand’s authorities has stepped up security in Bangkok since November 3 following an alert of possible car bomb attacks in the capital city. 

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte met with the leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), Nur Misuari at the presidential palace on November 3. 

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on November 3 he remained confident about the future of the US-Philippines relationship despite "a difference here or there" and that he hoped to visit Manila again before leaving office.

VOV.VN - Visiting the southern city of Lund, Pope Francis joined leaders of the Lutheran World Federation for the commemoration of 500 years of the Reformation. 

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (ROK)’s political scene is in crisis. 

The commander of US forces in the Republic of Korea (ROK) said on November 4 a US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system battery would be deployed to ROK within eight to 10 months.

The Republic of Korea (ROK)'s prosecutors have detained a former aide to President Park Geun-hye, a prosecution official said on November 3, the second person to be held in an influence peddling scandal that has rocked the country's presidency.

At least 240 migrants have drowned off the coast of Libya within the last 48 hours, possibly as an unintended consequence of European efforts to stop people-smugglers and to train Libyan coastguards, the UN's migration agency said.