VOV.VN - Europe has become an expanded target for terrorism. France and Germany have increased cooperation in monitoring extremist groups and sharing intelligence to foil terrorist schemes, particularly encrypted plots on the internet.

Russia and the United States are close to starting joint military action against militants in Syria's Aleppo, Russian news agencies on August 15 quoted Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying.

A Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a hospital operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres in northern Yemen on August 15, killing at least 11 people and wounding 19, the aid group said.

US officials said on August 15, 15 inmates from the Guantanamo prison were transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the single largest transfer of Guantanamo detainees during President Barack Obama's administration.

The Thai army confirmed on August 15 that all five people were killed when their helicopter which went missing one day earlier crashed in Chiang Mai. 

Thai police have found several explosive devices that failed to detonate in three popular tourism spots over the weekend, reported Thailand’s Interior Ministry on August 14.

The Thai army is searching for a helicopter which went missing on August 14 in the north of the country.

VOV.VN - The tourism industry of Thailand, a country of magnificent white sand beaches and sunset view, is being hurt by bomb attacks. Stricter security measures are taken to ensure safety for tourists.

Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on Islamic State (IS) forces early on August 14 as part of a campaign to capture Mosul, the militants' de facto capital in Iraq, Kurdish officials said.

The U.S. drone strike that killed Islamic State's commander for Afghanistan and Pakistan was the latest blow to the Middle East-led movement's ambitions to expand into a region where the long-established Taliban remain the dominant Islamist force.