The National Assembly of Cambodia passed a state budget of US$4.6 billion for 2016, in which funds for education, healthcare, and defence will be increased.

The Myanmar Government and ethnic armed groups met to draft a 10-point dialogue framework at the Myanmar Peace Centre on November 29.

Turkey recovered the body of a Russian pilot from northern Syria and presented it to Russian diplomats on November 29, five days after shooting down his warplane in an incident that wrecked relations between two of the main powers involved in Syria's war.

Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian jets killed at least 30 people in the town of Ariha in northwestern Syria on November 29, rescue workers in the rebel-held area said, part of an escalation of Russian strikes near the Turkish border.

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton plans to make job creation the focus of her campaign over the next month, beginning with a US$275 billion infrastructure spending plan that will be released this week.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing a raft of punitive economic sanctions against Turkey on November 28, underlining the depth of the Kremlin's anger toward Ankara four days after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane.

Leaders of the European Union aim to sign an agreement with Turkey in Brussels on November 29 that offers Ankara cash and closer ties with the EU in return for Turkish help in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe.

Activists plan to join arms and form a "human chain" in Paris on November 29 to urge action on global warming, in a muted rally after attacks on the city by Islamic State, at the heart of worldwide protests on the eve of a U.N. climate summit in France.

Timor Leste hosted a ceremony in Oecusse on November 28 to mark its 40th anniversary of proclamation of independence.

Ministers of Telecommunications and Information Technology from ASEAN countries agreed to give top priority to cooperation and development in a five-year road map to 2020.

The Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) assumed the position of President and Secretary General of the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAJ) for the 2015 – 2017 tenure at the CAJ’s 18th General Assembly in Hanoi on November 27. 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on November 27 not to "play with fire", citing reports Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia, while Moscow said it would suspend visa-free travel with Turkey.

Chancellor Angela Merkel came under renewed pressure from her own conservatives on November 27 to stem the flow of refugees into Germany as she heads to a weekend summit of European Union leaders and Turkey's prime minister.

The close cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand in building the ASEAN Community (AC) will help promote regional connectivity and ensure the bloc’s central role in settling challenges in the region, Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Panyarak Poolthup said.

(VOV) - Operations against the self-proclaimed Islamic State and other terrorist and extremist groups have intensified and enlisted more countries. Besides airstrikes and ground attacks, blocking IS’s multiple revenue streams is an important part of the strategy to eliminate IS.

Belgium lowered the security threat level in Brussels on November 26, ending six days on maximum alert, but the prime minister warned that the risk of a Paris-style attack remained serious.

Russia will keep cooperating with the United States and its partners to fight Islamic State in Syria, but that cooperation will be in jeopardy if there are any repeats of Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet, Russia's Vladimir Putin said.

The Philippines rejected China’s arguments on historic sovereignty over the East Sea during the first round of hearings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands on November 24. 

ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh appreciated Japan’s significant support to the association over a couple of years, especially in the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at the end of this year.

The United States sanctioned a Syrian businessman on November 25 who it said was a middleman for oil sales between Islamic State and the Syrian government, the latest salvo in an effort to cut off the flow of funds to the militant group.

Tunisian authorities said on November 25 a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with plastic explosive blew up a presidential guard bus a day earlier, killing at least 12 troops in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants.

Public security concerns after the Paris attacks were part of the reason Canada pushed back its end-year deadline for accepting 25,000 Syrian refugees, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on November 25.

Schools and much of the Brussels metro system reopened on November 25 as the Belgian capital started to return to normal after four days of lockdown, but troops on the street were a reminder it remains on the highest alert.

The 9th ASEAN-China Prosecutors General Conference opened in China’s Nanning city, Guangxi province on November 25, under the theme of “ International Cooperation on Fugitive Repatriation and Asset Recovery”. 

Indonesia has tightened security at its airports after a terrorist threat was directed at an airport in Jakarta and recent terror attacks around the world, according to the country’s Transport Ministry. 

The Netherlands-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on November 24 began hearing a case filed by the Philippines contesting China’s claims to disputed areas in the East Sea.

November 22, 2015 has been engraved in the history of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as it witnessed the signing of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Community, ushering in a new period for the 10-nation group.

Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on November 24, saying the jet had violated its air space, in one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century.

An investigation into the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris widened on November 24 when French prosecutors said a man who provided lodging to the suspected ringleader must have known of a terrorist plot, and Belgium issued a warrant for a new suspect.

A military court in Thailand on November 24 indicted two men for carrying out a deadly August bombing at the Erawan shrine in Bangkok that left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured.