Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a visit to Britain on November 12 that he hopes will yield trade deals worth billions of dollars and a boost to his authority after a damaging electoral failure back home.

The United States and Cuba are likely to announce agreements by the end of the year for restoring long-suspended scheduled airline flights and postal service between the two countries.

Japan and the Netherlands have showed concern about any unilateral actions that can change the status quo in the East Sea, reported the Kyodo News. 

The Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) on November 11 announced that leader of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), San Suu Kyi, won the November 8 election and a seat in the Parliament’s House of Representatives. 

(VOV) - Myanmar has organized what is being called its most democratic and free general election in 25 years. Although the official results have not yet been announced, whoever is the winning party will continue Myanmar’s policy of openness and democratic reform.

Italy hopes to deepen its relationship with ASEAN and pledges to work with other members of the EU to promote ASEAN-EU dialogues.

The establishment of the ASEAN Community at the year’s end is deemed the most significant achievement of ASEAN as it initiates a new development phase of the bloc. 

Russia wants the Syrian government and opposition to agree on launching a constitutional reform process of up to 18 months, followed by early presidential elections, a draft document obtained by Reuters showed on November 10.

Iran has stopped dismantling centrifuges in two uranium enrichment plants, state media reported November 10, days after conservative lawmakers complained to President Hassan Rouhani that the process was too rushed.

President Barack Obama will discuss the crisis in Syria with US allies during the upcoming G20 meeting, a White House spokesman said on November 10.

Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) announced 106 parliamentarians -elect on November 10, the first day of counting the ballots.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Norway Le Thi Tuyet Mai joined the Ambassadors of other ASEAN nations in the ASEAN Committee in Oslo (ACO) in a visit to Bodo, the capital of the northern region of Nordland, on November 3-4 to enhance all-round cooperation between the bloc and the European country.

Prime Minister David Cameron will kick off his efforts to reform the European Union on November 10 with a declaration that his demands are not "Mission Impossible", just the price EU leaders must pay if he is to keep Britain in the bloc.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured US President Barack Obama on November 9 that he remained committed to a two state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict as they sought to mend ties strained by acrimony over Middle East diplomacy and Iran.

Croatia's conservative opposition won the country's first election since it joined the European Union in 2013, partial results from November 8's election showed, but its narrow victory meant lengthy coalition talks were likely to follow in the next days or weeks.

A Jordanian officer shot dead two US government security contractors, a South African trainer and two Jordanians at a US funded police training facility near Amman on November 9 before being killed in a shootout, Jordanian authorities said.

Cambodia celebrated the 62nd Independence Day with a grand ceremony at the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh on November 9. 

The opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) of Myanmar has won 15 seats from constituencies in Yangon region.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Nguyen Van Doan has been elected as the first rotating President of the ASEAN Committee in The Hague (ACTH), which was put into operation recently.

Myanmar’s open election in 25 years went smoothly with 80 % of voters casting their ballots.

Germany needs to send a message to the world that it's reaching the limit of its capacity to help Europe's flood of migrants, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on November 8 as he advocated restricting family reunions for Syrian refugees.

NATO partners are considering ways of beefing up their training and assistance mission in Afghanistan as concern grows over the ability of local forces to fight an escalating insurgency by Taliban militants, according to officials in Brussels and Kabul.

Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong agreed to promote bilateral ties in various socio-economic areas during their meeting in Singapore on November 7.

A historic national election saw participation from 32 million of Myanmar’s voters on November 8.

A Russian plane which crashed in Egypt last week was flying on auto-pilot and appeared to break up in mid-air after a sudden noise but it is too soon to conclude exactly what brought it down, the lead investigator said on November 8.

The Cuban embassy has opened its door in Singapore, making the City State the 125th country in which the Caribbean country has its consular presence, said the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 6.

The Obama administration is moving to increase and accelerate the number of Syrian refugees who might be admitted into the United States by opening new screening outposts in Iraq and Lebanon, administration officials said on November 6.

Moscow suspended passenger flights to Egypt, and the United States imposed new air travel security requirements in the wake of the crash of a Russian jet in Egypt, as Western officials pointed on November 6 to the conclusion it was brought down by a bomb.

Transport ministers from ASEAN, China and Japan pledged to further cooperation in enhancing transport links in the region, as heard conferences held in Malaysia on November 5 in the framework of the 21 st ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting (ATM-21).

Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan vowed to deepen bilateral defense cooperation during their meeting in Kuala Lumpur on November 5.