The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) supports efforts to maintain peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula, said ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh.

The US is planning to conduct patrols near artificial islands illegally built by China in the East Sea, according to the New York Times.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) appreciates the United Nations’ role in and support for development activities in countries across the world, said the association’s representative. 

The Criminal Court of Thailand on October 12 issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he did not show up for the first hearing for a defamation case filed against him by the army. 

The Philippines’ election season began on October 12 with politicians registering for thousands of posts, reported the country’s media.

The prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan removed four ministers from his cabinet on October 12 and the speaker of parliament was barred from entering the capital in an escalating political crisis that threatens to destabilize the region.

Turkey's government said on October 12 Islamic State was the prime suspect in suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in Ankara, but opponents vented anger at President Tayyip Erdogan at funerals, universities and courthouses.

Turkey is targeting Islamic State in investigations of a double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed up to 128 people, officials said on October 11, while opponents of President Tayyip Erdogan blamed him for the worst such attack in Turkish history.

Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq, but the group's reclusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi did not appear to be among them, residents of the town and hospital sources said.

The US will establish a regional centre in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur to fight the Islamic State (IS) group’s extremist online propaganda.

The US Department of Defense will seek to make "condolence payments" to families of victims of a US air strike that mistakenly hit a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 22 people, the Pentagon said on October 10.

An Israeli air strike on a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on October 11 brought down a nearby house killing a Palestinian woman and her daughter, hospital officials said, as a wave of violence in the region triggered fears of wider escalation.

At least 95 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers struck a rally of pro-Kurdish and labor activists outside Ankara's main train station just weeks before elections, in the worst attack of its kind on Turkish soil.

Islamic State fighters have seized villages close to the northern city of Aleppo from rival insurgents, a monitoring group said on October 9, despite an intensifying Russian air-and-sea campaign that Moscow says has targeted the militant group.

The Obama administration has privately reminded foreign governments and US bankers that sanctions against Iran remain in effect, cautioning against a rush by Western companies to invest in Iran's oil industry and other businesses until the country fully complies with the July nuclear agreement.

Thailand is planning to propose a roadmap to solve the smog crisis at the upcoming ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment (AMME) to be held in Vietnam on October 29-30, as a guideline for every member nation to follow.

The US will allocate more than US$100 million to support Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines in boosting law enforcement capabilities at sea, unveiled Barack Obama’s administration on October 8. 

The 12th ASEAN+3 (China, Japan, the Republic of Korea) Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM+3) was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 8 as part of the 33rd ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM 33) and related meetings.

Euro-zone governments, Greece's biggest creditors, agree that debt relief for Athens should be accomplished by capping its debt servicing costs at 15% of gross domestic annually, the chairman of the euro zone finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, said on October 8.

European Union governments agreed on October 8 to step up deportations of illegal immigrants and discussed creating an EU border force among measures to cope with hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria's civil war.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has signed a decree on visa exemption for citizens of 75 countries in a move to boost foreign tourist arrivals and the country’s economy, according to Antara news agency. 

The 33rd ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM 33) and related meetings opened in Kuala Lumpur on October 7. 

ASEAN peacekeepers met in Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh on October 7 for a two-day professional exchange.

Vietnam will continue to carry out its obligations fully and responsibly to contribute to the development of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) in particular and the ASEAN Community in general.

European Union governments are set to agree on October 7 to step up deportations of illegal immigrants among the hundreds of thousands who have failed to win asylum as they try to cope with a surge in refugees from war-torn Syria.

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on October 7 she does not support the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), rejecting a central tenet of President Barack Obama's strategic pivot to Asia.

(VOV) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to reshuffle his cabinet for the second time since he took office in December, 2012.

The US, Singapore, Peru, Mexico and Australia have raised optimistic voices over the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, to which they are members.

Commander of the US Pacific Fleet Admiral Scott Swift has reiterated the US’s commitment to protect freedom of navigation in the Asian-Pacific region, including the East Sea. 

Russia moved on October 6 to resume military talks with the United States aimed at setting rules for air-to-air conduct over Syria, said US Defense Secretary Ash Carter, as the former Cold War foes carry out parallel, uncoordinated campaigns of air strikes.