A suicide truck bomb hit the entrance of Somalia's biggest port on December 11, killing at least 29 people, police said, an attack claimed by Islamist al Shabaab militants.

The preliminary cost of damage to the Philippine agriculture sector has risen to 4 billion peso (80 million USD), the country’s Department of Agriculture said on December 28.

Myanmar’s government troops have occupied the Point-768 outpost of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and besieged its minor camps, the Army Chief’s Office announced on December 28.

Senior officials from six countries along the Mekong River have vowed to strengthen law enforcement and security cooperation.

The United National (UN) Security Council has approved a resolution demanding Israel cease Jewish settlement activity on Palestinian territory in a unanimous vote...

The Vietnam News Agency has selected 10 most outstanding world events in 2016 as follow:

The unstable security situation in Afghanistan is becoming more and more serious in the final days of the year...

China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand started a new joint patrol on the Mekong River on December 20 to increase safety on the border river.

A plane of Malaysia’s air force crashed into a military base in Butterworth town of Northern Penang state, killing one pilot and injuring three officers, reported local media on December 21.

China has offered a 14 million USD arms package to the Philippines to support its combat of drugs and terrorism, said Philippine Defence Minister Delfin Lorenzana on December 20.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen began a two-day official visit to Vietnam from December 20.

More than 40 percent of Thai people, polled by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), said the local economy has made no or little improvement from 2015.

Protests and looting broke out in parts of Venezuela on Friday due to a lack of cash after the government suddenly pulled the nation's largest banknote from circulation

Forging partnership with ASEAN is among priorities of the Pacific Alliance amid global integration, as heard at the bloc’s summit in Bogota, Colombia, on December 15.

The United States has withheld a major aid package to the Philippines because of significant concerns about the rule of law under President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration