A man armed with an assault rifle killed 50 people during a gay pride celebration at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida...

Italy's coastguard said on June 12 a total of 1,230 migrants had been picked up in nine rescue operations in the waters between Sicily and North Africa, with one dead body being recovered.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the federal government debt is still under control and far smaller than that of other developed countries such as the US and Japan.

ASEAN and Chinese senior officials reviewed the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and discussed the building of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC

US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius described the recent historical visit to Vietnam by President Barack Obama a great success during a discussion at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington D.C on June 9.

Thailand is the first Asian country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, announced the World Health Organisation on June 7.

The US and the Philippines began a five-day military exercise in waters near the Southeast Asian country’s Subic Bay, in the northern part of the country on June 6.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) appears to have reopened a plant to produce plutonium from spent fuel of a reactor central to its atomic weapons drive, the UN nuclear watchdog said on June 6.

Japan and Britain agreed on June 5 to launch talks between their senior defence officials on programmes aimed at helping the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members upgrade their maritime capabilities.

Nearly 50 air strikes hit rebel-held areas in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo on June 5 in some of the heaviest recent raids by Russian and Syrian government aircraft, residents and a monitoring group said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping received Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in Beijing on June 3, during which they agreed to further consolidate the two countries’ traditional friendship.

President Barack Obama has urged the US Congress to approve the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The month-long European football championship (Euro 2016) will begin on June 10 in Paris, France. Security has been tightened against a possible terrorist attack.

Vietnam will continue integrating into the world, strengthening solidarity and making responsible contributions to building the ASEAN Community

British voters have moved toward voting to leave the European Union in next month's referendum according to two surveys by polling firm ICM, surprising investors and sending sterling sharply lower.