US President Barack Obama urged Russia on February 14 to stop bombing "moderate" rebels in Syria in support of its ally President Bashar al-Assad, a campaign seen in the West as a major obstacle to latest efforts to end the war.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) wishes to foster long-term cooperative ties with Vietnam, WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin has said.

Central African Republic votes on February 14 in elections seen as a crucial step toward restoring democratic rule and ending years of violence that have left the impoverished nation split along religious faultlines.

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation on February 12 broadening sanctions to punish the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its nuclear program...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Don Pramudwinai has visited the ASEAN Secretariat, seeking to carry out the next steps after the launch of the ASEAN Community at the end of last year.

Russia is ready to sell civil airliners to Iraq and keep providing it with military aid to fight Islamic State, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on February 11.

Major powers agreed on February 12 to a cessation of hostilities in Syria set to begin in a week and to provide rapid humanitarian access to besieged Syrian towns...

Indonesia will host the 30th conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) in 2017, according to the spokesperson of the state port operator Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III, Edi Prayitno.

The US plans to spend 66 million USD for the construction of military camps in the Philippines under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA)

Landslides and floods in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, on February 8 have left five people dead, two people missing and forced over 4,000 others to flee their homes.

A powerful earthquake toppled a 17-story apartment building in southern Taiwan on Saturday, killing at least two people, including a 10-day-old girl,

A workshop was recently held in Moscow to highlight the dialogue partnership between Russia and ASEAN.

Representatives from ASEAN and the European Union (EU) reiterated their commitment to further strengthening the existing close trade and investment relations

Economic ministers from 12 member nations signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in Auckland, New Zealand on the morning of February 4.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) told UN agencies on February 2 it plans to launch a satellite as early as next week...