Giant software company FPT announced on July 10 that it will provide fixed telecoms and internet services in Myanmar, becoming the first 100-per cent foreign-owned firm to operate in telecoms in the country.

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday trimmed its forecast for global economic growth for this year to take into account the impact of recent weakness in the United States.

Myanmar will hold a historic general election on November 8 this year, the country’s Union Election Commission (UEC) announced on July 8.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated General Gatot Nurmantyo as the new Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) in Jakarta on July 8.

Iran has offered "constructive solutions" to resolve disputes in nuclear talks with six major powers, the Iranian Students news agency ISNA reported on Wednesday

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on July 7 he had sent a delegation to Pakistan to meet with representatives of the Taliban...

Euro zone members have given Greece until the end of the week to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will keep the country from crashing out of Europe's currency bloc and into economic ruin.

The Philippines on July 6 confirmed the country’s second case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in a 36 year-old visitor travelling from Dubai.

Islamic State suicide bombers and fighters attacked the center of Iraq's northern oil refinery town of Baiji overnight, forcing the army and Shi'ite fighters to pull back, military sources and the local mayor said on July 5.

An Iranian nuclear agreement is possible this week if Iran makes the "hard choices" necessary, but if not, the United States stands ready to walk away from the negotiations, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on July 5.

Greece voted on Sunday on whether to accept more austerity in exchange for international aid, in a high-stakes referendum likely to determine whether it leaves the euro-currency area after seven years of economic pain.

Euro zone countries tried in vain to stop the IMF publishing a gloomy analysis of Greece's debt burden which the leftist government says vindicates its call to voters to reject bailout terms...

The United States and Cuba formally agreed on July 1 to restore diplomatic relations on July 20, setting up a trip to Havana by John Kerry, who would become the first US secretary of state to visit the country in 70 years.

The ASEAN and United Nations and will continue to strengthen cooperation and institutional ties within the framework of the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership between the two organisations signed in 2011.

US President Barack Obama on June 29 signed into law legislation that gives him "fast-track" power to push ahead on a Pacific Rim trade deal that has been the subject of intense debate in Congress and across the nation.