Three suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mourning procession in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 180, said police and rescue officials.

The Russian Federation Communist Party-run newspaper, “Pravda” (the Truth) on Sept. 2 ran an article praising General Vo Nguyen Giap, a talented and righteous general of the Vietnamese army and people.

Boosting internal cooperation and expanding cooperation with developed partners around the world have been defined as the prime solutions that ASEAN should take to narrow the widening development gap among its members.

As many as 60 experts from 20 Asian countries gathered at a meeting in Thua Thien-Hue province on August 25 to evaluate the impact of natural disasters in the region.

The fifth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia opened in Bangkok, Thailand on August 23.

A 22-year-old Mexico woman has won the Miss Universe pageant after donning a flowing red gown and telling an audience that it's important to teach kids family values.

About 400 Japanese enterprises will join the 12 billion USD Smart East Asian Community Initiative by the government to rebuild the cities of the ASEAN member countries, including Vietnam, under a public-private partnership.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has vowed to keep the country stable while she tries to form a government following an inconclusive general election.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has urged that efforts be taken to accelerate the transformation of the country's economic development model and promote technological innovation to guarantee a stable and relatively quick long-term economic growth.

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday dismissed angry calls by German business leaders to scrap a planned tax on nuclear energy production which they call a threat to investment.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia and the Community Assignment Board and Overseas Vietnamese Association in Russia granted relief to forest fire victims in Russia on August 18.

Pakistani Ambassador to Turkey Tariq Azizuddin on Thursday called on the international community to help the flood-hit Pakistan.

Four people have been confirmed dead and 88 others are still missing Thursday after mudslides hit a remote mountain town in southwest China’s Yunnan Province Wednesday, said local authorities.

 New Volvo President Stefan Jacoby speaks to the media during his first appearance at the Volvo headquarters in Goteborg August 18, 2010. Jacoby is the former Volkswagen Group of America president and chief executive.  He spoke to journalists at Volvo’s Gothenburg headquarters before officially starting the job next Monday.

UN member states gather Thursday to boost financial aid for flood-stricken Pakistan amid strong criticism that the global response has fallen short of the overwhelming scale of the disaster.