A short story by Hồ Anh Thái

Police in south central Bình Thuận Province on June 18 decided to detain and prosecute eight people for allegedly causing public disorder, damaging property and resisting on-duty officials following disturbances in Phan Rí Cửa Town in Tuy Phong District and Phan Rí Thành Town in Bắc Bình District.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyễn Văn Sơn called for investigation of and strict penalties for leaders of extremist groups who incited crowds to cause disorder at the headquarters of Bình Thuận Province’s People’s Committee and surrounding areas in the past two days.

A gunman on a police watchlist for contacts with Islamist extremists launched a brazen suspected terror attack in Belgium, shooting dead two female police officers with their own weapons before killing a bystander.

French investigators will widen their probe Monday to include possible help provided to the Chechen-born 20-year-old whose stabbing spree in central Paris, claimed by the Islamic State group, left one person dead and four seriously wounded.

 A man drove a white rental van into a crowd of pedestrians in the center of Canada's biggest city Toronto on Monday, injuring as many as 10 people, police said.

Tennessee police captured Monday the man suspected of gunning down four people at a restaurant in Nashville, America's country music capital.

As Nigeria prepares to mark the fourth anniversary of the Chibok kidnapping, UNICEF reported on Friday that over 1,000 children have been abducted by jihadists since 2013.

The People’s Court in the central province of Hà Tĩnh on April 12 handed down a jail term of 9 years, which will be followed by another five-year probation, for attempts to overthrow the people’s administration.

Myanmar has agreed to a visit by the UN Security Council after months of resistance, but it remains unclear whether ambassadors will be allowed to go to Rakhine state, the body's president said on Monday.