France, Sahel nations vow to step up anti-jihadist fight France and its five partner nations in the Sahel region of West Africa pledged on Monday to bolster their efforts against jihadists waging an increasingly deadly insurgency, while urging the United States to keep its troops engaged in the region's anti-terror fight.

No shortages of fresh food are expected for Tết holiday Poultry and pork products are expected to be in sufficient supply in HCM City during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday, which falls on January 25.

Quảng Bình Police found task force teams Each team will have at least five members, be equipped with tools and arms and travel around the province investigating crime.

71 killed in Niger military camp: defence ministry Hundreds of jihadists attacked a Niger military camp near the border with Mali with shelling and mortars, killing 71 soldiers, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.

Amid impeachment turmoil, HBO OKs Watergate series US cable channel HBO on Thursday green-lit the production of a new limited series based on the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux.

CUHK Appoints Dean of CUHK Business School CUHK Appoints Dean of CUHK Business School

NA adopts socio-economic resolution for 2020, targeting 6.8% GDP growth

The National Assembly (NA) this morning approved the Resolution on socio-economic development plan for the year 2020, targeting 6.8 per cent GDP growth and improvements to national competitiveness.

Prosecution to launch special unit for probe into 2014 Sewol ferry sinking South Korea's prosecution will launch a special unit on Monday to investigate the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking, one of the country's worst maritime disasters, which killed more than 300.

Reluctance to act biggest threat to VN's development: PM The greatest challenge to Việt Nam's development was a lack of aspiration to move forward while the biggest threat was reluctance to take action due to fear of responsibility, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday.

Vietnamese social networks expect 90m users amid competition with Facebook Vietnamese social networks were set to have 90 million users by the end of 2020, the communications minister said on Friday, as the Government kept pushing hard to break the foreign monopoly in Việt Nam.