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As the world celebrates, many are wondering whether the turmoil witnessed in 2018 will spill over into the next year.

Three people were killed and another 79 were unaccounted for after a gas explosion rocked a residential building in Russia on Monday, leaving hundreds without a home in freezing temperatures on New Year's Eve.

2018 was a turbulent year in world events, full of ups and downs. Below are the top 10 world events of 2018 as selected by the Vietnam News Agency.

Three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide were killed on Friday (Dec 28) when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said.

The South Korean President wins our award because of his steadfast commitment to diplomacy and deescalation.

 A Spanish charity rescue boat is due to arrive in a southern Spanish port Friday morning carrying more than 300 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya a week ago.

A DR Congo opposition bloc called on Thursday for a nationwide stoppage and police clashed with demonstrators in two eastern cities after upcoming elections were placed on hold in their region.

 The US government partial shutdown was set to stretch deep into next week after legislators failed on Thursday to make a breakthrough in the row over President Donald Trump's demand for a US-Mexico border wall.

Pope Francis called for peace and "fraternity" and Queen Elizabeth II warned against "tribalism", as millions across the world celebrated Christmas on Tuesday -- and US President Donald Trump caused a festive furore by asking a child whether he still believed in Santa Claus.

Suicide attackers stormed the Libyan foreign ministry in the capital Tripoli on Tuesday, killing at least three people including a senior civil servant in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.

A US judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay US$501 million over the death of American Otto Warmbier, concluding that the university student likely suffered torture.

Doctors in Sudan went on strike on Monday, feeding into deadly protests against bread prices that represent one of the biggest challenges President Omar al-Bashir has faced in nearly three decades in power.

Pope Francis assailed the "insatiable greed" of today's consumerism at the Vatican and pilgrims crowded into the church at the traditional site of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem on Tuesday as Christmas celebrations began worldwide.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited his American counterpart Donald Trump to visit Turkey in 2019, the White House said on Monday.

French President Emmanuel Macron called for "order" on Sunday after a sixth weekend of "yellow vest" anti-government protests that saw dwindling participation and a violent attack on police in Paris.

British police scrambled for answers on Sunday after releasing their only suspects in the London Gatwick Airport drone mystery that brought Christmas getaway flights to a standstill.

The order to withdraw American troops from Syria has been signed, the US military said on Sunday, after President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart agreed to prevent a power vacuum in the wake of the controversial move.

Indonesian rescuers battled heavy rains on Monday in a desperate search for survivors after a volcano-triggered tsunami killed at least 281 people, with experts warning the devastated region could be slammed by more tidal waves.