Việt Nam News

Argentina ground to a halt on Monday as public service unions blocked road, rail and air transport with a nationwide 24-hour strike in protest at the government's latest deal with the International Monetary Fund.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday called for calm after 86 people were killed in an attack by suspected nomadic herders against farming communities in the restive centre of the country.

Nine EU nations will on Monday formalize a plan to create a European military intervention force, a French minister said, with Britain backing the measure as a way to maintain strong defence ties with the bloc after Brexit.

A year of "vintage" economic growth could be undone by rising protectionism, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) said on Sunday, as fears of an all-out global trade war ramp up.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won tightly-contested presidential polls, the election authority said on Monday.

Germany and France pushed on Sunday for new solutions to the migration crisis as bickering among European Union leaders left boats carrying hundreds of African migrants adrift at sea.

Delegations from North and South Korea met on Friday for talks to arrange the first reunions in about three years for families separated by the Korean War, with the Red Cross paving the way.

 A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Vanuatu Friday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning issued.

The Honduran toddler pictured sobbing in a pink jacket before U.S. President Donald Trump on an upcoming cover of Time magazine was not separated from her mother at the U.S. border, according to a man who says he is the girl's father.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday likened rising nationalism and anti-migrant sentiment in Europe to "leprosy".

South Korean President Moon Jae-in headed to Russia on Thursday for a summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that will focus on ways to boost the countries' economic co-operation, as well as on joint efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons.

President Donald Trump ordered an end to the separation of migrant children from their parents on the US border on Wednesday, reversing a tough policy under heavy pressure from his fellow Republicans, Democrats and the international community.

The leaders of 10 EU countries will hold crisis talks on migration in Brussels Sunday aimed at countering movement of asylum seekers between member nations which is a source of tensions within the bloc.

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday formally approved a US$50 billion aid package intended to help Argentina confront inflation, budget deficits and a weakening currency.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that North Korea has sent back the remains of 200 American soldiers who were killed in the 1950-53 Korean War.

US President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers Tuesday, June 19, he backed their efforts to craft an immigration solution that ends the politically toxic practice of separating families on the US-Mexico border.

Brussels and London have made progress on several technical sections of Brexit negotiations but "serious divergences" remain over the issue of Northern Ireland after a final round of talks ahead of this month’s European summit, the EU said Tuesday.

The application of blockchain, specifically digital identity, will bring huge benefits to the Lao government and citizens, said BoviengkhamVongdara, minister of science and technology.