ASEAN enhances connectivity

ASEAN enhances connectivity

(VOVWORLD) - A forum to implement the ASEAN Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 took place in Alanbang, the Philippines from July 12th to 14th. The forum, the first activity implemented since the...
 IS ambushes Iraqi government convoy

IS ambushes Iraqi government convoy

(VOVworld) - Islamic State fighters disguised as soldiers ambushed a government convoy in a remote desert region of western Iraq on Sunday, killing 10 members of the security forces and injuring 20 others...
Europeans consider IS the biggest threat

Europeans consider IS the biggest threat

(VOVworld) - Europeans consider the militant group Islamic State to be the biggest threat facing their countries, ahead of climate change, economic instability, and refugees
Iraq launches operation to retake Fallujah from IS

Iraq launches operation to retake Fallujah from IS

(VOVworld) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said Iraq has begun a military operation to retake Fallujah in Anbar province from Islamic State. He said Iraqi forces including the federal police soldiers...
US kills two "high-value" IS fighters

US kills two "high-value" IS fighters

(VOVworld) - A US air strike has killed two "high-value" Islamic State fighters in Iraq while Iraqi security forces started clearing jihadists from Rutba town, Anbar province
Iraq retakes several towns from IS

Iraq retakes several towns from IS

(VOVworld) – Iraqi militants retreated from several western Iraqi towns and towards the Syrian border on Sunday as security forces worked their way up the Euphrates Valley
75 IS militants killed in Iraq

75 IS militants killed in Iraq

(VOVworld) – Seventy five Islamic State militants were killed on Monday as the Iraqi security forces recaptured two areas from the extremist militants in eastern city of Ramadi, Anbar province
Bomb blast in Iraq kills dozens

Bomb blast in Iraq kills dozens

(VOVworld) - Islamic State (IS) militants said they set off a bomb blast near Basra, Iraq, killing at least 11 people. Local authorities said the blast killed 24 people