Japan urges hotline with China

Japan urges hotline with China

(VOVworld) - Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has called for setting up a maritime security hotline between Japan and China
 US suspends military and financial aids to Egypt

US suspends military and financial aids to Egypt

(VOVworld) - Washington says it has stopped shipments of major military hardware and halted 260 million USD in cash aid to Egypt's military leaders; said US state department spokesperson Jen...
Upheavals in US-Brazil relations

Upheavals in US-Brazil relations

(VOVworld) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has canceled a state-level visit to the US, which was scheduled for October. The decision has delivered a blow to US President Barack...
Violence reoccurs in Iraq

Violence reoccurs in Iraq

(VOVworld) – A series of bloody attacks in Iraq over the past 2 days killed 31 people and injured 13 others, bringing the number of casualties since the beginning of July...
Syrian conflicts: center of G8 summit

Syrian conflicts: center of G8 summit

(VOVworld) – The G8 summit of leading industrialized nations opened in Northern Ireland on Monday. Its ambitious agenda focuses on how to recover the global economic recession. But disagreements over policies for Syria...
Nigeria sets curfew in Boko Haram stronghold

Nigeria sets curfew in Boko Haram stronghold

Nigeria's military has declared a 24-hour curfew on a dozen neighborhoods in a northeastern city that is a stronghold of the armed group Boko Haram. The military deployed jets and...