(VOVworld) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made a phone call with his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Saturday to discuss Turkey deploying troops in Iraq despite of Iraq’s...
(VOVworld) – Many Turkish soldiers illegally entered Iraq on December 4 to train Kurdish militias fighting IS. This has harmed relations between Iraq and Turkey and created a new security challenge...
(VOVworld) – On Sunday a court in Tripoli postponed the trial of the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saadi, until February 7, 2016, to gain time for additional investigation
(VOVworld) – The Syrian army has recaptured several towns from the Islamic State (IS), following intense battles in the central part of the country
(VOVworld) – The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility over a series of attacks Tuesday on the Al-Qasr hotel, used as the headquarters for the Yemeni government in Aden...
(VOVworld) – The 42nd New Hanoi Newspaper Run was held in Hanoi on Sunday
(VOVworld) – At least 58 people were killed and more than 100 were injured in 2 bombings in Diyala province, eastern Iraq. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks
(VOVworld) – Iraqi police and medics reported that more than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in one...
(VOVworld) – Iraq closed its border with Jordan until further notice several days after Iraqi military forces launched a campaign to drive Islamic State militants out of Anbar province
(VOVworld) - A bomb fell from an Iraqi Sukhoi warplane and exploded in eastern Baghdad on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding 11 others, according to security and medical...
(VOVworld) – Iraqi troops backed by Shiite militias recaptured key parts of the northern refinery town of Beiji and some strategic places near Fallujah from the Islamic State on Sunday
(VOVworld) - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has decided to keep its production levels of 30 million barrels per day for the next six months. Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi...
(VOVworld) – A United Nations conference designed to promote peace in war-ravaged Yemen has been postponed, a UN official says, just four days before it was due to begin
(VOVworld) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday that the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad
(VOVworld) - Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey arrived in Iraq on Monday to discuss military cooperation and the fight against Islamic State (IS)
(VOVworld) – Negotiators led by Yemen’s President said Sunday that talks between the government and Shia insurgents collapsed when the Shiites refused the proposal of a technocrat government
(VOVworld) - Vietnam has voiced its opposition to the use of force against civilians in the Gaza Strip and urged the parties involved to immediately halt it and hold negotiations for...
(VOVworld) - I got an email from Abdelilah Boubchir of Algeria expressing his love for Vietnamese music, culture, heritage, and the way Vietnamese people maintain their authentic values. Abdelilah said he always...
(VOVworld) – Iraqi military helicopters have destroyed a convoy of Jihad militants inside Syrian territory as it was approaching the Iraqi border, killing at least 8, said the Iraqi Interior Ministry...
(VOVworld) - Libya opened the trial of 2 sons and 30 ex-officials of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi on Monday, including Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi and Foreign Minister Abdul Ati al...