(VOVWORLD) - An explosion inside a mosque killed at least 28 people and wounded 150 more in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, and many of the casualties were police officers who had gathered for noon prayers.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a ceremony on Monday to launch an emulation movement and a tree planting festival in Yen Son district in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang.

(VOVWORLD) - A spring incense offering ceremony took place at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long on Monday, paying tribute to forefathers who contributed to Vietnam’s national construction and defense.

(VOVWORLD) - Statistics site Numbeo listed Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City as the fifth- and 14th-safest cities in Southeast Asia, respectively.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to contacts with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz though has no phone call has been scheduled with him, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

(VOVWORLD) - The Iranian foreign minister said Sunday that Iran and Saudi Arabia will resume talks on normalizing ties soon.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked parties involved in the expressway construction project in the Mekong Delta to apply the most advanced technical measures to hasten progress without sacrificing quality or safety or allowing corruption or wastefulness to occur.

(VOVWORLD) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday left South Korea to begin an official visit to Japan to meet Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and other senior officials.

(VOVWORLD) -Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic defeated Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6(4), 7-6(5) in the final of the hard-court Australian Open on Sunday, winning the 22nd Grand Slam title of his career.

(VOVWORLD) -Pope Francis on Sunday called on Israel and Palestine to engage in dialogue to find a peaceful solution to the decades-long conflict and condemned all acts of violence against each other in the Holy Land of Jerusalem.