(VOVWORLD) - A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people outside a court building in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Tuesday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said.

(VOVWORLD) -Hungarian-British writer David Szalay has won the prestigious Booker Prize for his novel “Flesh”. The prize was announced at a ceremony on Monday in Old Billingsgate, London.

(VOVWORLD) -Canada, Norway, and Australia on Monday voiced concern over the violence in Sudan, following reports of mass killings and sexual assaults in El-Fashir, Darfur, and called for an immediate end to the fighting.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly on Tuesday discussed the draft amended Investment Law, which seeks to further decentralize and delegate authority in approving investment policies while simplifying related procedures.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam on Tuesday launched the 2025 National Action Month for Gender Equality and Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response in Hanoi under the theme “Gender Equality and Safety for Women and Girls in the Digital Era.”

(VOVWORLD) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered condolences to the families of those killed in a blast near the Red Fort in New Delhi that left 15 people dead and 30 injured.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam strongly supports the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), said Ambassador Vu Le Thai Hoang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations and other international organisations in Vienna this week.

(VOVWORLD) -International media outlets have praised Vietnam’s robust economic recovery, with third-quarter growth reaching 8.22%, the highest in more than a decade.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Tuesday that "investing in social housing is investing in the development of society and the country", which he called one of the key tasks of the 2025-2030 period and a "double lever" to ensure social security, boost growth, and create jobs as well as develop a healthy and sustainable real estate market.

(VOVWORLD) - The 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) opened on Monday in Belém city, Brazil, with an agenda continuing to focus on global efforts to curb the warming of the planet.