(VOVWORLD) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, serving a 25-year prison sentence, was pardoned on Sunday on "humanitarian grounds."

(VOVWORLD) - Afghanistan’s spy agency in Kabul has been targeted in a suicide bombing claimed by the so-called Islamic State group, resulting in at least six deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - The king of Spain has issued renewed calls for unity amid the ongoing fallout from Catalonia’s controversial independence referendum.

(VOVWORLD) -Imad al-Sayeh, head of Libya's Election Commission, confirmed on Sunday that the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections will be held before next September 30.

(VOVWORLD) -North Korea has argued that its nuclear weapons are a defensive deterrence, not in violation of international law.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Children’s Fund presented cash scholarships to needy children in My Hao district, Hung Yen province on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Iranian lawmakers have approved a bill recognizing Jerusalem as the permanent capital of the state of Palestine. The motion was passed by a vote of 187 to 15.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam’s foreign currency reserves reached an approximate 48 billion USD due to the country’s stable macroeconomic conditions and a strong influx of exports, foreign direct investment (FDI) and remittance, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific, and VASCO have announced the cancelation of a number of domestic flights scheduled for Monday (December 25) due to Typhoon Tembin.

(VOVWORLD) -The National Fund for Vietnamese Children has provided milk and scholarships to poor children in Hung Yen province.