(VOVWORLD) - The Syrian army and Iranian-backed fighters on Thursday foiled an Islamic State attack near the Syria-Iraq border.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of Vietnam’s National UNESCO Committee Le Hoai Trung expressed his hope for strengthened cooperation with UNESCO to visiting UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Qatar has ordered the Chadian embassy in Doha to close and has given its diplomats 72 hours to leave, the Qatari foreign ministry announced on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Police and migrants clashed in Rome on Thursday when police tried to remove hundreds of migrants from Ethiopia and Eritrea who had set up a temporary camp in Rome’s Independence Square.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and an inter-sector delegation on Thursday concluded a working visit to the Vatican on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - An official welcome ceremony hosted by President Htin Kyaw for Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong took place on Thursday at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

(VOVWORLD) - Dutch police have arrested a second suspect in relation to a threat in Rotterdam after a tip from Spanish authorities.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese government supports the Defense Ministries of Vietnam and Australia in strengthening cooperation to match the current comprehensive partnership between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has voiced Vietnam’s strong opposition to Taiwan’s live-fire drill on Ba Binh (Itu Aba) Island, part of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, and asked the Chinese territory not to repeat similar actions.

(VOVWORLD) - Delegates from APEC economies shared experience in simplifying business registration procedures at a workshop held by the APEC Economic Committee in HCM City on Thursday as part of the third APEC Senior Officials Meeting and related talks.