(VOVWORLD) - Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State in Mosul on Monday, marking the biggest defeat of the terrorist state since its establishment three years ago.

(VOVWORLD) - Qatar has threatened to withdraw from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and has set conditions for the Saudi-led bloc, the MENA news agency reported Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Israeli Minister of Transportation and Intelligence Yisrael Katz said on Monday that he’s pushing a plan to build a regional train network that will link Israel and the Palestinians to much of the Arab world.

(VOVWORLD) - Agreements to de-escalate the fighting in Syria could simplify the conflict and help to stabilize the country, but such accords must be an interim measure and avoid a permanent partition, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have made no commitment to establish a joint cyber security unit, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam earned 14.6 billion USD from garment and textile export in the first half of the year, 11% higher than the same period last year.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has reiterated a commitment to creating the utmost conditions to Dutch investors in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese localities attach importance to economic and trade ties with the US, and consider cooperation an important resource for both industrialisation and modernisation, said Nguyen Duc Chung, Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee at a working session with the US Departments of State and Commerce in Washington on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang has urged police to continue playing a key role in combating criminals and maintaining security and social order.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte underlined their resolve to deepen Vietnam-Netherlands relations sustainably during talks in The Hague on Monday.