(VOVWORLD) - Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders and that this was the start of a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran from building an atomic weapon.

(VOVWORLD) - The US House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly passed President Donald Trump's request to slash 9.4 billion USD in spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting, and sent the bill to the Senate.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and Sweden will act as bridges for greater access to ASEAN and the EU, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at Thursday’s meeting with Speaker of the Swedish Parliament Andreas Norlén.

(VOVWORLD) - Leaders around the world continue to express their heartfelt condolences and deep grief following the tragic crash of an Air India flight in India, which killed more than 240 people on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday sent a message of condolences to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi over the serious air accident that occurred in Gujarat state on Thursday, causing numerous casualties.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is looking forward to a new wave of Swedish investment, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Thursday while co-chairing the Vietnam-Sweden Business Forum in Stockholm as part of his official visit to Sweden.

(VOVWORLD) - The traditional friendship between Vietnam and Lithuania has always been preserved, nurtured, and developed in all aspects, President Luong Cuong said while hosting a State banquet in Hanoi on Thursday in honor of visiting Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda.

(VOVWORLD) -There’s only one survivor among the 242 people on board Air India flight AI-171 that crashed Thursday afternoon in the western Indian state of Gujarat, according to an update from Indian authorities.

(VOVWORLD) -Isreal had launched “preemptive strikes” on Iran, Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Friday morning. Multiple explosions were heard in the Iranian capital Tehran this morning, while sirens sounded across Israel.

(VOVWORLD) - According to India’s TimesNow television channel, at least 133 people have been confirmed dead in the plane crash that occurred on Thursday in Ahmedabad, Gujarat state, western India.