(VOVWORLD) - Israel and Hezbollah exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of conflict across Lebanon's south and Hezbollah firing rockets deep into northern Israel.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday received Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Ri Sung Guk.

(VOVWORLD) - Leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States expanded joint security steps in Asia's trade-rich waters as outgoing US President Joe Biden hosted counterparts from the Quad grouping.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia will take no part in any follow-up to the Swiss-organized "peace summit" held in June as the process amounts to "fraud," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Donald Trump on Saturday rejected another debate with Vice President Kamala Harris before the US presidential election, hours after the Democratic candidate's campaign said she had agreed to an October 23 matchup with her Republican rival on CNN.

(VOVWORLD) - An environmental protection drive kicked off in Hanoi’s Thanh Tri district on Sunday in response to the 2024 "Clean Up the World" campaign.

(VOVWORLD) - Work started on Saturday on the construction of a new resettlement area for residents of flood and landslide-hit Nu village in Lao Cai province.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam arrived in New York on Saturday (local time) for the United Nations Summit of the Future, the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79), and working sessions in the US.

(VOVWORLD) - The United States is preparing a 375 million USD military aid package for Ukraine, breaking a months-long trend towards smaller packages for Kyiv.

(VOVWORLD) - A top United Nations official on Friday urged all countries with influence over Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah "to leverage it now" to avoid an escalation of Middle East violence that she warned could dwarf the devastation seen so far.