Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was also elected to the politburo and he is expected to become the prime minister.
Minister says stricter border control required to keep terror at bay.
Rohani is the first Iranian president to visit the Pope since 1999.
Akihito is the first Japanese emperor to visit the Philippines.
Smaller powers in the region such as the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei see China as the biggest threat.
People at the very top of Saudi hierarchy had approved the money transfer.
French President Francois Hollande is the chief guest at this year's Republic Day parade.
More than 1,000 flights from South Korean resort city of Jeju cancelled.
Najib stresses there is nothing Islamic about terrorism.
In southeast Asia, Cambodia and Thailand have repot Zika virus.
The suspects had received training from Syrian members of the Islamic State say officials.
The silver Mercedes-Benz hit the bushes and then plunged into the waters.
Officials have quarantined 37 people who had contact with the man.
People died mostly in car accidents and from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Chinese officials describe the blast as an 'attack'.