Asia

Iraq has been elected vice-president of the Middle East Committee of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation during the 51st committee meeting

US President didn't soften his proposal to relocate Palestinians in Gaza and develop the land into premium housing, even as King Abdullah II of Jordan, in the Oval Office, suggested the Arab world opposed the idea of moving them to third countries

India and France will collaborate on the development of small modular nuclear reactors, the Indian Foreign Ministry said following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the European country

The first children's documentary on Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov, 'The Enigmas of the White Steamer', was presented in Kyrgyzstan at the Seytek National Children and Youth Centre

The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Environment Authority, will host Climate Week from 24 to 27 February 2025, with the aim of uniting the world in supporting climate action and focusing on the Sultanate's commitment to a zero-emission future

Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who had been convicted for reporting on Mahsa Amini's case, were pardoned; freed on bail after 17 months' imprisonment last January, their sentences were reduced on appeal in August

A UN employee has died in Yemen while detained by the Houthis; the cause of death is not known, while World Food Programme director said his name was Ahmed and he had been employed by the organisation since 2017

On the night of Saturday to Sunday, security forces arrested over 1.300 persons in the frame of the violent anti-government protests that have been going on for some time within the country

A Special Test will be held to allow teachers hired in 2023 to enter the national education system, following a dialogue with representatives of former teachers and the Ministry of Education

Mahtab Karami, a student at a Scottish university, is creating a digital archive of artworks created by Afghan women artists over the last 20 years so that they are always visible, regardless of where the physical works have ended up

The Gotong Royong campaign helps to instil a cleanliness mindset and emphasises the responsibility of all community members to keep the environment clean, said the Village Head of RPN Kampong Panaga ‘C’ Khairul Abidin bin Mohd Yassin