Asia Afghanistan Kimia Yousofi, who is 28 years old and lives as a refugee in Australia since Talibans are in power, ran for Afghanistan in the 100 metres at Paris Olympics and showed a sheet of paper with the words: 'Education, sport, our rights' written on it
Asia Bangladesh A group of 48 young entrepreneurs expressed solidarity with the student movement and its demands and produced a statement calling for the people's demands not to go unheeded
Asia Azerbaijan The International Olympic Committee apologised to Azerbaijan for the statements on Nagorno-Karabakh made by the France 2 TV presenter during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics
Asia Cambodia A government report shows opportunities to increase the participation of women in the Royal Armed Forces of Cambodia and, subsequently, in UN peacekeeping operations
Asia Qatar In order to improve the country's instant payment system, the Central Bank of Qatar introduced the 'Request Payment' function through its 'Fawran' service in line with the Third Financial Sector Strategic Plan
Asia Tajikistan The civil service has declined in the country, with almost 4,000 positions in government agencies currently vacant and the number of applicants decreasing significantly
Asia Turkey The results of Physical Activity Survey 2023 by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality reveal a significant increase in the number of people practicing physical activity throughout the city, with Küçükçekmece leading among the 39 districts
Asia Maldives A mega initiative is planned to be launched in September to have only local teachers in the Maldives education system
Asia Georgia Kutaisi has been nominated as one of the selected extraordinary destinations to visit in 2024 in the TIME magazine list
Asia East Timor East Timor deposited the instrument of accession to the 1907 Convention for the Settlement of International Disputes in the Pacific
Asia Oman The number of vehicles registered in the country during the first half of 2024 amounts to approximately 1.704.873 vehicles, of which private licences account for 79,6%
Asia Cyprus Preparations are underway in the Paphos district village of Lysos for the drying and production of the area’s cured figs, commonly known as ‘maxilles’, which are on the island’s Unesco list of tangible cultural heritage
Asia Bhutan The Indian government is likely to authorise the import of potatoes from Bhutan, expecting tuber prices to remain high in the short term due to lower production