Asia Mongolia The 10th International Children's Sports Games took place in Ulaanbaatar, a four-day event attended by 460 athletes from Mongolia, Russia and China
Asia Myanmar Floods, hunger and violence are having a devastating impact on cities and IDP camps across the country, reports Progressive Voice, an NGO
Asia Nepal The number of native elephants has gradually increased in Jhapa; according to the head of the Divisional Forestry Bureau, one of the reasons is elephants entering Nepal from India in search of food
Asia Oman The project for the construction of a flood protection dam in Wadi Anar and for the lateral protection of the port of Salalah, in the Dhofar governorate, achieved a completion rate of 81%
Asia Kuwait An official UAE National Guard delegation from the National Search and Rescue Center has visited the Sabah Al-Ahmad Coast Guard base to learn about Kuwait's search and rescue operations in the frame of joint security cooperation and exchange of expertise
Asia North Korea Kim Jong-un declared the country will refuse outside aid to recover from the floods that have devastated areas near the border with China, and ordered to bring thousands of displaced people to the capital to provide them with better assistance
Asia Cambodia The spokesperson for the Ministry of Rural Development stated that he had collected data on 455 indigenous communities; to date, only 43% of them have been officially recognised and the registration of community collective land has reached about 52%
Asia Lebanon Extra medical supplies were delivered by the World Health Organisation to prevent possible health crises that could result from a major conflict in Lebanon
Asia India India's Supreme Court granted bail to a prominent opposition leader of Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party, ruling that Manish Sisodia's prolonged incarceration 'violated his right to a speedy trial'
Asia Nepal The Accountability Oversight Committee stated that the bill to amend the Law on the Commission for the Investigation of Disappearances, Truth and Reconciliation contains serious errors
Asia Malaysia The number of unemployed people in Malaysia in June fell by 0,1% to 565.300 compared to May, with an unemployment rate of 3,3%, according to the latest official data
Asia Palestine The Palestinian Foreign Ministry asked the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for saying it might be "justified and moral" to starve Palestinians in Gaza
Asia Taiwan To strengthen defence, a new increase of NT$ 647 billion (US$19,80 billion) was approved on a total budget of NT$ 3,13 trillion for next year