Asia South Korea NATO hosted military staff talks with Korea at HQ in Brussels, with discussions focusing on resilience building and future opportunities for cooperation; the previous military staff talks had taken place place in 2023 in Seoul
Asia Georgia The single-chamber parliament approved in its 3rd and final reading the law on so-called foreign agents, modeled on a similar law in force for years in Russia, used to shut down independent media, NGOs and civil society associations
Asia Syria The Governor of Homs, Namir Makhlouf, discussed with the WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean how to support the governorate's health sector
Asia Taiwan Uber Technologies, the parent company of the Uber Eats delivery platform, has reached an agreement with Delivery Hero SE to acquire its foodpanda delivery service in Taiwan
Asia Armenia The World Customs Organisation organised a national workshop on X-ray image analysis in Yerevan, bringing together 25 customs officials from the State Board of Revenue of the Republic of Armenia
Asia North Korea North Korea 'supports a United Nations resolution for Palestine's full membership', Pyongyang's foreign ministry said Sunday, criticizing the United States for vetoing the move
Asia Pakistan The documentary Aafia Siddiqui - The True Story was presented at the Karachi Press Club and sheds light on various aspects of Aafia's life, from her birth, upbringing and marriage, to her kidnapping in Karachi and detention in US prison
Asia Philippines The agreement with the US on the peaceful use of nuclear energy is subject to domestic laws and is not in conflict with the Constitution, the Justice Department stated in a legal opinion issued to the Department of Foreign Affairs
Asia Qatar The new Qatar National Blood Donation Centre was inaugurated at the Hamad Medical Corporation; it will be the sole source for the supply of blood and blood components for all government and private hospitals in Qatar
Asia Saudi Arabia The Saudi Sport for All Federation has stated that its 2024 summer campaign, 'Move Your World', aims to help people engage in physical activity; through a survey, it identified various obstacles and difficulties that people face on a daily basis
Asia Thailand Cannabis will be put back on the list of narcotics by the end of this year, after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin ordered a u-turn on the country’s landmark cannabis policy
Asia Turkmenistan The Cotton Campaign, an NGO seeking to end forced labour for cotton workers in Central Asia, makes known that the problem remains widespread and systematic in Turkmenistan, despite some changes in the 2023 harvest
Asia Cyprus Legal action has been taken against unlicensed individuals performing hair transplants, after police carried out a raid on an illegal hair transplant clinic found to be working without authorisation, Cyprus Turkish medical association warned