Asia Taiwan Still 38 are missing from the 7,2 magnitude earthquake that claimed 10 lives, the strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in nearly 25 years
Asia Afghanistan Turkey-based construction company 77 INSAAT has reportedly expressed interest in establishing a cement plant in Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan, near the border with Turkmenistan
Asia Mongolia UN Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt, visited the country to launch the UN's new global road safety campaign, #MakeASafetySatement, which aims to halve the number of road fatalities by 2030
Asia Lebanon Peacekeepers from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon are present on the ground in the south of the country "despite escalating tensions" between Israel and Hezbollah, said UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti
Asia Georgia For political parties participating in elections it would no longer be compulsory to draw up their lists with a gender balance, as required by current legislation on women's quotas, according to new proposal by opposition party Girchi
Asia Indonesia State toll road operator PT Jasa Marga announced that it has temporarily suspended the expiration of the electronic toll card during the homeward and outward exodus season during Eid al-Fitr
Asia Iraq The new medical city in Nasiriyah, in the southern governorate of Dhi Qar, which will be Iraq's second hospital, will be planned and designed by a Greek company on an area of 330.000 square meters
Asia Jordan The annual per capita food waste in Jordan is 101 kilogrammes, Chairman of the Food Security Council said on the commemoration of the International Day of Zero Waste, pointing out that the wasted food could feed nearly 1,5 million individuals for a year
Asia Thailand A 35-meter-long artificial escape tunnel built during World War II has been discovered in the Sangkhla Buri district of Western Province
Asia Turkey In a historic victory for the Republican Party, in Sunday's election Erdogan's party lost in Istanbul, Ankara and several cities; it has been 47 years since the party of Kemalist origin came close to such a high percentage, nationwide
Asia East Timor Despite delays mainly due to weather conditions, UK-based Baron Oil has completed a geophysical survey at the planned drilling location for the Chuditch-2 appraisal well off East Timor and is currently preparing to begin geotechnical investigation
Asia Syria As the crisis in Syria continues to worsen after 13 years of conflict, Adam Abdelmoula, resident coordinator for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, has appealed for $4 billion in aid for over 10 million Syrians
Asia Nepal Pangolins are on the verge of extinction in Khotang, a hilly district of Koshi province, due to uncontrolled poaching and smuggling of the highly endangered species