Asia United Arab Emirates 50% of tuition fees will be covered for 1800 Dubai students by 2030; in the first year, over 400 scholarships will be offered for the new 2024-25 academic cycle
Asia Uzbekistan First industrial shrimp cultivation project will be launched in partnership with South Korea
Asia Vietnam The country has acclaimed the Communist Party's anti-corruption enforcer as its next President and proposed a new head of Parliament; the appointments could ease months of political turmoil and allow politicians to focus on fixing a struggling economy
Asia Yemen Cholera infections are increasing in the country, worsening the already critical humanitarian situation
Asia Indonesia The country's commitment to the empowerment of women and girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics has been emphasised by the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection
Asia India In this year's elections, there was a 7,5% increase in the number of women registering to vote, 30 million more than in 2019
Asia Iran A senior Iranian defence official stated that the country intends to increase the export of its defence products by 50%
Asia Israel Israel's lawyers told the UN Supreme Court that the country has the right to proceed with a large-scale offensive in Rafah, southern Gaza, to defend itself against the Palestinian militant group Hamas
Asia Kuwait As of today Sunday 19 May, the working hours of police stations for the registration of investigations will be changed to 24 hours, 7 days a week in selected police stations in each governorate and until 10pm in other stations
Asia Lebanon In response to the first Hezbollah airstrike, Israeli airstrikes hit an area inside Lebanon, killing three people near the coastal town of Saida
Asia Azerbaijan The country said France should apologise for a statement by the French interior minister calling Azerbaijan 'a dictatorship', considering the remarks 'totally unacceptable'
Asia China The country announced measures to stabilise the ailing real estate sector, with the central bank releasing an additional 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) in financing, as well as loosening mortgage regulations
Asia Myanmar Severe water shortages due to prolonged drought, record heat and water-borne diseases have left at least 83 people dead and hundreds sick in some 50 villages in western Myanmar