Asia Turkey The recent incident involving a primary school student in the capital Ankara who suffered serious injuries after an attack by stray dogs has reignited the debate on the issue of stray animals, raising concerns about escalating attacks in various cities
Asia Vietnam The main celebration of the 16th Red Sunday, the annual blood donation campaign, will take place at the Ha Noi University of Science and Technology on 24 December; it is expected to mobilise over 100.000 people and receive around 50.000 units of blood
Asia Yemen "Our military operations will not stop," declared the Houthis of Yemen, saying they will not cease attacks on ships in the Red Sea, despite the US announcing a new maritime protection force to counter them
Asia Sri Lanka The police have launched a new system to simplify the process of identifying criminals arrested for drug-related activities, with a specialised data system linking all police stations
Asia Mongolia Farmers will be able to buy fodder from the State Reserve at a 50% discount; governors have been instructed to monitor the proper distribution of fodder and to prevent its misuse and sale
Asia Nepal An increasing number of Nepalis are undergoing cosmetic surgery as a beauty-enhancing treatment, but many raised an alarm on the lack of regulation to govern this sector
Asia Armenia The ‘EU4Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Armenian Communities’ project, with a budget of €2,8 million and co-financed by the EU and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, was launched in Yerevan
Asia Azerbaijan 4 candidates are running in the extraordinary presidential elections to be held in Azerbaijan on February 7 after Elshad Musayev, chairman of the Great Azerbaijan Party, has presented his candidacy
Asia Bangladesh 29 near extinct fish species have been recovered in the past 14 years and preserved in the newly established Live Gene Bank
Asia Bhutan King Jigme Wangchuck announced the construction of a vast international city in an area of over 1.000 km² on the border with Assam, India, presenting it as 'economic corridor to connect South Asia with South-East Asia via north-eastern states of India'
Asia Brunei The country signed a protocol 'on inspections, quarantine and veterinary health requirements for wild aquatic products' to be exported from Brunei to China
Asia Cambodia The return of 14 Cambodian cultural treasures was welcomed by the Prime Minister, who emphasized that it is the recovery of the souls of Cambodian ancestors who left their homeland because of the civil war
Asia China Autumn migration of birds in China has roughly ended and monitoring of wintering habitats is ongoing, according to China's National Forest and Grassland Administration; authorities have intensified monitoring of harvesting areas to avoid man-made damage