Asia

Turkmenistan is included in the list of countries whose banks can participate in foreign currency trading in Russia; the Russian government approved the list of foreign banks

Film Support Council decided to allocate TL 72,5 million ($2,7 million) to new film projects, bringing the total support allocated to the film industry in 2023 to almost TL 99 million ($3,8 million)

Iranian women who violate the strict Islamic dress code that requires them to cover their heads and dress modestly face up to 10 years in prison under toughening approved Wednesday

A woman was sentenced to two years in prison for violating Indonesia blasphemy law after posting a video on the social media site TikTok in which she said a Muslim prayer before eating pork

Myanmar's military government would require expatriate workers to remit at least 25% of their income in foreign currency through the country's banking system, according to local news reports

Thousands of people in Sri Lanka have benefited from a blindness prevention program launched by the Saudi aid agency KSrelief

Sixteen teenage cancer patients currently receiving or having completed treatment have been celebrating passing baccalaureate exams, with achievements marked by Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center

Wolbachia bacteria project under the Ministry of Health succesfully concluded its five-month experiment earlier this month and will now carry on to its next phase of result evaluation until 2025, showing promise for future mosquito population control

After several negotiation attempts to reach a peace agreement, two recent landmine incidents led to an armed offensive in Nagorno Karabakh by which Azerbaijan seems to have regained control of the separatist region

The 5th International Fashion, Textiles and Accessories Fair will open in Amman today 21 September, with 170 exhibitors and 8500 expected visitors

The creation of a Central Asian Media Association was proposed by President Emomali Rahmon speaking at the fifth meeting of the heads of Central Asian states

A TV Arabic poetry competition entitled 'Mu'allaqa 45' has been launched as part of the activities of the Year of Arabic Poetry 2023 by the Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission

French company Nepsen has completed Armenia's first floating solar project on Lake Yerevan, which will serve as a pilot for the country's future floating photovoltaic installations