Asia Myanmar Myanmar's ruling military junta has decided to grant a partial pardon to Aung San Suu Kyi after the former leader was transferred from prison to house arrest at a government residence in recent days
Asia Lebanon Clashes erupted with Islamist factions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, bringing Gulf states, Germany and UK to issue travel warnings
Asia United Arab Emirates 10 new public kindergartens for 4.000 kids will be opened within 2 years; enrollment will open in October 2023 to accommodate 2.000 students between 3 months and 4 years, with priority given families receiving social assistance
Asia Kazakhstan The country ranked 31st in the recent Coursera Global Skills Report 2023, which analyses how more than 124 million registered students in 100 countries around the world are strengthening skills in business, technology and data science
Asia Malaysia The country is becoming an electric vehicle powerhouse in Southeast Asia, with the government aggressively promoting a favourable EV ecosystem, backed by the strong business commitment of Geely and Tesla
Asia Pakistan Surrounded by the dazzling beauty of lush greenery, high mountain peaks and cool water, the Taghwan Valley near Mingora has become a new attraction for tourists just a few kilometers from the city
Asia Brunei While reporting substantial progress and achievements in several Sustainable Development Goals, the country also acknowledged the existence of data gaps and backwardation during the presentation of the Voluntary National Review 2023 Report
Asia Japan Japanese consumers will experience price increases on 30.000 food and beverage products by October as retailers pass on higher costs to protect their profits, according to a credit research firm
Asia Syria Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN Independent Rapporteur on Protection of Rights while Countering Terrorism, expressed concern that hundreds of very young boys have been wrongly separated from their mothers under 'unproven' belief that they pose a security risk
Asia Nepal At least 117 wild animals were found dead in Chitwan National Park in the last fiscal year; compared to 80 that died of natural causes, as many as 26 died as a result of a dog bite
Asia Palestine The Palestinian Authority's Foreign Ministry has called on all countries to include people linked to settler terror organisations or companies investing in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories on their terror lists
Asia Qatar At the Hamad Port Visitors Centre in Umm Al-Houl, one can admire the world's most venomous fish, the Stnanceia verrucosa, commonly known as stone fish
Asia Bangladesh About 11,5 tonnes of mangoes were produced this year from about 93.000 hectares of land in the northern Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore districts