Asia United Arab Emirates The Indian expatriate community in the United Arab Emirates will be able to attend public inauguration ceremony for first Hindu temple to be built in Abu Dhabi on February 15, 2024, temple management has confirmed
Asia Turkmenistan Last week, 14 transactions were recorded at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, amounting to more than USD 11 million
Asia Thailand In the event of low rainfall, the country could consider suspending rice cultivation; the El Nino effect could mean imply -40% rainfall on last year
Asia Sri Lanka Due to the high costs of issuance of electronic passports, Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles has decided to call for tenders and suspend the notice of expression of interest
Asia North Korea A Russian military aircraft flew unannounced to Pyongyang this week, just days after Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's high-profile visit and talks with leader Kim Jong Un, according to NK News analysis of flight tracking data and satellite imagery
Asia Iraq The country marked the ninth anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Sinjar by the Islamic State group on 3 August 2014, followed by atrocities and massacres against the country's Yazidi minority
Asia Kuwait Kuwait International Airport is facing a hygiene crisis after cleaning company threatens to discontinue services due to contract expiry and unpaid dues
Asia South Korea Mission should continue to uncover truth behind 39.000 military deaths said chairman of independent panel launched under Moon administration, set to disband in September
Asia Israel The Supreme Court stated that, for the first time, all 15 judges will participate in a hearing on the arguments against a law passed by PM Netanyahu's coalition as part of an overhaul of the judicial system
Asia Lebanon Lebanon's General Directorate of State Security called on parents, as well as schools and universities, to be more vigilant in protecting their children and teenagers from harassment and abuse
Asia Syria Over 23.000 Syrian refugees will be supported in Jordan thanks to Japan's allocation of $2,5 million for a specific UNHCR project
Asia Yemen Yemen's military officials said the Iranian-backed Houthis launched attacks on government troops outside the besieged city of Taiz and fired reconnaissance drones
Asia China Duan Weihong, one of the richest women in China who apparently disappeared six years ago, reappeared in public recently; word goes it is a sign that authorities may have closed an investigation against her for links to a former Politburo member