Asia Pakistan Naila Kiani has become the first Pakistani woman to climb the 8091-metre-high Annapurna I mountain in Nepal
Asia Jordan His Majesty King Abdullah returned to Jordan after performing Umrah; on his two day visit to Saudi Arabia HM King Abdullah II held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, discussing bilateral ties
Asia Malaysia Total passenger movement in Malaysia increased by 15% to 6,7 million in March 2023 compared to the previous month, according to a statement from Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd
Asia Iraq Iraq will restart crude oil exports from the Kurdistan region by the end of the week, the PM said
Asia India Thousands of Apple fans, from infants to octogenarians, lined up in front of the Cupertino tech giant's first shop in India, located in Mumbai's Bandra-Kurla Complex
Asia East Timor Astronomers are gathering in East Timor to observe a rare type of solar eclipse, Thursday's Ningaloo eclipse, which will occur only seven times this century and can only be observed from a few places on Earth
Asia China The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have both raised their expectations for China's economic performance this year after an impressive GDP growth in the first quarter of 2023
Asia Bhutan Forbes reports that as part of the BlockFi and Celsius bankruptcy proceedings, it has emerged that the Kingdom of Bhutan has secretly invested tens of millions of US dollars in cryptocurrencies,
Asia Bangladesh The country approved a $318 million payment to a Russian nuclear power developer using the Chinese yuan, offering the latest case of countries bypassing the US dollar to make international payments
Asia Bahrain Batelco has announced its support for the 6th Annual Bahrain Smart Cities Summit 2023 to be held at the Gulf Convention Center, Manama, on 16 & 17 May, with this year’s theme being "Inspire, Transform, Thrive."
Asia Armenia Operation of the Sotk gold mine has been suspended since 15 April due to periodic firing by Azerbaijan
Asia Afghanistan The UN has warned that it will withdraw from Afghanistan in May if the Afghan Taliban does not allow local female personnel to return to work; UNDP also published a study warning that restrictions on women's rights will worsen the economic catastrophe
Asia Maldives Maldivian has revealed it has received the necessary subsidies tonly once in 2019, thus not being able to lower domestic fares