Asia India Across the country, the use of CCTV and facial recognition cameras is increasing in schools, airports, train stations, prisons and streets; authorities are implementing a nationwide system to reduce crime and identify missing children
Asia Laos Passengers travelling on the China-Laos Railway can now easily book and manage their journeys on smartphones thanks to a new mobile ticketing application
Asia Indonesia An experimental project began in February in ten Indonesian schools: classes start at 5:30 am, about two hours earlier than is usually the case in the country
Asia Israel An Israeli minister with responsibility for the administration of the occupied West Bank drew condemnation on Monday after he said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a Palestinian people
Asia United Arab Emirates The sovereign of Dubai has launched a Ramadan '1 Billion Meals Endowment' campaign that aims to sustainably provide hundreds of millions of meals to people in need
Asia Kuwait Kuwait's Constitutional Court declared the results of the 2022 National Assembly elections invalid and decided to reinstate the previous dissolved 2020 parliament
Asia North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw drills simulating a nuclear counterattack against the US and South Korea
Asia China Chinese President Xi Jinping called Russian President Putin "a dear friend" in the Kremlin meeting
Asia Armenia Iran's exports to Armenia rose 51,43% in the past six months to a value of $1,34 billion