Asia Bahrain Vehicles are piling up in garages as chips and spare parts shortage drags on; spiked by the pandemic, it has been fueled by a number of events that impacted on production areas ranging from draught to logistics crisis
Asia Singapore Digital health group WhiteCoat has opened its regional headquarters in Singapore, which will "serve as a hub to facilitate patient engagement and promote health literacy in its markets"
Asia Myanmar Myanmar's junta has extended the country's state of emergency for another six months, the acting president said as citizens marked the anniversary of the 2021 military coup with a 'silent protest'
Asia Thailand A thick haze covered the city as Bangkok's air pollution reached an unhealthy level, with an AQI value of 166; AQI values above 100 are considered unhealthy
Asia Indonesia Several Indonesian residents have filed a legal complaint in a Swiss court against the world's leading cement producer, Holcim, which they claim is doing 'too little' to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Asia Nepal Pfizer-BioNTech's bivalent Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive this week; Ministry of Health says 76,5% of Nepalis have been fully vaccinated
Asia Qatar The General Tax Authority has announced that the ban on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products without a valid and activated digital tax stamp came into effect yesterday 1 February 2023
Asia India Applying a 2021 law 'allowing information to be restricted in case of emergency', Ministry of Communications recently banned sharing of excerpts from documentary India: the Modi question, on his rise in power and role in the Gujarat riots in 2002
Asia Japan PM Kishida stated that the country is going through a critical moment for national security, pledging to double military spending to USD 332 billion within the next five years to contain China and North Korea
Asia Yemen The Kuwait-based Rahma International Charity completed Idris 3 Model School, which will benefit some 500 children of displaced families in southern Yemen’s Lahj governorate, as part of the eight-year ‘Kuwait is Beside You’ campaign
Asia Cambodia Mine clearance experts from the Mine-Free Cambodia 2025 Foundation are preparing to carry out operations in various provinces after plans were approved by the national authorities to use Cambodian-trained mine-sniffing dogs
Asia Bahrain Small and medium enterprises in the country registered +348% in cyber attacks, according to latest Kaspersky research focusing for now on the period between January-April 2022
Asia Iran Ministry of Defence didn't provide information on who is suspected of carrying out the drone attack on the weapons factory in Isfahan; latest drone strike against Iran comes amid escalating regional and international tensions involving the country