Asia Maldives The Prime Minister of Cambodia is scheduled to undertake an official visit to the Maldives at Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s invitation on January 15th and 16th
Asia Laos The mayor of Vientiane Capital reported annual economic growth of 4,83% in 2022, with the city's gross domestic product exceeding LAK 62 billion (USD 3 million)
Asia Thailand Today sees the opening of Can't Stop Won't Stop, a photo exhibition reliving the work of the Bangkok Community Help Foundation over the past two years of the pandemic, celebrating its 500 volunteers
Asia Uzbekistan In order to improve the legal protection of women and children, the Ministry of Justice has proposed through a bill to toughen penalties for certain crimes against sexual freedom and inviolability
Asia Vietnam Bus, train and plane tickets are selling out fast after many companies allowed their employees to leave early to return to their hometowns to celebrate the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday
Asia Saudi Arabia There will be no limits this year to the number of believers who can participate in the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, after three years of restrictions due to the pandemic
Asia Singapore Advertising and Marketing Association of Singapore has expressed disappointment following news of SPH Media's inflation of circulation numbers, saying absolute transparency is needed
Asia Iran Head of Islamic Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, threatened authors of stripes published by satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, advising them to look to the fate of Salman Rushdie - the writer who was the target of a terrorist attack last summer
Asia Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's central bank has urged China and India to agree to write down their loans as soon as possible
Asia Afghanistan A suicide bombing in front of the Foreign Ministry left several people dead; police in Kabul said five people were killed, but another Taliban official put the death toll at 20
Asia Armenia Russia blamed Armenia for the breakdown of peace talks with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, in the latest sign of friction between Moscow and Yerevan over the conflict
Asia Bangladesh Huge crowds have invaded the streets of Bangladeshi cities to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and new elections, amid public anger over rising food and fuel costs
Asia Israel Although thousands demonstrated against new government on 7 January with motto 'Together against fascism and apartheid', Minister of National Security ordered to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces, calling its display an act of 'terrorism'