Asia

Tickets are now on sale for the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup, to be held in Basra from 6 January to 19 January 2023

As part of his visit to the Gaafu Alifu Atoll, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih visited Dhaandhoo, where he met with residents of the island; the first time in 20 years that a Maldivian president has visited the island

At the Chinggis Khaan Museum, the opening ceremony of the exhibition of new stamps dedicated to the '860th birth anniversary of Chinggis Khaan' was held

Red Cross vehicles from Artsakh to Armenia will return with medicines, according to Zara Amatuni, head of the ICRC's communication programmes in Armenia

Azerbaijan has signed a number of strategic partnership documents with Serbia, throughly upholding the territorial integrity and sovereignty of each one of the countries

The country has launched the nasal vaccine for Covid, following the recent rise in infections, developed by Bharat Biotech; the government has approved its use as a booster dose for people over 18 years of age

PM Netanyahu has agreed to amend the Law of Return in coalition agreements with the Religious Zionist Party and United Torah Judaism; a new version of the law, without the "grandson clause," will be brought to a Knesset vote by 31 March

The first award ceremony of the National Sports Prize 'Zhenimpaz rukhy' took place in Astana; Zhamilya Bakbergenova and Alexander Gerlits were named best athletes of the year in summer and winter sports respectively

Lao authorities have rescued and repatriated about 1.680 victims of human trafficking and forced labour in a Special Economic Zone run by China since it was established in 2007, according to a report

Heavy snow blanketed many parts of the country yesterday, with some western cities renewing records; Engaru in Hokkaido registered a record December snowfall with over 80 cm in a 24-hour period

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Lebanon to get rid of "its political leadership, which for months has blocked essential reforms to save its ailing economy"

The country approved the Action Plan for the Implementation of the SDGs 2023

Prisons Director and her assistant announced they will quit, following the Attorney-General’s decision not to prosecute a drug squad chief amid the corruption investigation on the prisons