Asia Bahrain Pope Francis will travel to Bahrain on Thursday for the first time ever, to attend a government-sponsored conference on dialogue between East and West and to minister to the tiny local Catholic community
Asia Thailand The main opposition Pheu Thai party has joined the campaign to liberalise the beer and spirits industry
Asia Taiwan The country recorded its first case of cholera in two years as a patient developed severe diarrhoea after consuming raw prawns and oysters
Asia United Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation, with the University of Cambridge, launched the 6th cohort of Public Sector Innovation Diploma programme, with 60 Emirati public sector innovators from federal and local government backgrounds
Asia Uzbekistan The city of Samarkand is hosting the second Uzbekistan Economic Forum on 3-4 November, which is bringing together some of the world's leading economists, influential investors and international experts
Asia Bhutan Bhutan has opened its largest art exhibition abroad in Brussels, Belgium, with the theme 'Healing with Happiness'
Asia Indonesia Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin emphasised the need to provide adequate education to the community so that they are not afraid to undergo breast cancer screening at health facilities to enable early diagnosis
Asia Israel With 86% of votes counted, Netanyahu is heading for a decisive comeback victory, with the far right set to gain unprecedented influence with 65 seats; this is the fifth general election in less than four years
Asia East Timor Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães, Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, was appointed to attend the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Asia Cambodia The $70 million Angkor Wildlife & Aquarium in Siem Reap was officially opened on 1 November to attract more tourists to the province and contribute to the conservation of natural resources
Asia Afghanistan More than 200 media professionals have suffered abuses, such as arbitrary arrests, in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power, the United Nations said, noting a significant increase in press freedom violations
Asia East Timor Government proposed to the National Parliament a budget of USD 19,2 million to implement the Bolsa da Mãe programme, to support pregnant mothers and improve health and nutrition in the first 1.000 days of a child's life
Asia South Korea The country has entered a week of national mourning for the over 150 victims of Saturday night’s human stampede in Itaewon, the worst tragedy in a decade after the Sewol ferry disaster