Asia Syria The country discovered a large intact mosaic dating back to Roman times, describing it as the most important archaeological discovery since the beginning of the conflict in the country 11 years ago
Asia Palestine Government has called on UN to take urgent action against Israel for its systematic repression and crimes against civilian population in the occupied territories, calling for compliance with international law and relevant Security Council resolutions
Asia North Korea In a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ahead of a historic Chinese Communist Party congress, Chinese President Xi Jinping said it was more important than ever for Beijing and Pyongyang to strengthen communication, unity and cooperation
Asia Jordan There are 760.582 people who hold the name Mohammed in Jordan, 679.93 of whom are Jordanian citizens and 81.489 are foreigners according to latest report of the department of Civil Status and Passports
Asia Philippines A leader of House of Representatives recommended a convergence plan among major programmes of the Department of Welfare and Social Development and other government agencies to lift out of poverty beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Programme
Asia Tajikistan Around 80 children and young people participated in the drawing competition in which they expressed their views on disaster risk reduction through art
Asia Thailand A battered old bus seat on which mushrooms were growing has been replaced with a new one, according to staff at the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority depot
Asia Turkey A project was prepared for the establishment of health centres for the elderly within hospitals, so that they can be cared for in the nearest place
Asia Saudi Arabia The country has abolished the requirement for Muslim women performing the Hajj or Umrah to be accompanied by a male guardian; now any Muslim woman can travel to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj or Umrah without a male escort
Asia Turkmenistan International festival "Handicraft and arts and crafts in the heritage of the peoples of the world" concluded yesterday in Turkmenabat
Asia Yemen 10 children between 3 and 15 died at Kuwait's Sanaa hospital after receiving injections of expired medicines; the Houthis are blamed for limiting the availability of safe treatments and for trying to cover up the causes of death
Asia East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta will visit Cambodia next week; Ramos-Horta said he hopes East Timor will become the 11th member of ASEAN in 2023
Asia Israel Travel technology company TripActions, US-based and founded by Israeli entrepreneurs, has raised an additional $300 million in equity and debt financing from investors in a new Series G round that values it at over $9 billion