Asia Brunei One supermarket was ordered to remove non-halal beverages from the main shelf and to immediately remove the items from public display, moving them to a different section
Asia East Timor The Minister of the Prime Minister's Office has just returned to Dili, after official visits to Jakarta and Rome, where he also had a meeting with Pope Francis, thanking him and reiterating his invitation to visit East Timor
Asia Azerbaijan Baku and Warsaw discussed opportunities for Polish companies to participate in ongoing projects in Azerbaijan's industrial parks
Asia Iraq The country, an OPEC producer, needs to push ahead with energy projects to reach the target of 35.000 megawatts to fully meet domestic needs and end its dependence on energy imports
Asia Kazakhstan According to the official spokesperson of the Kazakh MFA, Pope Francis will pay a state visit to Kazakhstan on 13-14 September 2022; thousands of pilgrims are already waiting for the Pope
Asia Philippines The Philippines raised 420,45 billion pesos ($7,39 billion) from a retail Treasury bond offering that ended on 2 September, the national treasurer said on Monday
Asia Yemen According to Yemeni military sources, the Saudi-led coalition has violated the UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen at least 200 times in the past 24 hours
Asia United Arab Emirates The new five-year green visa for residents comes into force today; targeting professionals, it offers the opportunity to stay in the UAE for longer, compared with the two and three-year limits on standard residency visas
Asia Qatar ‘Purple Island’ is now listed among the best 50 islands in the world; the Al Khor island hosts the only archaeological site in the country that is attributable to the second millennium BC
Asia Lebanon National internet blackout looms as employees of state-owned provider Ogero strike over pay; blackouts have already been reported in parts of Beirut and southern Lebanon
Asia Taiwan The country will strive to attract 400.000 foreign workers over the next 10 years to compensate for the decrease in the working-age population, caused by declining birth rates and an ageing population
Asia India The Indian Navy was under international spotlight yesterday as the new flag - national tricolor emblem instead of St. George’s cross - was presented and the first locally produced aircraft carrier INS Vikrant commissioned to the fleet
Asia Vietnam At the third United Nations Chief of Police Summit in New York ending today, the Vietnamese delegation extended a message that Việt Nam police is ready to join the international peacekeeping forces