Asia Cambodia Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia said illegal fishing in fisheries management areas has decreased thanks to an aquaculture project implemented in collaboration with the Cambodian Rural Development Team in 14 villages in the provinces
Asia Vietnam The country has declared that being LGBTQ+ 'is not a disease', with activists hailing the decision as a 'huge paradigm shift' in attitudes towards sexuality
Asia Yemen UN still lacks $16 million in urgent donations to move oil from the decadent UST off Yemen
Asia Mongolia Mongolia's budget financing by the EU has been extended until 2025 with the signing of a document in support of the government's policies on employment reforms and public finance transparency
Asia Nepal In 2019, the country recorded the highest age-standardised mortality rate for chronic lung disease caused by air pollution, thus having the highest rate in the world, according to results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Asia Bahrain New traffic guidelines to ensure the safety of students were announced as schools get ready for the start of the next academic year: buses should make sure to align to sidewalks to ensure safe access to the vehicle
Asia Syria Residents living near the Euphrates River in north-east Syria are suffering the consequences of water pollution caused by oil spills from smuggling operations between areas controlled by Kurdish forces and the Syrian government
Asia China The Yangtze River is approaching record-low water levels and Poyang Lake - China’s biggest freshwater lake - is reduced to just 25% of its usual size by drought; crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops
Asia Kyrgyzstan The export of live animals to Kyrgyzstan has grown 7,1 times since the beginning of the year, according to the National Statistical Committee, with the volume of foreign and bilateral trade reaching $5 billion
Asia Palestine The supply of electricity to the cities of Jericho, Jerusalem and Ramallah will be doubled from 40 to 80 megawatts with the new electricity transmission plant in Jordan Valley, Jordan, inaugurated in Ramah by Jordanian and Palestinian PM
Asia Israel Amateur videos showed residents scurrying for safety as a bull escaped from its pen roamed the streets before entering an office building in an industrial zone in the city of Lod; the animal evaded capture for half an hour as it scampered in the hallways
Asia Tajikistan About 420.000 tonnes of onions were produced in Tajikistan this year, +50% on last year's onion harvest
Asia Kazakhstan Kazakhstan's oil exports through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's Black Sea terminal are likely to be disrupted for at least a month each after repairs to two of the three individual berths begin