Asia Turkmenistan In the Koneurgench district of the Dashoguz region in the north, construction has begun on a large private park for trucks in transit that also includes a maintenance area for heavy vehicles
Asia Kyrgyzstan The country intends to move away from carbon-based energy by 2050 and by 2030 they will be reduced by 44% - the announcement was made by the director of the Climate Finance Centre of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision
Asia Iran Authorities in Tehran have been asked to explain the presence of uranium particles at three undeclared Iranian nuclear sites after a critical report by the UN nuclear watchdog
Asia Iraq Court sentenced a Daesh member to death for planning a 2021 bombing that killed 32 people in a Baghdad market, the city's first major suicide bombing in three years that ended a period of relative calm the jihadist group's declaration of defeat in 2017
Asia Sri Lanka An appeal to farmers to grow more rice as the country faces its worst economic crisis in 70 years comes comes from the Minister of Agriculture who said 'food situation is worsening'
Asia Israel A laser-based air defence system that Israel hopes to deploy from early 2023 to neutralise rockets and drones will cost as little as $2 per intercept, PM Bennett said, calling it a breakthrough because it not only hits, but also bankrupts the enemy army
Asia Taiwan Taiwan's chief trade negotiator, John Deng, held more talks with the US on bilateral trade, the island's government said, after being excluded from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the US economic plan for the Asia-Pacific region
Asia Armenia Karen Vardanyan donated cars, necessary furniture, consumer electronics, special wheelchairs and adapted chairs for children with disabilities to the five orphanages in the country, where 591 children live
Asia Azerbaijan At the opening ceremony of Baku Energy Week yesterday, 1 June, a letter by US President Biden read out for the occasion said the country is playing a critical role in helping to stabilise European energy security
Asia Maldives In order to resolve the current obstacles encountered in the safe management of waste, the Waste Management Corporation Limited said that from today they will only collect sorted waste
Asia Indonesia Although the country, the world's top palm oil producer, has officially allowed exports to resume after a three-week halt, companies are facing regulatory hurdles slowing the process of getting their shipments out
Asia India The federal government will provide scholarships, mental health counselling and health insurance to children orphaned by the coronavirus pandemic
Asia Malaysia Couple of activists walked 235km to spotlight Malaysia's dwindling tiger population and call for better protection for the national animal; the journey, dubbed 'A Walk For Tigers', was organised alongside a court request to declare it protected