Asia Taiwan Taiwan's EVA Airways was judged the best airline in East Asia at the recent Airline Passenger Experience Association ceremony, receiving the 'Five Star Global Airlines' rating for the fourth consecutive year
Asia Georgia Georgians are preparing for a mass demonstration in support of the country's EU membership, just days after the European Commission recommended postponing Tbilisi's candidacy
Asia Jordan On Refugee Day, UNHCR honored Jordan’s continued hospitality in welcoming and hosting refugees; new data shows 96% of Jordanians are sympathetic towards refugees and 81% supports their inclusion in national systems such as health and education
Asia Iraq The lack of fodder due to poor rainfall and poor public investment has decimated the gazelles in the Sawa reserve; 40% of them disappeared between the end of April and the end of May, explains Turki al-Jayashi, director of the reserve
Asia Maldives The Foreign Ministry has advised local nationals travelling abroad to countries that require visas to complete their visa applications in advance, stressing that the Ministry provides assistance to Maldivians
Asia Kuwait The number of foreign workers in Kuwait decreased by about 134.000 at the end of last year compared to 2020, according to official figures
Asia China East China's Jiangxi province has stepped up its emergency flood control response in the wake of heavy rains over the weekend that affected thousands of people in the province
Asia South Korea BTS' new anthology album, "Proof," has topped the U.S. Billboard's main albums chart this week, becoming the sixth album from the South Korean group to top the chart
Asia Syria Bashar Assad's regime and its main supporter Russia are considered responsible for 91% of the death toll since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011 - around 228.000 people have been killed, reported the Syrian Network for Human Rights
Asia East Timor Australian company Timor Resources will drill 3 more exploration wells on the East Timor mainland after certifying 24,2 million barrels of oil and 1,3 billion cubic feet of gas reserves from its first two onshore wells
Asia Georgia The Ministry of Education and Science, responding to the events that took place on 10 June at the Ivane Javakhishvili State University in Tbilisi, condemned the violent forms of protest used by students
Asia Indonesia The government is working to close the sharp gap in vaccination rates between regions in the vast archipelago, which remains a problem even though Indonesia recently surpassed 200 million vaccinations
Asia Armenia Mihran Khachatryan has been appointed chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia in a decision signed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and published on e-gov.am