Asia India Thanks largely to increased purchases from India, last month for the first time Asia overtook Europe as the biggest buyer of Russian gas, rising to record levels in April
Asia Armenia The country has imposed a six-month export ban on wheat, barley, maize, sunflower seeds and buckwheat; the ban does not apply to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries
Asia China According to recent reports based on satellite images, the country is building another bridge over the Pangong Tso, adjacent to the one built a few months earlier in the Khurnak Fort area, just 25 km east of the LAC
Asia Myanmar Relatives of Aung San Suu Kyi have filed a complaint with a UN monitoring body against her detention following last year's military coup, according to their lawyers
Asia Iraq Two Chinese companies have been awarded a contract to build 8.000 schools in the country, as part of a historic oil-for-projects deal signed by the two countries three years ago
Asia Laos A cryptocurrency mining operation was launched in the Bachiang Chaleunsouk district of Champasack province; Lao Crypto Mining and AIF Group, with United Power of Asia, plan to increase facilities to around 6.000 machines by the end of the year
Asia Palestine Expulsions have begun in Masafer Yatta, an area south of Hebron consisting of 8 villages, inhabited by at least a thousand Palestinians; it is the start of what is likely to be the largest mass expulsion of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967 war
Asia Philippines UnionBank of the Philippines has become the first financial institution in the country to use blockchain technology to issue bonds
Asia Cambodia The PM expressed words of praise for the smooth and non-violent campaigning process for the 5th term elections of the City Council/Sangkat since it started on 21 May 2022
Asia East Timor The country is preparing for the arrival of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who will visit some South Pacific island countries in the next two weeks
Asia Kyrgyzstan MEP Vinera Raimbachaeva was elected president of the Parliamentary Commission for Social Policy, with 66 MEPs voting for her and 10 against
Asia Saudi Arabia The Saudi aid agency signed an agreement for a medical campaign in eight countries, in which some 9.600 phaco-emulsification surgeries will be carried out and 24.000 pairs of glasses and medical drops will be distributed, helping 120.000 people
Asia Lebanon Authorities have begun removing concrete barriers around the parliament building after the elections; placed with the outbreak of massive anti-government protests in 2019, they will be now eased with the election of a dozen new reformists