Asia Brunei Citizens and residents are now allowed to make non-essential travel to 11 Travel Green List nations, as approval from the Prime Minister's Office is no longer required for outbound travel
Asia Cambodia The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has revealed alarming new findings on the vast "learning loss" experienced by Cambodian students during the pandemic, with an increase in students unable to demonstrate basic skills
Asia East Timor The Archdiocese of Dili in Timor-Leste has set up an ecclesiastical court to handle marriage-related cases, including annulments, a move that comes in response to the Pope's call for better pastoral care for people facing marital problems
Asia Tajikistan EU project aims to promote access to social, economic and cultural rights for prisoners and former prisoners in the country and to contribute to the protection of their human rights and fundamental freedoms
Asia Turkey İzmir, Turkey's third-largest city and a major tourist destination on the country's Aegean coast, is carrying out work at the port to prepare to welcome its first cruise ship after a years-long break
Asia India India will hold talks with Japan in mid-April in a new edition of the 2+2 dialogue: the sides are expected to deliberate on further cooperation in topics of defence and security, including possible implications of the Ukraine crisis for the Indo-Pacific
Asia Japan More than 4.000 people have applied to become astronauts for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which for the first time has dropped the requirement that applicants have a university education
Asia Kazakhstan The Kazakh capital hosted a Women Leadership Summit, bringing together female leaders in business, technology, media and civil society to discuss opportunities for women in business and politics
Asia Oman To combat the palm weevil in Al Sharqiyah North governorate, a spraying campaign will begin today over an estimated area of 4.610 acres; other governorates will follow during the rest of the month
Asia Syria BASMA, a private charity that supports children with cancer, is now the largest organisation in the war-torn country to offer complete cancer diagnosis and treatment free of charge - and for many this represents the only chance of a cure
Asia Bangladesh The Ministry of Education has decided that all secondary schools and colleges will remain open until 20 April during Ramadan; in-person classes resumed fully in mid-March, after more than 720 days of school closures
Asia Philippines 2.313 people have been arrested so far for violating the election weapons ban; according to the Commission on Elections Resolution n. 10728, from 9/01 to 8/06, carrying firearms or deadly weapons outside the residence and in all public places is illegal
Asia Qatar A WHO delegation has evaluated the Ministry of Public Health's application for the six municipalities to obtain "Healthy City for 2022" accreditation and the University of Qatar's accreditation as a healthy educational city