Asia Kyrgyzstan In the Central Electoral Commission's desire to crack down hard on violations by participants in the race, written warnings have been issued to eight deputy candidates to date, with two warnings a candidate's registration can be cancelled
Asia Palestine October 2021 saw an increase in the number of violations against media freedom in the country, with the MADA Centre monitoring and documenting a total of 28 attacks, a 75% increase over the previous month's violations
Asia Maldives One hundred thousand signatures, making about 1/5 of the total population including minors, have been secured from the petition calling for a constitutional referendum to switch from a presidential to a parliamentary system
Asia Cambodia With the slogan 'one helmet, one life' today ends the 5th safe driving campaign organized in Phnom Penh by government, civil society organizations and private sector to encourage obedience to road traffic laws and reduce casualties
Asia Oman A new urban master plan and brand identity of the integrated tourism development of Yiti was presented within the frame of Oman Vision 2040: transform the tourism and real estate sector connecting and extending the city of Muscat, in a holistic approach
Asia Georgia Georgian film “Brighton 4th” has won in the nomination for Best Picture at the Asian World Film Festival, an annual film festival based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2015
Asia Kuwait After Emir accepted resignation upon try to end feud that has delayed fiscal reforms, outgoing government is asked to remain in caretaker capacity until new cabinet is formed
Asia Cyprus During the 16th Cyprus International Film Festival, the Disability Film Festival, an event on the subject of disability organized by the Centre for Social Innovation, is taking place today and tomorrow at Artos House in Nicosia, with free admission
Asia Qatar The University of Qatar has launched its unique Intelligent School System for Solar Energy, which targets high school students to participate in their engineering skills by designing a 'solar tracker'
Asia Jordan Jordan’s Royal Film Commission has nominated the feature-narrative film “Amira” by Mohamed Diab as its official entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony that will be held on 27 March 2022
Asia Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged UNESCO to declare distance learning and online education as a global public good
Asia Sri Lanka The special dengue eradication program has ended yesterday: it aimed at preventing the situation from escalating to an epidemic phase in the context of increasing cases
Asia Indonesia One fifth of oil palm plantations in the country, the world's largest palm oil producer, operate illegally within forest areas that are off-limits to commercial farming, as a new Greenpeace report showed