Asia United Arab Emirates The Dubai airport Terminal 1 reopens today after a 15-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic
Asia Iraq An administrative capital will be built on a 400-square-kilometre site near Baghdad's international airport, with 75,000 homes, shops, offices, a hospital, schools and leisure facilities
Asia Bangladesh Nepalese medical students can now enter Bangladesh to take part in their professional examinations scheduled for the end of June
Asia Thailand Colleagues and clients of UOB Thailand are coming together to raise funds to help the Thai Red Cross Society purchase relief kits and basic necessities for disadvantaged people in home quarantine
Asia Afghanistan An Afghan refugee woman, Hangama Amiri, designed the Twitter emoji for World Refugee Day, which falls today
Asia Syria Children in Tal Abyad can hope to return to school as 22 schools in the region have been rebuilt or repaired and put back into service with Turkey's support
Asia Taiwan National legislature has approved a law on recruiting foreign talent, removing the two-year work experience rule for new graduates
Asia Cyprus Paphos will focus on electromobility, namely the purchase of electric scooters, to enhance the switch to green transport, in the framework of the municipality's goal to transform the city into a "smart city"
Asia Uzbekistan The permanent National Exhibition Hall "Made in Uzbekistan" with manufactured products from 15 local industries has opened in Dushanbe
Asia Palestine Around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire Pfizer vaccine will be transfered by Israel to the Palestinian Authority, that will in turn transfer doses to Israel once it receives them from a UN-backed program to supply vaccines to needy countries
Asia South Korea President Moon Jae, during his state visit to Spain, discussed at a round table the most effective ways for the two countries to work together and ensure safe and sustainable tourism after the pandemic