Asia Palestine Support mobilizations have taken place all over the world, many involving athletes, football players, models and actors on top of civil society
Asia Syria One of two candidates running against Bashar Assad is casting himself as the first opposition representative to vie for the country’s top post
Asia North Korea The country officially withdrew from the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup 2023, but may still attend Beijing Olympics
Asia Thailand The City Hall has delayed the opening of the new school term to June 14 due to Covid-19 situation
Asia Oman Vale, one of the world’s largest mining companies, is celebrating this month its tenth year of operations at Sohar Port and Freezone
Asia Singapore The Singapore Polytechnic yesterday moved all lessons online after 2 more students tested positive for Covid-19
Asia Israel Officials claim to have killed 'over 200 terrorists' in the past week and affirm intention to continue Gaza operation
Asia Taiwan The Water Resources Agency (WRA) announced more water restrictions for some areas, with the water supply to Taoyuan and New Taipei City’s Linkou District to be curbed from May 21st
Asia East Timor Macau's Portuguese-owned bank BNU set up a solidarity account to support local communities affected by the devastating floods
Asia Malaysia Veteran actor Jaafar Onn receives marriage proposals from lots of women following a career comeback in the latest horror comedy film "18 Puasa Di Kampung Pisang"
Asia Maldives Maldives launches Halal Travel platform and related travel magazine for Muslim tourists
Asia China The self-mocking nickname Mǎ nóng ('country programmer') is increasingly used to describe young people from small towns who move to big cities to work ceaselessly in IT and think maybe a job as peasant wasn't that bad