Asia North Korea Dozens of NK software developers honing their skills on freely accessible coding platforms that may help the DPRK build its cyber force
Asia Philippines The Catholic Church in the country has chosen Easter Sunday to formally inaugurate the year-long celebration of the 5th centenary (1521)
Asia Saudi Arabia Al Ula is hosting the opening weekend of the new "Extreme E" motor competition which sees 10 teams battling on electric SUV vehicles
Asia Indonesia Dukono - a remote volcano on the island of Halmahera active since 1933 - has been emitting an ash plume up to 8000ft
Asia Singapore Singapore is joining an Interpol-led global financial crime task force looking into a number of areas, including Covid-19 vaccine scams
Asia Malaysia For Qing Ming Festival, the 'tomb sweeping' celebration, 2021 sees Covid-19 themed offerings together with traditional food and paper money
Asia Israel Israel’s National Library houses the largest collection of Haggadot, from oldest printed text to rare 12th-century handwritten fragments
Asia Kazakhstan 100 New Faces of Kazakhstan 2021: voting to define the winner of the 4th edition of the project started
Asia Kuwait Northern areas of the country will be free of locust swarms, as Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources declared
Asia Lebanon Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding with Lebanon's Holy Spirit University of Kaslik to develop local talents
Asia Afghanistan Using tablets, activist Pashtana Durrani gets 900 girls and women educated in the rural province of Kandahar