Some 400 orphans, widows and people with disabilities received food aid in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The provincial department distributed it with financial support from a charitable organization.
Since April, Macao’s Cultural Affairs Bureau has set up more than 40 10-minute reading corners across Macao and the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin. New organisations and businesses can take part.
Azerbaijan’s State Border Service says it stopped an attempt to smuggle drugs from Iran. Officers found 6 kg and 485 g of drugs during operations on October 18.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref. Aref is in Dushanbe on a working visit to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Council of Heads of Government.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed their countries’ strategic partnership. New agreements worth $12 billion were reached at a business council meeting.
The distribution of improved wheat seeds and chemical fertiliser has begun in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province. The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock is running the programme with partner organisations.
Researchers at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed StableAFM for atomic force microscopy. Tests showed that adding physical measurement constraints reduced the model’s mean squared error by about 31.3%.
Kenya’s National Assembly has passed a tax amendment bill to keep VAT on petroleum products at 8% and change how excise duty on ceramic tiles is calculated.
Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez has announced the Venezuela Alimenta plan to strengthen food security and combat hunger. The government also plans to introduce a bill on the local economy.
Mexico’s Supreme Court said gender parity in gubernatorial posts must not be imposed through mandatory alternation. It also said its position strengthens freedom of expression.
A seminar in Sozma Qala district, Sar-e Pol province, focused on the harms of poppy cultivation and alternative crops. Farmers were introduced to the benefits of saffron, sesame and cotton.
Macao’s Health Bureau reported five clusters of flu-like illness among students at five schools. Two students are in hospital and remain in stable condition.
Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal case over online materials calling for a violent seizure of power, a change to the constitutional order and religious hostility. Turkish citizen Celal Çiftçi is among those named in the investigation.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Martyrs and Persons with Disabilities has signed an agreement with the Qamar Charity Foundation to provide solar panels and related equipment to 95 families in Nimruz province.
China’s average surveyed urban unemployment rate was 5.2% in the first three quarters of 2026, unchanged from a year earlier. Unemployment among young people fell in September from the previous month.
The White House says all four major crime categories declined in North Carolina in the first half of 2026. Companies have also announced major investments in the state’s manufacturing and infrastructure.
Chile’s acting foreign minister Patricio Torres attended a ceremony marking Saudi Arabia’s National Day. He said bilateral trade exceeded $95 million in 2025.
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