The Akhmet Yassawi University, the current Chair University-in-Office of the the Turkic University Union, will host the Fourth General Assembly of the Union to be held in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, on 24 April 2019, Trend reports with reference to the press release of Turkic Council Turkish University Union.

Speaking at a meeting with Armenian community representatives in Strasbourg, Nikol Pashinyan apparently talked about a completely different country. Or, in Armenia, mathematics has ceased to be an exact science.

Weighted average dollar rate at the morning session of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on April 22, 2019 amounted to 376.99 tenge, Trend reports with reference to KASE

Uzbekistan has the potential to become an upper middle-income country by 2030 – a goal that the government is pursuing, a representative of the World Bank told Trend in an interview.

In January-March 2019, Uzbekistan imported cars worth $106.4 million, which is almost 2.2 times more than in the same period last year, Trend reports with reference to Uzbek media.

The trade turnover of Kazakhstan with Uzbekistan amounted to $2.5 billion in 2018, which is 25.3 percent more than in 2017, Trend reports with reference to the press service of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan.

Head of the Central Bank of Iran AbdolNasser Hemmati has called on for increasing the cooperation between the Iranian and Turkish banks to facilitate bilateral trades.

A digital system for services and calculations of consumers (including for drinking water) is planned to be introduced in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat, Trend reports referring to the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed Hossein Salami, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), as the new chief commander of the military elite force, promoting him to the rank of major general, Trend reported citing Press TV.

China had built a team of nearly 3.61 million medical doctors as of the end of 2018, sustaining the world's largest healthcare system, the country's top health official said Sunday, Trend reported citing Xinhua.

The water level of Urmia Lake has reached 1,271.42 meters as a result of the recent rainfall in Iran, Aqil Agdasi, director of the Water Resources Research Center of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, told reporters.

Sri Lankan authorities said on Sunday that the death toll from the explosions which shook the Sri Lankan capital earlier in the day had risen to 185 while 469 others were injured, Trend reported citing Xinhua.

The Sri Lankan government declared a curfew with immediate effect, junior defense minister Ruwan Wijewardene said on Sunday, following eight explosions that killed nearly 140 people, and mostly targeted churches and hotels, Trend reported citing Reuters

Macedonians vote on Sunday in a presidential election dominated by deep divisions over a change of the country’s name to North Macedonia under a deal with Greece, Trend reported citing Reuters.

A total of seven militants have been confirmed dead as military aircraft struck Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province on Saturday, an army statement said on Sunday, Trend reported citing Xinhua.

Strong economic relations with Iran's neighbouring Asian countries will bring huge economic benefits to Iranian producers, Chairman of the Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture of Gilan province Hadi Tizhoosh-Taban said.

Ukrainians began to cast their ballots on Sunday in a second round of the country's presidential election between actor Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, Trend reported citing Xinuha.

German company Aurum Deutschland AG will build a mining and metallurgical plant in the Kordai district of the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan, Trend reports referring to Kazakh media.

The origin of the Notre Dame fire was revealed to be the cathedral's roof, according to CNN, citing a police source, Trend reports with reference to Sputnik.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is slated to leave Tehran for New York on Tuesday to attend the United Nations General Assembly annual meeting themed 'Remarking and promoting international day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for peace, Trend reports citing IRNA.

Five AH-64 Apache attack helicopters of the British Royal Force have arrived to the Amari Air Base in Estonia as a part of a wider NATO deployment in the Baltic region, press service of the Estonian Defence Forces stated Saturday.

The National Bank of Kazakhstan has established official exchange rates for tenge on April 20-22, Trend reports with reference to the Bank.

Meetings were held in the Ashgabat, Turkmenistan with representatives of French companies specializing in IT-technologies, Trend reports referring to the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan (UIET).

Representatives of the "Uztextileprom" Association held a meeting with the delegation of the Council for Foreign Economic Relations of Turkey "DEIK" in Uzbekistan, Trend reports with reference to the press service of the textile association.

Inflation of 4.8 percent in March 2019 in Kazakhstan facilitated the rise in food prices by 6.7 percent at once, Trend reports with reference to energyprom.kz.