* Turkey issued rebuilding regulations on Friday for a region devastated by earthquakes this month to enable companies or charities to help in the urgent task of building new homes for the millions who need rehousing after the devastating tremors.
* Cutting-edge equipment and technologies are being used as search and rescue efforts have been ramped up following the collapse of a coal mine in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Friday.
* Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said in Phnom Penh on Friday that Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will pay an official visit to the kingdom on Mar. 27.
* Russia said on Friday that it appreciated China's plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and said it was open to achieving the goals of what it calls its "special military operation" through political and diplomatic means.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he was open to considering parts of China's 12-point ceasefire plan to end Ukraine-Russia conflict stated a year ago.
* Leaders of former wartime enemies Serbia and Kosovo are expected to endorse a Western-backed deal on Monday to put their relations on a more normal footing, a senior European Union official said.
* Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that more parliamentary group talks were needed before lawmakers vote on the ratification of Finland and Sweden's NATO membership bids which they will begin debating on Wednesday.
* Two Chinese law enforcement vessels returned to Guanlei Port in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday, concluding the 126th joint Mekong River patrol by China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand.
* The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a strategic cruise missile launching drill Thursday, a move aimed at examining the rapid response posture of its strategic cruise missile units, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.
* Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is postponing local government elections that had been due to take place early next month, because of a lack of funds, the country's Election Commission said on Friday.
* Global trade remained resilient and performed better than pessimistic predictions for 2022, as economies greatly affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict had found alternative sources of supply, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said in a note released on Thursday.
* China's economy is expected to generally rebound in 2023 and monetary policy will be precise and forceful, the central bank said in its quarterly policy implementation report released on Friday.
* Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to leading economies to come forward for bringing stability in the global economy.
* The Malaysian government led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Friday proposed a 388.1 billion ringgit (87.5 billion USD) national budget aimed at helping the country resolve a number of domestic issues.
* Pakistan has to unwillingly accept the strict conditions of a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide a lifeline for an economy in turmoil, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday.
* After an overnight discussion, the Israeli government approved a state budget for 2023-2024 on Friday. The budget for 2023 will be over 130 billion USD and will grow larger in 2024.
* The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday said 112 illegal migrants were sent from Libya to their country of origin.
* The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said its urgent support helped to avert COVID-19 vaccines expiry in Africa.
* Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos announced that its Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft was successfully launched into the planned orbit on Friday.
