February 2024 was the warmest February in the history of meteorological observations all over the world. The average temperature for the month was 13.54 degrees Celsius, 0.81 degrees above the 1991-2020 average and 0.12 degrees above the previous record high of February 2016.

The Egyptian pound, the world's 18th largest economy, depreciated by 60 percent as the central bank raised its key rate by 600 basis points, or 27.25 percent. The IMF wants to provide the country with an emergency loan of 8 billion dollars. Why are such problems in Egypt dangerous for the world and the region? What are the initial findings and projections?

It has been exactly five months since Israel attacked Gaza. A digest of the most important news of the last day of the war.

Saudi Arabia has sent $100 million worth of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, including warm blankets, hygiene products, and 135 generators from 20 to 400 kW. This is not the first time that Saudi Arabia has helped Ukraine. In October, the country allocated 400 million dollars to Kyiv.

Garry Kasparov, the 13th world chess champion, was included in the list of terrorists and extremists. The relevant decision was made by Rosfinmonitoring on March 6.

Khiva was awarded the certificate of "2024 tourist capital of the Islamic world". In May 2024, this city will host the 12th session of the tourism ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Taste of Uzbekistan Festival, the "Strongman" international chess game dedicated to the memory of Pahlavon Mahmud, the "International Pilgrimage Tourism Week" and other events.

The decisions of the Fatwa Center of the Office of Muslims of Uzbekistan on the amount of zakat, al-Fitr and fidya for the month of Ramadan 2024 AD / 1445 AH have been adopted.

The Austrian party "Social Austrian Future" (SÖZ) proposed to decorate the streets of one of the districts of Vienna in connection with Ramadan. However, this proposal was not liked by other parties and caused a political conflict. In Vienna, where 200,000 Muslims live, Islam is the second largest religion after Catholicism, which is followed by 560,000 people.

Turkey's armed forces are planning a large-scale ground military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.

Israeli companies will not be able to participate in the FIDAE-2024 international exhibition of military and aerospace equipment, which will be held in Chile in April. Earlier, Chilean President Gabriel Boric criticized Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. In November, the official Santiago recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv.