Turkmenistan

1. The President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the country, Army General Serdar Berdimuhamedov, inspected joint military exercises of the national army and other military formations.

2. The delegation of Iraq led by the country's Minister of Electricity Ziad Ali Fadel will take part in the upcoming international conference and exhibition “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan - 2023”. The minister of Iraq will speak at the plenary session of the forum, where he will discuss the mutually beneficial partnership between the two states and the prospects for further cooperation.

3. Diýar magazine has announced a creative competition, within the framework of which literary and journalistic texts dedicated to the alaja amulet will be considered. Participants can present their works in different genres that express the love of the Turkmen people for the craft of alaja weaving.

4. The State Fire Safety Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan organized and held competitions among the country’s fire brigades in the city of Shatlyk, Mary velayat. The winning teams received certificates of honor and valuable gifts.

5. Uncharacteristically warm weather is expected in Ashgabat in the last month of October. The air in the city on some days can warm up to +30 degrees. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday will be cool this week. It will be really warm in the Turkmen capital on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

6. Chairman of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan Rahimberdi Jepbarov met in Riyadh with the Director General of the Saudi Development Fund. During the meeting, the parties discussed issues of strengthening investment cooperation in order to promote various important economic projects of Turkmenistan.

World

7. The Chinese company EHang was the first in the world to receive an official certificate for its unmanned air taxi. The aircraft has two seats and can carry cargo weighing up to 220 kilograms. The maximum speed of an air taxi is 130 km/h, and the flight range is about 30 kilometers.

8. A luxurious tomb believed to belong to a female pharaoh has been found in Egypt. Archaeologists estimate the age of the tomb to be approximately 5 thousand years. Archaeologists believe that the tomb belongs to Meret-Neit, the first female pharaoh in Egyptian history. She came to power after the death of her husband Jet around 3000 BC.

Sport

9. “Arkadag” became the winner of the second round of the 2023 Turkmenistan football championship, the team scored 45 points and is ten points ahead of second-placed “Altyn Asyr”. On Sunday, the rescheduled match of the 11th round of the Major League took place, in which the “Arkadag” players won a confident victory with a score of 3:0 over “Merv”. The third round of the Turkmenistan football championship starts on October 29.

10. Turkmen defender of the Belarusian “Energetika-BGU” Vepa Jumayev scored an assist in the match of the 25th round of the Belarusian football championship. Jumaev's assist helped his team win 2:0 over “Dynamo” Brest.

11. Islam Makhachev defeated Australian Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi. The fight, which became the main event of the evening, ended early in the first round.