On 18th April, BBC released a video of Ye Qingfang, a Chinese Muslim woman, describing the discrimination she’s received in China because of her religion. Though China is home to more than 23 million Muslims, she points out that Islamophobia is still a significant issue.

Tanzania media has reported on higher education students’ despair and frustrations for not benefited with government’s higher education loans. It has been established that 2 out of 3 students who applied for it in 2016-2017 had missed the opportunity. The Ministry for Education, Science and Technology claimed the current situation is a direct result of the increase in number of universities and colleges which is hard for them to maintain.

It was reported in The Diplomat on the 9th of May, 2017 that: “India and Russia may be close to signing a detailed work-sharing agreement for the co-development and production of the Sukhoi/HAL Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), known in India as the Perspective Multi-role Fighter (PMF), according to Indian media reports”.

Turkish President Erdogan said that the supporters of his party do not show the same attitude now like in the past by saying, “If you are a companion you will come until death, not until Sunday”. Erdogan also said, "Islamists are excluded in the AK Party."