Sources: Los Angeles Times
Pope Francis arrives in Mongolia, marking the first papal visit to the country, which has a small Catholic population. 2023-09-1
Mongolia places Khovd Province under quarantine after confirming a case of bubonic plague in Möst district. 2022-09-19
Mongolia reports its first animal death from COVID-19 in two beavers from the Beaver Breeding Center at the Environmental Department of the capital Ulaanbaatar last month. 2021-09-15
Mongolian wrestler Terunofuji is officially promoted to "yokozuna", the highest rank in sumo, and is the 73rd wrestler to have done so. 2021-07-21
Mongolia reports the first domestic case of COVID-19 from a truck driver who infected his wife and two other relatives after three weeks of quarantine. 2020-11-11
160 million-year-old fossil anurognathid pterosaurs are discovered that show feathery coverings, suggesting either deep common ancestry with theropod dinosaurs or independent coevolution. 2018-12-17
South Korean President Moon Jae-in announces plans to create a Northeast Asian railroad community with North Korea, the United States, China, Japan, Russia, and Mongolia. 2018-08-15
Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in 21 people killed, including 15 police and social workers. Of the 15 government casualties, 10 members are ethnic Uighur, 3 are Han Chinese, and 2 are ethnic Mongolian. 2013-04-23
Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces a moratorium on the death penalty, calling for it to be abolished. 2010-01-14