Oceania Marshall Islands The fish aggregation devices FADs that fishing boats use to make catches easier, lately equipped with satellite communications gear to pinpoint location, are now being built by drug cartels that wrap packs of cocaine and radio transponders to trace troves
Africa Mozambique Maputo Central Hospital, the largest in Mozambique, treated over 3.000 road accident cases in the first half of this year, ten of whom died, amid concerns over an increase in accidents involving motorbikes
Africa Mauritania Tourism is slowly revamping, after Mauritania battled armed groups linked to al-Qaeda that began attacks in the mid-2000; two decades of security measures have halted them and the country is enjoying a slow revival as a little-known travel destination
Asia Turkey Transaction limit for its instant payment system will be raised to around $6.239 starting today; the new limit will apply to operations made through the Payment Request Layer Service
Asia Syria The US has removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism after 47 years; the move lifts the "final major barriers" for private sector investment in the country and its reintegration into the global economy, according to US reports
Africa Niger For a massive movement of cattle from the West to the East of Tahoua, intercepted by patrolling Defense and Security Forces, 142 individuals who were leading the cattle were arrested
Africa Sierra Leone Sungrow, the PV inverter and energy storage provider, has successfully commissioned the RESPITE Solar-plus-Storage Project, Sierra Leones’s first major national-scale power generation project completed and connected to the grid in nearly a decade
America Paraguay Paraguay remains cut off from Chile: the border closure caused by extreme weather has left nearly a hundred vehicles and truckers with cargo stuck at the frontier; Susques Hospital is assisting dozens stranded by snow at Paso de Jama
America Mexico Nearly 300.000 truck drivers face increasing insecurity, robberies and life-threatening retorsion though they are at the heart of Mexican economy, moving 56% of consumer goods - over 556 million tons/year - or 3,2% of GDP
Asia Saudi Arabia Over 6 million students across Saudi Arabia returned to classrooms for the start to the 2026-27 academic year, of which 1,6 million in the Riyadh region; updated data reveal that more Saudis choose Philippine universities for English and medical programs
Europe San Marino At the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games, San Marino's first medals came from bowls, but more are expected as the team includes two Tokyo Olympic athletes, silver medalists in mixed team trap event
Europe Norway Norwegian air traffic controllers called off the strike they had launched last week, impacting tourist and business flights; Their labour organization came to terms with state aviation agency Avinor after nearly six hours of renewed negotiations
Asia Kyrgyzstan The bodies of two foreign climbers who went missing early this month below Korumdu Peak have been found by rescuers dropped by helicopter at 4.300m, search for third member still ongoing; on the ascent of the 6.613 meters peak, a storm caught the team
Europe Luxembourg Psychologist and psychotherapist in Mamer registered a spike in numbers of cross-border commuters and expat workers in Luxembourg eeking help for work-related stress and burnout, specially if working in the legal sector, finance or the Big Four