Africa Somalia New EU VISA restrictions make it more difficult for Somalis to travel to the bloc; the recently approved measures intensify an ongoing dispute with Mogadishu over the return of Somalis living irregularly in the EU
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The UN must accelerate the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo to meet the agreed deadline, said President Felix Tshisekedi; in 2020, the UN announced a phased withdrawal of its largest mission starting in 2024
Africa Burundi Seven players of the Burundi national under-19 handball team were placed in a detention centre after being discovered in Belgium by immigration authorities
Africa Djibouti The country launched its first satellite, Djibouti 1A, into orbit aboard SpaceX's Transporter-9 small satellite sharing mission, developed with its technical partner, the Centre Spatial Universitaire de Montpellier
Africa Cameroon The government submitted to Parliament a text that would authorise the President of the Republic to ratify the protocol and statutes relating to the African Monetary Fund
Asia Iran According to one of two confidential International Atomic Energy Agency reports viewed by Reuters, the country continues to stonewall the agency in monitoring its work; it would have enough uranium enriched to 60% purity to produce three bombs
America Guyana In a hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Venezuela and Guyana clashed over sovereignty claims on the potentially oil-rich Esequibo territory, with Guyana urging the ICJ to "halt" Venezuela's upcoming December 3rd referendum
America Grenada Several contract workers employed by the government have yet to receive a pay rise since the signing of the new collective agreement in June, said the president of the Grenada Public Workers Union Brian Grimes
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina As at 30 September this year, 273.700 people were registered in the employment service registers, a decrease of 3.231 compared to the previous month; the share of the female population in the number of unemployed was 163.124, or 59,6%
Asia Palestine The WFP stated that civilians in the Gaza Strip face the 'immediate possibility of starvation', with aid again suspended due to lack of fuel and electricity; the WHO warned that diseases are spreading rapidly
Africa Egypt Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on 7 October, 12.000 tonnes of aid have been sent to Gaza, of which 9.000 tonnes from Egypt, according to the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Centre
Asia Cambodia The just-launched Blue Skies & Net Zero 2050 Campaign has made Cambodia the first Global Green Growth Institute member country in South-East Asia to sign up to global initiative that aims to build greater support for achieving net zero emissions by 2050
America Cuba More than 120 Presbyterian churches in the United States have signed a letter to President Joe Biden, asking him to remove Cuba from the arbitrary list of State Sponsors of Terrorism
Asia Lebanon The country began its qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with the shadow of war hanging over it and its opponent on the pitch, Palestine, in a match that ended 0-0