Asia Bahrain 394.000 visitors have been registered in state-run heritage sites in January-August 2026, with the Bahrain Fort accounting for 246.409, nearly two thirds of the total, and foreign visitors prevailed with the presence of 187.567 people
Asia Japan A traditional rice-planting dance was performed on 18 February at Kusano shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture; the shrine was rebuilt after being swept away by tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake
Asia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia said Israel's actions in the Palestinian Territories are 'legally indefensible' at the second day of the International Court of Justice hearing
Africa Zimbabwe 62 people sentenced to the death penalty in the country will see their sentences commuted to life imprisonment as a result of the abolition of capital punishment, decided by the Harare government, which gave its assent to a parliamentary initiative
Africa Morocco Initially scheduled for January-February 2025, a new speculation suggests that the African Cup of Nations 2025 could be held in the summer, with the Confederation of African Football agreeing to hold the competition in July-August 2025 in Morocco
Africa Seychelles The trade department of the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade, in collaboration with the European Union, recently organised a workshop on the identification and screening of potential geographical indications
Africa Tunisia Ashraf Dhahbi, a Tunisian astronomical physics and mathematics researcher, has just joined the EMAC research team at NASA's Goddard Space Travel Center
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The technical coordinator of the Associação Programa Tatô spoke about the state of conservation of sea turtles: "five of the seven species of sea turtles that currently exist in the world are found, four of which lay their eggs on the island of São Tomé"
Asia Kuwait Implementing fingerprinting for teaching staff in the Ministry of Education to control malpractice has been proposed by former Education Minister Dr. Badr Al-Issa, sparking a parliamentary and media storm
Europe Vatican City The Catholic Church has celebrated the feast day of the 21 victims of Coptic confession killed by ISIS in 2015 for the first time; all 21 men had been proclaimed martyrs by the Coptic Church
Asia Yemen The Houthi group in Yemen claimed responsibility for the missile attack on what it described as a 'British ship' on Sunday in the Gulf of Aden
Asia Saudi Arabia MEFIC Capital unveiled the Saudi Film Fund, with a capital injection of SR 375 million ($100 million) and 40% of its budget coming from the Kingdom's Cultural Development Fund, to elevate Saudi cinema
Asia Sri Lanka FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, arrived to the country for a three-day visit to participate in the 37th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific
Asia Tajikistan According to the official website of the Tajik President, the handicraft sector development is growing year on year under the special attention of President Emomali Rahmon himself