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
Asia Vietnam The investor behind the controversial construction of an urban project that would encroach on the Hạ Long Bay buffer zone has been ordered to pay a fine of about $5.140 for environmental pollution
America Canada Prime Minister is calling out an unacceptable hate surfacing in Canada amid the Israel-Hamas war, calling for Canadians to remember "this is not who we are" and pushing for a humanitarian pause long enough to get back on track towards a two-state solution
America Uruguay Following several leaked recordings, Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo has resigned amid allegations of concealing information related to the issuance of an Uruguayan passport to alleged drug trafficker Sebastián Marset
Asia Japan The country is set to issue nearly 9 trillion yen ($59.8 billion) in bonds in its second supplementary budget to finance an economic package to ease rising living costs
Africa Mauritius The Mauritius Research and Innovation Council and the Indian Space Research Organisation have signed an MoU providing for the design, assembly, integration, testing, launch and operation of an Earth observation satellite for Mauritius
Oceania New Zealand Cranberries Westland, New Zealand's only commercial cranberry farm, has increased its harvest sixfold in the last six years and is planning to expand further into new territories and markets
Africa Mozambique The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur, will start her first official visit to Mozambique today until 21 November
Africa Botswana Botswana's ban on vegetable imports, many of them from South Africa, is effectively protecting internal market, according to President Mokgweetsi Masisi
Asia Israel Amnesty International reported a dramatical increase the use of administrative detention since the beginning of the war against Hamas, while turning a blind eye to cases of torture and degrading treatment in prisons
Oceania Marshall Islands The arrival of the USNS hospital ship Mercy in Majuro marked the start of a wide range of humanitarian and medical programmes taking place at three locations
America Peru Archaeologists have reconstructed the 3D face of a 500-year-old Inca girl, known as "La Doncella de Hielo," found frozen in the Andes, shedding light on ancient rituals and history in an exhibition at the Museo Santuarios Andinos in Peru
Africa Malawi Leading financial services company Old Mutual Malawi Limited has been honoured by the Reserve Bank of Malawi as the best company offering financial education in Malawi
Asia Iran An Iranian court ordered a five-year prison sentence against a French citizen tried on national security charges; France called the sentence 'unacceptable' as there appears to be no evidence to support it