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 Libya The Minister of Transport discussed with the Turkish Ambassador to Libya the implementation of the agreed procedures for the resumption of Turkish Airlines flights at Libyan airports
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 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
Europe Montenegro Direct financial transactions between Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will resume in November thank to a move orchestrated by Universal Capital Bank after a 16-year gap
Asia Bangladesh A $1,3 billion wind farm has been approved; the 500MW offshore plant will be connected to the country's national grid via an onshore substation, an answer to the current dangerous levels of pollution
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
Europe Vatican City The Ratzinger Prize 2023 went to two Spanish theologians and philosophers Pablo Blanco Sarto and Francesc Torralba Roselló
Europe Slovenia A resolution on seismic safety until 2050 has been approved by the Parliamentary Commission for Infrastructure, Environment and Spatial Planning; the opposition criticised it for the lack of binding guidelines and funding sources
Asia Syria The Syrian Network for Human Rights published its monthly report summarising the situation in October; among other topics it highlights that Russian-Syrian alliance forces carried out at least 85 attacks on vital civilian facilities in north-west Syria
America Barbados Significant weather events continue to have a negative impact on the agricultural sector, with officials predicting that the current shortage of six- to eight-week crops and other produce will extend into the Christmas season
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, in an interview published for the Croatian National, said that he is not in favour of secession from Bosnia and Herzegovina, but that he has the support of 10-15 countries, including EU members
Oceania Vanuatu Power and telecommunications outages exacerbated the challenges of responding to Cyclone Lola said the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme Secretariat
Asia Turkmenistan The country has reached the regional target in the fight against hepatitis B through vaccination, as confirmed by the certificate of the European Technical Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation