America Brazil A Federal Court ordered Land Reform Agency to remove land occupiers from various sites in the Amazon; the decision follows a request from the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, a nationwide coalition that is denouncing unlawful settlings
Asia Lebanon War escalations has made the olive harvest near the southern border particularly dangerous: farmers are denouncing they have to brave war perils to secure their crop
Africa Guinea Over 60 military personnel have been struck off by the Head of State for various reasons, including dereliction of duty, misconduct or gross negligence
Africa Egypt The country has asked Kenya to be allowed to continue receiving tea produced in the East African country in exchange for any local Egyptian production, so as not to deplete its dollar stocks
Africa Djibouti 60 tonnes of dates were donated by Saudi Arabia to benefit some 35.340 vulnerable food insecure people and refugees in Djibouti
Europe Bulgaria The Forthenature.org coalition urged the Bulgarian government to ask the EU not to allow the removal of regulations that protect citizens from the uncontrolled spread of genetically modified organisms in nature and food
Africa Central African Republic Teams from the Ministry of Transport have started to check the registration documents, number plates, stickers and transport permits of motor vehicles in Bangui
Asia East Timor President José Ramos-Horta will arrive today in the Philippines to discuss political and economic ties, including educational partnerships
Europe Portugal In Switzerland – a global frontrunner for remittance payments – people from Portugal send smaller amounts, but more often, and usually to their own bank accounts, a study by researchers at the University of Zurich has found
Oceania Samoa Zheng Construction Co. Ltd was granted a contract for the construction of extensions to the Sataua and Satupaitea district hospitals in Savai'i and doctors' residences
America Dominica Natasha Jervier-Carbon has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Dominica Planned Parenthood Association
Asia Saudi Arabia The country increased its disbursement of funds for various insurance subsidies for the third consecutive month, with spending exceeding SR10,7 billion ($2,8 billion) in October, according to recent data from the General Organisation for Social Insurance
Oceania Kiribati Experts from the Committee Against Torture praised Kiribati for its legislation on domestic and gender-based violence, but raised questions about conditions in detention units and the definition of torture
Asia Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe issued an extraordinary gazette notification declaring the postal service an essential public service, as postal workers in the country went on strike against the decision to turn post offices in Nuwara Eliya and Kandy into hotels