Africa Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa signed into law constitutional changes that extend his time in office to 2030; new legislation, approved by Parliament last month, also introduces a provision allowing presidents to be elected by lawmakers instead of direct public vote
Asia Iran The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought - awarded by the European Parliament - went this year to Iranian Mahsa Jina Amini and the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement
Africa Central African Republic The International Criminal Court has released Maxime Mokom, a former militia leader in the Central African Republic, dismissing the case against him for war crimes, after the prosecutor dropped all charges
Africa Ethiopia The country listed ports in Eritrea, Djibouti and Somaliland as facilities that could be peacefully obtained; with the cession of Eritrea in 1993, the country has no access to the sea and it is dependent on Djibouti for 85% of imports and exports
Europe United Kingdom The British Conservative Party lost two parliamentary seats to Labour, another setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his party ahead of next year's general election
Asia Mongolia As of the first half of 2023, 12 legal entities are registered as virtual asset service providers with the Financial Regulatory Commission, with 912.238 registered users; there are 211 registered virtual assets, of which 41 are domestic and 170 foreign
Europe Norway Storm Babet left at least 20.000 homes in Norway without electricity and flooded the ground floor of houses, after causing flooding and property damage in Denmark and hitting the UK causing three casualties
Asia United Arab Emirates Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al-Qasimi, president of the Big Heart Foundation, ordered the organisation to provide aid worth AED 30 million ($8,1 million) to Palestinians in Gaza
Europe Russia Russian-American journalist Kurmasheva will remain in detention, the second US journalist detained after Gershkovich was arrested in March for espionage; international experts consider the episode part of unprecedented crackdown on independent journalism
Asia Laos Curated by artists Tiao David Somsanith and David Cheah, the exhibition 'Lightness of Being' and the pop-up 'Cabinet of Hand-Crafted Curiosities' are open to the public at the Great House at Rosewood Luang Prabang from tomorrow 24 October to 7 November
Europe Romania The Romanian competition authority is investigating Apple for a possible abuse of a dominant position, as the company does not allow any app store other than its own, limiting access to user data for advertising purposes
Europe Slovakia US Steel Košice, subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, will receive €300 million from the EU Recovery and Resilience Plan to decarbonise its steel production; the company stressed that the whole process is expected to exceed €1 billion
Asia Maldives Maldivians held a second large demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinians in Rasfannu area in Malé on Friday night 20 October
Africa Chad One year has passed since the bloody repression of the demonstration of 22 October 2022 for President Mahamat Déby decision of extending his government for another two years, the culmination of a crisis that shook the country with mass protests