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 Celebrated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki won the first Golden Globe for 'The Boy and the Heron', a film based partly on Miyazaki's childhood and the first in a language other than English to win the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film
Africa Libya Turkey offered to contribute to energy infrastructure projects in Libya, as well as electricity transmission and distribution projects; Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources recalled that relations between the countries go back 500 years
Europe Hungary As of March, for food retailers with a turnover of more than HUF 1 billion ( €2,6 million) will be compulsory to indicate whether the packages of the products they sell have become smaller than before, the Hungarian Gazette reported
Asia Iraq An Iranian missile strike against targets in northern Iraq has sparked a dispute between neighbouring allies, with Baghdad recalling its ambassador in protest and Tehran insisting that the attack was intended to deter Israeli spy threats
Africa Ethiopia The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in a joint note denounced 'the severe humanitarian crisis affecting some four million people in drought-affected areas of Ethiopia'
Africa Lesotho His Majesty King Letsie III officiated at the installation of Chief Lerotholi Mathealira Seeiso as the new Principal Chief of Mokhotlong, exhorting him to become a 'servant leader' and to serve all with love and without any discrimination
America Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro has announced a plan to "make tangible" the annexation of the disputed Esequibo territory with Guyana, expressing gratitude for the unanimous support of the December referendum by Venezuelan lawmakers
Europe Kosovo Kosovo authorities will abolish the use of Serbian dinar in its territory particularly in the Serb-majority northern areas of the country; Serbian President Vucic said this was 'worrying and calls into question all processes of normalisation and dialogue'
Africa Guinea Thierno Barry, a PhD in cybersecurity, has been included in top 25 personalities who have had a significant impact in the field of cybersecurity on the African continent in 2023 by Ciberobs, a cybersecurity specialist platform with a focus on Africa
America Mexico Despite the Mexican government deploying 25.000 troops to Acapulco following Hurricane Otis on October 25, violence has persisted, with gang threats and attacks causing a 90% halt in the city's passenger van services, impacting the main form of transport
Asia Kazakhstan Approximately $171,3 million was invested in the country's professional, scientific and technical activities in January-November 2023, Finprom's financial and business analysis service reported, compared to $100 million in 2022
America Guyana Guyana has presented a historic GUY$1,146 trillion (US 5,84 billion) national budget for the upcoming year, a 46% increase over the previous fiscal plan
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Guinean League for Human Rights considers the government's presidential decision to suspend freedom of meetings and demonstrations to be 'yet another constitutional drift'