America Uruguay To restore police presence on the streets is priority for Montevideo's new police chief, who rejects the idea of heavy hand, defends use of armored vehicles to protect officers, maintains that Uruguay is far from falling into violence as Central America
America United States A recent Human rights watch report indicates that Washington has never paid reparations to victims of torture at Abu Ghraib and other US prisons in Iraq, where thousands of men, women and children were reportedly incarcerated by US soldiers
Europe Hungary For the fourth consecutive time, Fatima Korok won the gold medal in freediving under the rules of the International Freediving Development Association at the World Championships in Limassol, Cyprus
Asia Saudi Arabia Today marks the fifth anniversary of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2, 2018 inside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey
Asia Armenia Following the latest Azerbaijani offensive, thousands have already left their homes from Nagorno Karabakh, the Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, a fleeing that threatens to wipe out an entire community
Asia Syria The International Court of Justice has confirmed the imminent start of hearings on the case 'Syrian Assad regime's crimes against Syrians'
Europe Latvia EU Competition for Young Scientists in 2025 will be organised in Latvia; director of National Centre for Education said that in the last 7 years new opportunities have been created for Latvian students to participate in scientific research
Europe Malta The Cannabis Responsible Use Authority will organise the first harm reduction training for selected prospective associations by next November
Asia Georgia The UN World Tourism Organization has unanimously endorsed Georgia to host World Tourism Day in 2024
Asia South Korea The government is working on a law that would allow women to give birth anonymously in hospitals, to reduce the number of unregistered births and promote maternal care
Europe Finland The "World of Statistics" page of social networking platform X ranked Finland first on the list of countries that consume the most coffee in the world with 9,6 kg per person per year
Europe France The exhibition entitled Renault 12 at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in Marseille tells the little-known story of Maghrebi families in France
Asia Thailand Activist Arnon Nampa was sentenced to four years in prison for lese majesty after he publicly called for reform of the monarchy
Africa Nigeria The country ranks sixth in the world and second in Africa for organised crime, as stated by the Global Organised Crime Index 2023, reflecting the challenges to security, corruption and other criminal activities that Nigeria continues to face