Asia Israel The Knesset has passed a media overhaul law giving government greater regulatory control; PM Netanyahu attended the debate, skipping the vote; the news has been released by a number of online media in the late hours of 16 July
Asia Palestine Khaled El Qaisi, a Palestinian-Italian student living in Rome, Italy, has been released a month after his arrest on 31 August at the Allenby crossing point between the West Bank and Jordan, but still cannot leave Israel
Africa Senegal The project for a museum of the Prophet Mohammed, inspired by the one in Saudi Arabia, was presented in Senegal by the Minister of the Interior on the occasion of the celebrations of Mawlid, the birth of the prophet
Asia Taiwan About 1.500 tourists boarded ferries from Green Island and Orchid Island back to Taitung, southeast Taiwan, before ferry service was suspended due to the approaching Typhoon Koinu
Asia Yemen Yemen Airways, the state-owned airline, discontinued its only air service from Sanaa, the Houthi-controlled capital, citing restrictions imposed by the Houthis on its funds
Europe North Macedonia Removing barriers to labour market entry for LGBTI people would increase the annual GDP of North Macedonia and Serbia by an average of 0,6%, according to a new World Bank report
Asia Uzbekistan 1.415 people died in Uzbekistan in road accidents in January-August 2023, 300 in August alone
Africa Seychelles The Public Utilities Corporation's 33kV Mahé Sud grid has been inaugurated, allowing residents and businesses in the southern region of Mahé to access a more reliable and efficient electricity grid
Africa Zambia The Zambian government is targeting a fiscal deficit of 4, 8% of GDP in 2024 compared to 5,8% of GDP this year
Africa Tanzania Five million quelea birds have been killed by Tanzania to prevent them from destroying rice paddies, using drones and aircraft
Europe Sweden The military will be deployed to help the police fight gang crime, following a sharp rise in fatal shootings and bomb attacks in the country; the army had began aiding police in patrolling borders earlier this year
Asia Kuwait A hacker who breached Kuwait's Ministry of Finance systems last week threatened to sell the acquired data unless the ministry pays a ransom of about 15 bitcoins, equivalent to US$400.000
Oceania Solomon Islands Consumer goods company Unilever is sponsoring this year's Pacific Games in Solomon Islands and will provide beauty and personal care products through a welcome package to athletes and officials of the Pacific Games
Asia Myanmar The military junta is reportedly using access to vaccines as a political weapon; like with international aid shipments, basic inoculations are being distributed on the basis of political loyalty