Asia Syria Germany's Ministry of Transport lifted the landing ban and normalized passenger traffic with Syria from 27 July 2026, thus opening to direct flights Düsseldorf-Damascus today 29 July, Berlin Brandenburg-Damascus and Cologne/Bonn-Aleppo on 1 August
Europe Slovakia Projects to combat disinformation and strengthen media education will not be financed: Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová decided to use EU funds of €300.000 to repair the roof of the Slovak Philharmonic and support libraries
Asia Yemen The Yemeni armed forces have pledged to resume operations against targets deep inside the territories occupied by Israel in 1948, saying they will stop attacks as soon as Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip comes to a 'complete halt'
Oceania New Zealand St John's had no plan to deal with a terrorist attack, leaving the organisation unprepared to respond to the Christchurch mosque massacre that left 51 dead, according to an investigation
Asia Vietnam Five of the country's busiest airports will install a non-stop automatic toll collection system for incoming and outgoing cars, after the Airports Corporation of Viet Nam approved the investment
Africa Uganda A 70 years old woman, Safina Namukwaya, gave birth to twins in Kampala after in vitro fertilisation treatment; the woman commented this as a 'true miracle' and the hospital emphasised not only the medical success, but the 'resilience of the human spirit'
Asia Cyprus The government and US Oil&Gas Company Chevron have agreed on the terms for developing the Aphrodite gas field in block 12 of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone; the government had initially rejected proposed amendments submitted by the company
Europe Portugal The President of the Government of the Azores, José Manuel Bolieiro has called for early regional elections, following the rejection of the archipelago's budget for 2024 as he considers the presentation of a new budget to be pointless
Africa South Africa A decline in the number of people living with Aids-HIV was recorded in a study conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council, with 12,7% of the population infected with the virus compared to 14% in the last survey conducted five years ago
Asia Pakistan Free mobile SIM cards with roaming internet packages will be offered by the government to citizens making the Haj in 2024; pilgrims will also be given abayas, with a Pakistani flag on the back, and everyone will be given 13kg suitcases
Asia Iran Behrouz Chamanara, a language professor at the University of Kurdistan, was fired in September, shortly after the local intelligence office rejected his qualifications; Chamanara declared that dismissals are used to 'impose silence' in universities
Asia Kyrgyzstan Hundreds of vendors in markets across the country demonstrated to protest the government's plan to introduce a new taxation system as of 1 January, which will increase taxes, demanding that the previous system, based on a fixed annual amount, be retained
Europe Moldova Around 50 employers from different business sectors made over 2.000 job vacancies available at the Job Fair held in Chisinau, at an event organised by the National Employment Agency and the General Employment Department of the Municipality of Chisinau
Europe Norway Norwegian government officials are back in court, trying to fend off another legal challenge to their refusal to stop oil and gas exploration, sued by local environmental organisations demanding an immediate halt to the development of more oil fields