Europe Slovenia Anti-establishment populist party leader and current Parliament Speaker, Zoran Stevanović, is pushing to hold a national referendum on withdrawing from NATO and is strictly opposing the government's financial and military aid packages to Ukraine
America Colombia Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace has charged former army commander Mario Montoya with war crimes and crimes against humanity, marking the first time a former Colombian army commander has been charged by the peace justice system
Asia Pakistan Dismissing rumors that Pakistani-Americans were denied visas to visit their homeland, the Embassy of Pakistan in the United States said that the fact "is disinformation"
Asia Palestine A meeting at the Arab League headquarters to discuss the situation of Palestinian refugees was held between Secretary General of the Arab League and the Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
Oceania Nauru The Nauru Bureau of Statistics, with the Pacific Community, has completed with success a three-day workshop for statistics reading and interpretation
Asia Nepal India has granted permission to sell an additional 180 megawatts of electricity generated by four of Nepal's hydropower projects to the Indian market
Africa Egypt A new devaluation of the Egyptian pound is expected after the upcoming presidential elections, said Former Deputy Finance Minister Sherine al-Shawarby, that could lead to a worsening of public debt
Europe Poland The 32th Karpacz Economic Forum, the largest conference in Central and Eastern Europe, awarded US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski with the prestigious “Person of the Year" prize
Asia Vietnam The 4th Ethnic Culture Festival will open tomorrow 8 September in Bình Định with artisans, artists, performers, musicians and athletes from 11 central provinces
America Cuba The Foreign Ministry said it had uncovered a human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting Cubans to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine; the country is a close ally of Russia, but in its statement stressed that it "is not part of the conflict in Ukraine"
Africa Rwanda Last week, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay traveled to Rwanda to celebrate the country's significant progress in protecting gorillas and the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO Volcanoes Biosphere Reserve
Oceania Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea has opened an embassy in Jerusalem, with the aim of reinforcing relationships and promoting sustainable development, peace and stability in the Middle East region
Asia Uzbekistan On Sept. 7 and 8 - today and tomorrow - Samarkand will host the International Conference on Food Security, organized by the Government of Uzbekistan with technical support from the FAO
America Chile A series of human rights bills, including one recognizing the disappeared detainees and another lifting the secrecy surrounding the Valech Report, documenting human rights abuses during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, have been introduced