America Cuba International investors can now build and fully own tourism facilities: to reverse the dramatic fall in tourism, authorities have eliminated the requirement for foreign groups to form a joint venture with the Cuban state to manage their tourism activities
Africa Liberia For the first time in 30 years, rival Liberia has overtaken Panama in terms of gross tonnage, making it the world's largest ship register, according to new data released by Clarksons Research
Africa South Africa Award-winning South African flutist Khanyisile Mthetwa has been inducted as a voting member of the Grammysh awards
Oceania New Zealand The Royal New Zealand Ballet is celebrating the beginning of its eighth decade as New Zealand's national ballet company, and to mark the occasion it will perform three shows at Christchurch's Isaac Theatre Royal on Saturday and Sunday
Africa South Sudan The heads of UN food and agriculture agencies have concluded a three-day visit to South Sudan, calling for increased investment in the country to avert a catastrophic food crisis
Europe Serbia The Serbian economy registered over 40 million euros losses since mid-June, when Kosovo imposed a ban on trucks with Serbian license plates and Serbian goods entering its territory
Africa Eritrea More than 50 people were injured and dozens more were arrested in Stockholm when protesters against the Eritrean government forcibly entered an event organised by government supporters
Oceania Palau State of Angaur, one of Palau's states, filed a lawsuit against Palau and US governments, US contractors and Palau Environmental Quality Protection Board for violations of environmental laws regarding US Tactical Mobile Over-the-Horizon Radar project
Asia Iraq The country marked the ninth anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Sinjar by the Islamic State group on 3 August 2014, followed by atrocities and massacres against the country's Yazidi minority
Asia Turkmenistan Last week, 14 transactions were recorded at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, amounting to more than USD 11 million
America Chile Chile makes history in South America with the largest synthetic drug seizure in the area, resulting from an operation that led to the confiscation of over 300.000 pills and a total of 184 kilograms, alongside US$11 million in cash
Europe Spain Catalonia has declared a drought emergency in 24 municipalities following the severe lack of rain in recent years with cuts announced for water use for agriculture and industry
Africa Uganda Young make-up artists in Uganda are teaming up to convince the government to recognise their driving change contribution to film and the arts
America Bolivia President Luis Arce will attend the XV Brics Summit to showcase the achievements of Bolivia's Economic Productive Model, expressing the country's willingness to join the group of emerging economies, aiming for sustainable development and cooperation