Asia India Indian Railways' first hydrogen-powered train made its maiden journey covering an 89-km route between Jind and Sonipat in Haryana state; the 10 coaches were powered by a 1.200 Kw hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system, the world's most powerful for a train
Africa Sierra Leone Authorities in Sierra Leone have banned the movement of livestock from Liberia and the import of meat from the neighboring country due to the still unexplained death of 36 cows in a border area
Africa Zambia Zambia's restructured debt, combined with solid international support, is poised to have a transformative impact on the country's socio-economic landscape, according to Lois Mulube, Acting Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Finance and National Planning
Africa Mauritius The Mauritius-Seychelles Joint Commission of the Extended Continental Shelf held its 25th meeting to take stock of progress to date on joint management of the continental shelf
Africa South Sudan President of Human Rights Council appointed Carlos Castresana Fernández as member of South Sudan Commission
Europe San Marino First in parents' chats, then also with a sort of appeal on social media, a message started to circulate asking adults and kids in San Marino to be careful of two dark-colored vans
Africa Benin Benin will face Togo today in the playoff for third place in the ongoing WAFU B U-20 Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast
Africa Niger A sharp decline in the number of civilian casualties from terrorist attacks has been recorded according to the latest bulletin from the National Coordination Center for the Early Warning and Response Mechanism for Security Risks
Africa Mozambique UK-based power company Globeleq has purchased Norwegian company Scatec's 52,5% stake in the 41 MW Central Solar de Mocuba photovoltaic plant in Mozambique
Oceania Papua New Guinea The newly established Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has been hailed as a milestone in the fight against corruption; the commission has gained momentum with the recent arrival of three highly qualified and experienced ICAC commissioners
Africa Mozambique The government has dismissed as mischievous an article in the privately owned NewsDay newspaper that Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe's party, had engaged a militia group from neighboring Mozambique to help it win the upcoming harmonized elections by force
Asia Pakistan Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will arrive in Islamabad today for a two-day official visit, where he will meet with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari
Africa Egypt President al-Sisi granted a pardon to university researcher Patrick Zaki, who was sentenced to three years in prison, almost two of which he has already served
Africa Republic of the Congo Out of 90.973 candidates who took the General Baccalaureate examinations, 40.479 managed to pass, a 44,5% success rate; according to statistics, the Cuvette-Ouest department topped the list with a 90,02% success rate