Asia Turkey Ankara is preparing for NATO Summit scheduled for 7–8 July 2026, the second hosted by Turkey with the one in Istanbul in 2004; this year's non-NATO guest list comprises East-Asian and Pacific powers, the absence of the central Asian block stands out
Europe Malta Forty players took on fifty-three hours of volleyball, officially whistled at six o'clock on Friday night by Inclusion Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli, to raise over €360.000 in funds for the Dar tal-Providenza shelter
Asia Oman Revenues of 3-5 star hotels in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 34,7% at the end of May 2023, according to the latest data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information
Oceania Palau Post-pandemic tourism recovery for the country will be more difficult than predicted due to significant policy changes in some of Palau's key markets and to a more competitive global tourism market
Europe Russia Russians queued up to reach the Crimean resorts, creating a 13-kilometre traffic jam on the Russian side of the Kerch Bridge connecting the Ukrainian peninsula, as if nothing had happened in the area
Africa Gambia Relatives of 20 Gambian children whose deaths were linked to intake of toxic paracetamol cough syrups, manufactured in India, have sued the Indian drug manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals and the Gambian local control authorities
Asia Palestine At least seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack with drones on a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank; hundreds of troops are deployed in an operation that resembles the one carried out during the second Palestinian uprising in 2000
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines A Magnetic Resonance Imaging device has been installed at the Modern Medical Centre in Georgetown; speaking at official ceremony, PM Gonsalves stated that the center has health infrastructure worth more than XCD$120 million (€40 million)
Europe Montenegro According to Institute of Public Health's HIV Registry, in the first 6 months of this year the number of new HIV-infected persons registered in Budva does not differ from last year, after it had been rumoured that there had been a sharp increase
Africa Niger The bill authorising the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted on 7 July 2017 by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, has been approved by Parliament
Europe Austria The government wants the country to join the European Sky Shield initiative, an air protection group launched by Germany, triggering accusations from the far right that the move would violate military neutrality
Africa Uganda Ugandan scientist Catherine Nakelembe, member of Nasa's Servir applied sciences team as a thematic manager for agriculture and food security, is leading Nasa project that, combining satellite and ground data, creates solutions to protect crops
Asia South Korea Workers at medical institutions will be required to register newborns starting a year from now; at least 2.236 children born 2015-2022 in medical institutions haven’t been registered by parents and went therefore totally ‘invisibile’
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina In Banja Luka families with four or more children will receive free payments for the construction of a residential building, if they have not resolved the housing issue