Europe Italy Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest since Italy became a republic after WWII: the first led by a woman, it lasted 1.413 days as of 4 September, one more than Silvio Berlusconi's 2nd; premier said stability isn't a record, but a key for planning
Africa eSwatini Eswatini voters began voting Friday for legislative elections to be held in Africa's last absolute monarchy, with 500.000 voters selecting the 59 members of the lower house of parliament, whose sole role is to advise King Mswati III
Asia Oman The Sultanate of Oman has advanced 10 places in the Global Innovation Index 2023 report published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation
Africa Republic of the Congo Over 400 athletes from seven African countries are taking part in the 44th Club Handball Championships, which started on September 28 in Brazzaville
Africa Sierra Leone Golley Agricultural Development Sierra Leone Limited, founded by former ambassador to South Korea Omrie Golley, will introduce drip irrigation in an attempt to defy seasonality with minimum water use
Asia Saudi Arabia The municipality in the Najran region has prepared several parks to welcome hikers and visitors during the cooler months of the year
Africa Malawi The Football Association of Malawi has handed a four-month suspension to referee Godfrey Nkhakananga for the chaos that ensued during the match between Silver Strikers and Mighty Mukuru Wanderers
Europe Ukraine The country declared it is ready to develop its own air defence system production plan, with specialists in the field being invited for this purpose
Oceania Palau The proposed national budget for the year 2024 foresees a delay in funding for the Compact Review Agreement, signed in April this year
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Women in São Tomé account for more than 80% of the cases of domestic violence recorded this year by the Domestic Violence Counselling Centre, which requires human and financial resources to monitor victims
Europe Russia 130.000 citizens of the Russian Federation aged between 18 and 27 will been called to military service in the period October-December 2023 by a newly signed Presidential decree
America Trinidad and Tobago The All Tobago Fisherfolk Association has asked the Prime Minister to say whether any progress has been made in the ongoing dispute between Barbados and TT fishermen over the flying fish stock
America Suriname The Surinamese government, led by President Chan Santokhi, met with trade unions and health unions, to address concerns regarding the new increase in VAT tax law set to take effect on October 1, with the aim of finding solutions and evaluating proposals