Asia Israel The Knesset has passed a media overhaul law giving government greater regulatory control; PM Netanyahu attended the debate, skipping the vote; the news has been released by a number of online media in the late hours of 16 July
Africa Eritrea 50 tonnes of dates to the country are a gift from the Saudi government through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre
Europe Croatia In the area of the Little Croatia Park in Krakow there is the only Croatian Stars Avenue in the world, where there are stars with the names of famous Croats or Poles with Croatian roots; this year 8 new stars were inaugurated
Africa Djibouti The 18th Somali police training course, conducted by the Italian Carabinieri, concluded with a ceremony at the Idriss Farah Abaneh Police Academy in Djibouti
Africa Rwanda The African section of the International Basketball Federation officially signed an agreement with the Rwandan Ministry of Sport and the Rwandan Basketball Federation to host the women's baket continental championship in Kigali this summer
Asia East Timor The government signed the contract for the redevelopment and expansion of Dili airport
Africa Senegal Saint-Louis, a small town in the north of the country, is home to an interesting space that pays homage to the town's still little-known artistic and cultural history, the Saint-Louis Museum of Photography, the 'MuPho'
Asia United Arab Emirates U-Ask platform, a unified chatbot powered by artificial intelligence for government services, was launched, allowing users to access information on government services in Arabic and English
Africa Madagascar Civil society organisations have raised the alarm over the RN2 motorway construction work, denouncing the lack of public consultation and asking the authorities to suspend the work to allow for a prior and inclusive public debate
Europe Finland The agreement between Finnish company Myrsky Energia and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners aims at generating around 1,8 gigawatts of onshore wind power over the next decade, a deal that would increase the country's current production by a third
Asia Kazakhstan National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has launched the Murager social programme of scholarships to support school, high school and university students, to contribute to high quality education and the promotion of technical degrees
Europe Latvia From 29 March to 21 April this year, the volume of textile waste recycled increased by 15% thanks to the environmental campaigns implemented by the Latvian Green Dot and Eco Baltia Environment; figures compare to the previous month
Asia Jordan On Thursday 1 June, people who traveled from Amman's Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan got a 'Celebrating Al Hussein' a celebrating day of the Royal Wedding
Africa Lesotho Samsung has recently relaunched the Customer Care Centre in Maseru to provide customers with much-needed after-sales service and convenience; moved to its current location, it should be more easily accessible