Asia Syria Hundreds of Kurdish students in Hassakeh and Kobani refused to enter their classrooms as the 2026–27 school year began, protesting a decision that reduces Kurdish-language instruction to three periods per week, demanding the decision be reversed
America Cuba With the laying of the first steel slabs, the ground assembly of tank 88 in the industrial area of Matanzas has begun, the first of the four planned to be erected as part of the recovery of the Supertanker Base, burnt down in 2022
America Guyana The state has been overwhelmingly elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council with 191 out of 192 votes at the UN General Assembly, and will begin its two-year term representing Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024
America Belize Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide the country with a US$45 million loan for healthcare infrastructure, specifically to support the construction of a tertiary hospital in the Belmopan Area Project
Asia Bahrain Expats could be forced to settle their outstanding bills and amounts owed to the government before leaving the country - whether on holiday or for good, according to the Capital Trustees Board
Africa Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, FAO and Vietnam have signed a South-South and Triangular Cooperation Agreement aimed at developing rice sector in the country, with an estimated budget of US$5 million, and will be implemented through a Sierra Leone Unilateral Trust Fund
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Representatives of USAID's "Diaspora Invest" project and the City of Livno have agreed on ways of cooperation to strengthen the role of expatriates in the economic and social development of the area
Asia Mongolia Pope Francis will pay a state visit to the country from 30 August to 4 September at the invitation of President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa; it will be the Pope's first ever visit to the country
Asia Armenia The country will file objections to the European Court of Human Rights over the prosecution of the two Armenian soldiers abducted by Azerbaijan, said Armenia's representative for international legal affairs
Africa Malawi Likoma Island on Lake Malawi lies in Mozambique's territorial waters, but is part of Malawi; it boasts one of the oldest and most majestic churches in Africa, built where women accused of witchcraft were once burnt
America Grenada For the first time in Grenada's history, an all-female cast of lawyers is serving in all of the island's Magistrate Courts, led by Francine Foster, who now serves as Grenada's acting chief magistrate
Asia Iran A subsidiary of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran has unveiled an in-house production system that simplifies pest control in the food industry with the application of ionising radiation
Asia China China's economy posted a drop in exports for the first time since February, raising global concerns about growth in the world's second-largest economy
Asia Brunei Despite the challenges faced, the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam will continue to pursue the dream of developing women's football in the country, said President Pengiran Haji Matusin bin Pengiran Haji Matasan