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
Europe Norway In the first quarter of this year, the largest increase in population in more than a decade was recorded, according to the state statistics office Statistics Norway; there are now more than 5,5 million Norwegians
Europe Ireland Figures published by the Central Statistics Office reveal that the percentage of people speaking Irish on a daily basis has fallen nationally by over 2% since 2016; however, there is an increase in people able to speak it
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 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
Asia Laos The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare plans to provide training and employment to more than 300.000 workers nationwide
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
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
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
Oceania Fiji Fiji Public Service Commission has announced the appointment of 11 permanent secretaries, agreed with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, in areas such as Agriculture and Waterways, Education, Public Enterprises, Employment, Foreign Affairs and Immigration
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
Africa Nigeria The first electric buses for public transport, made by Chinese manufacturer Yutong, will soon circulate in Lagos; governor of Lagos State stated that it is "in line with state's aspiration to become a modernised and mechanised megacity"
Africa Kenya Nairobi will host the 2nd United Nations Habitat Assembly from 5 to 9 June, with representatives of Member States, civil society organisations and other stakeholders for strategies for sustainable urbanisation of the world
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