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 Nicaragua Approximately 100 Costa Rican tourists were denied entry at the Nicaraguan border due to security reasons; the travelers expressed disappointment and planned to submit a protest to the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
America Antigua and Barbuda More than 2.000 people have until next week to settle their payments for allotted land, or their lots could be reassigned
Africa Angola Minister of Justice and Human Rights assured the credibility of the technical and scientific work carried out in memory of the victims of the political conflicts that occurred between 11 November 1975 and 4 April 2002
Africa Uganda Government officials and humanitarian actors from Uganda and Kenya concluded a 3-day simulation exercise near Mount Elgon mountain ranges in Mbale, eastern Uganda, to test and validate standard operating procedures on cross-border disaster displacement
America Trinidad and Tobago The property tax is one step closer to being passed, after debate on the Valuation of Land Bill 202 brought the government to amend it with 18 votes in favour and 14 against
Europe Malta The Malta Film Commission will give an individual filmmaker a grant of €100.000 for the development of a 15-minute professional film within the Malta Create short film fund, launched as part of Mediterrane Film Festival to bolster Maltese film industry
Oceania Micronesia A new security agreement with the United States will extend decades-old political and security ties; in return for security and budgetary guarantees, the country gains influence and the right to place military facilities in a central Pacific area
Africa Zimbabwe The nurses have called on the government to improve their salaries and conditions of service or face mass action, saying their earnings are no longer sustainable
Europe Sweden Swedish Foreign Minister Billstrom said the country still hopes to become a member of NATO by the alliance's July summit in Vilnius, hoping that the objections of Turkey and Hungary will be overturned
Asia Vietnam There are growing fears that the prolonged shortage of vaccines may soon lead to a resurgence of infectious diseases in the country; last year, the vaccination rate for the Expanded Immunisation Programme did not reach the annual targets
America Panama 60% of all national companies are investing in digitalisation and technological transformation according to According to data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Oceania New Zealand A video of New Zealand soldiers dancing the haka, a New Zealand war dance, in support of Ukraine, was posted on Twitter by Ukraine Ministry of Defence
Asia Yemen The food security situation in Yemen's government-controlled districts has "slightly improved" in the first five months of this year, but acute malnutrition is on the rise