Oceania Solomon Islands With newly improved roads in Auki, provincial police appealed to drivers in Malaita to use responsibility and greater care in driving; reckless driving had reportedly increased since works began, forcing to monitor underage drivers and speeding vehicles
Asia Afghanistan The UN chief appointed Turkey's Sinirlioglu as special coordinator for Afghanistan to provide an independent assessment of how to address the situation in the country
Europe Ukraine To date "361 minors have returned to Ukraine, but still 19.390 are detained in Russia," said the first lady, appealing to the world to offer all the help it can
Europe Spain In the Spanish province of Ciudad Real, there has been no rain for 134 days, with entire farms losing cereal crops worth thousands of euros
Africa Seychelles The Islands Development Company Ltd delivered 650 kilograms of white shrimp to the Seychelles Trading Company hypermarket for sale to the public starting yesterday
Europe Belgium The city of Liège voted on a motion to boycott the state of Israel, joining cities like Barcelona and Oslo in taking a strong stand against Israel's apartheid policy
Oceania Marshall Islands A ship "flying the flag of the Marshall Islands" has been seized by the Iranian Navy in the Gulf of Oman, after it allegedly collided with an Iranian vessel and attempted to flee the scene
America Panama Due to a water supply crisis that is endangering the future of the Panama Canal, the interoceanic waterway has been forced to reduce the draft of ships passing through it, owing to the shortage of rainfall
Africa Somalia RECOVER “Reducing Communities’ Vulnerability to Drought and External Shocks”, flagship project on the climate adaptation agenda, will be implemented in Hirshabelle, South West and Jubaland, which hold great potential as drivers for better food security
Africa South Sudan President Salva Kiir has been in contact since Tuesday with leaders of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to host them in Juba in an attempt to resolve the conflict in Sudan
Asia Palestine Palestinian Foreign Ministry has rejected what it called "inappropriate, false and discriminatory" remarks by the President of the European Commission von der Leyen on Israel's 75th anniversary
Asia Bahrain The Royal Guard search and rescue team has been honoured for its humanitarian relief mission following the 6 February earthquake in southern Turkey
America Guatemala The country is one of the most entrepreneurial worldwide, according to a study by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor GEM, as it is one of the nations where the highest percentage of the adult population is the owner and manager of a new business
America Barbados Unionist Caswell Franklyn strongly opposes authorities requiring teachers to monitor what students eat, under the National School Nutrition Policy that came into effect on Tuesday