Asia Georgia The EU annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World noted “severely curtailed” human rights in Georgia, reduced bilateral political contacts and dialogue between Brussels and Tbilisi amid “significant democratic backsliding”
Oceania Kiribati The opposition in Kiribati calls for answers from the government on the ongoing crisis in the country's judiciary; last year the government sacked the Chief Justice and three Court of Appeal judges - all New Zealanders
Africa Namibia Former Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau has been appointed as Acting judge of the Supreme Court of Namibia
America Venezuela The US government pledged to allocate more than 171 million dollars for humanitarian aid and development projects for Venezuelans who are suffering urgent needs inside the country and abroad
Asia Mongolia In order to effectively manage the public service and empower civil servants, the government launched a new project in cooperation with the Korea International Cooperation Agency
Africa Liberia The government denied reports in some media and other organisations that the President had vetoed the section of the New Election Law to ensure 30% female participation in the national legislature
America Bolivia At a summit called by Mexico to discuss inflation, President Luis Arce proposed to address the climate crisis in the first place, as this crisis has made food production and logistics more expensive
America Guyana The International Court of Justice has delivered its judgment on the case of the Venezuela and Guyana border dispute, and has rejected Venezuela’s stance on claiming Guyana’s territory and opinion that a 19th century dispute can’t be judged
Asia Iraq The country has demanded an apology from Turkey for the drone attack that targeted Sulaymaniyah International Airport in the Kurdistan Region on Friday, although without causing casualties
Oceania Solomon Islands A pro-Taiwanese Solomon Islands politician has lost his job for failing to recognise the government's 'one-China policy'
America Nicaragua This past week marks one year since the country has maintained the same exact gas prices in all of its gas distributors
Africa Sierra Leone MPs from Sierra Leone's main opposition party - the All People's Congress - have rejected a new welfare bill that could result in a massive increase in benefits for outgoing MPs
Europe Estonia Work has begun on the restoration of a historic wooden Orthodox church in Narva-Jõesuu that was severely damaged by two arsons. The restoration will take several years and cost around €600.000