Asia Syria Germany's Ministry of Transport lifted the landing ban and normalized passenger traffic with Syria from 27 July 2026, thus opening to direct flights Düsseldorf-Damascus today 29 July, Berlin Brandenburg-Damascus and Cologne/Bonn-Aleppo on 1 August
Asia Palestine Morocco's support for the Palestinians during the historic World Cup for the Lions of the Atlas shows that the cause has not been "buried", said the head of the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub
Asia Iraq The climate-stressed country must pursue 'green growth', the World Bank has suggested, proposing to diversify its economy given its heavy reliance on oil
Asia Brunei Brunei has been accredited by the Singapore Food Agency as source of chicken eggs and will therefore start to export eggs to Singapore after the visit of Sustainability and Environment Minister Grace Fu
Asia East Timor East Timor and Australia signed a $73,4 million financing agreement for the development of President Nicolau Lobato International Airport
Europe Portugal Days of heavy rains generated 3000 emergency operations, with Lisbon counting for almost half; the municipality has activated a contingency shelter plan and closed schools in what experts say is the worst meteorological damage in years
Europe Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's PSOE socialist party could win Spain's next general election to be held in December 2023, according to a new poll
Asia Iran Doctors around the world have raised their voices in favor of the basic human right of neutral medical care and expressed concern about deliberate violation of medical neutrality and non-interference with medical services by the Islamic Republic forces
America Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader has ordered that the Christmas super combination of the Institute for Price Stabilisation (Inespre) - with 15 basic basket items - be reduced from 800 to 650 pesos for the benefit of the Dominican population
Asia China Despite domestic easing of COVID curbs after last month's unprecedented protests, over 50% of Chinese say they woul put off travel abroad, up to more than a year, even if borders re-opened, a sign that consumer recovery from COVID measures will take time
Europe Ireland Waiting times of up to 90 hours for emergency department beds are ‘not uncommon’ as system is under ‘unprecedented strain’ due to record attendances, ageing population and shortage of GPs, a watchdog says
Africa Zambia The Minister of Energy stated that a six-hour daily power cut would be enforced starting 15 December due to the energy crisis following the reduction of the water level in the Kariba dam