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
Europe France French taxpayers may have to pay out €14,6 billion in unpaid taxes, according to the Tax Fraud Assessment for 2022, reported the Ministry of Public Accounts
Asia Taiwan The Wall Street Journal reported in the last days that the US would increases troops deployed to train Taiwan's military in support of a specific programme, speaking of quadrupled numbers of soldiers involved
Oceania Samoa Samoa's prehistoric landscape management techniques and agricultural technologies are the subject of analysis and discussion at an upcoming National University of Samoa seminar held by American academic Craig Shapiro
Asia Vietnam Mộc Châu resort has been crowned 'Asia's Leading Regional Natural Destination' at the World Travel Awards 2022
Asia Japan A working group within the Ministry of Justice has proposed raising the age of consent from 13 to 16, part of a wider review of Japan's sex crime laws, after several rape acquittals in 2019 sparked protests
Africa Mauritius A training farm in aquaponics and hydroponics as well as a solar water drip has been inaugurated at the Mauritius Prison Service in Beau Bassin to facilitate women prisoners’ transition and reintegration into the community
Asia Armenia Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan received last week the delegation led by MEP François Alfonsi, co-founder of the Friendship Group with Artsakh in the European Parliament
Asia North Korea Tens of thousands of North Koreans and people in South Korea, Japan and China could be exposed to radioactive materials spread through groundwater for the six tests at the Punggye-ri site between 2006 and 2017
Europe Croatia Zagreb's local authorities are proposing to rename four streets currently named after high-ranking officials linked to the Nazi Ustasha regime, in another move away from the historical revisionism in vogue in the 1990s
Oceania Papua New Guinea The country plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem, as Foreign Minister Justin Tkachenko confirmed to his Israeli counterpart
Europe Czech Republic The Czech Republic's 10,5 million inhabitants host the largest number of Ukrainian refugees with temporary protection status per population among EU nations, Eurostat data show
Europe Slovakia The National Council will consider banning cages for chickens and laying hens after investigative videos showing animal welfare conditions at three Slovak farms were leaked online