America Grenada Toll-free 988 Suicide Hotline for Crisis Response has been launched to guarantee immediate support for people experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress and other mental health crises; an awareness campaign will start soon
Asia Azerbaijan Azerbaijan and Armenia held the first meeting between the leaders of the South Caucasus nations since October, amid rising tensions over the Karabakh region
Asia Yemen The head of the Yemeni Presidential Council, Rashad al-Alimi, intensified meetings with European officials to mobilise European efforts to pressure Houthi militias and support economic reforms
Europe Switzerland Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, says he is closely following the discussions in the Swiss legislature, which could allow Swiss arms to be transferred to Ukraine under certain conditions
Oceania Vanuatu Vanuatu chiefs asked the Malvatumauri Chiefs' Council and the Vanuatu government to build a chiefs' Nakamal building
Oceania Palau Palau will be home to the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner, if the Micronesian group's request to the Pacific Islands Forum is granted
Africa Sierra Leone A pilot project for the verification and monitoring of reforestation programmes involves the use of drone-based remote sensing and data management technologies
America Uruguay The government has declared a health emergency after detecting the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in hundreds of dead swans, thus suspending all current events and expositions related to birds
Asia Tajikistan The Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region government has written on its Facebook page that a power rationing is expected to be introduced in the region
Europe United Kingdom Labour has decided to scrap Corbyn, with current leader Starmer announcing that he will not re-elect his predecessor who led the party to its worst defeat against Johnson; they are now 20 points above the Conservatives in the polls
Africa Uganda The country lost €18 million that the European Union had made available to facilitate the rehabilitation and repair of the 375 km long Tororo-Gulu metre gauge railway
America Belize As the country has tight bilateral relations with Cuba, Prime Minister John Briceno has formally requested the US to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsored terrorists, and condemned its unjustified designation as a state promoting terrorism
Europe Ukraine "Ukraine will have the fighters, it's just a matter of timing and procedures," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference
Africa Tanzania The country started the debate on legal reforms with the launch of a public participation process, in order to pave the way for the revision of laws to ensure that they all conform to changing times for sustainable development