Europe Austria Austria has opened a police station in the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, the renovated building in Braunau am Inn accommodates 50 officers; the house has been a destination for neo-Nazis and far-right extremists
Africa Malawi South African Airways will resume direct flights between South Africa and Malawi from 16 March, following an agreement reached in Pretoria with the Malawi High Commission
Europe Iceland More than 500 refugees have arrived since the beginning of the year and an unexpectedly high percentage of them are deaf or hard of hearing, especially among Ukrainian; Icelandic Red Cross says it is hard to find Ukrainian sign language interpreters
Asia Israel The Israeli Foreign Ministry is reportedly considering recruiting legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo to promote the possibility of normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia
Africa Guinea-Bissau Women's organisations in Guinea-Bissau argue that it is urgent that men accept them as partners and assume that equal rights and opportunities are not a favour
Asia Jordan Ahmad Jubran, an architect and PhD candidate at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, launched a community initiative to clean-up and document abandoned heritage buildings in Salt; the first campaign targeted Said Al Bahra School, which opened in the 1950s
Asia Turkey The death toll of the earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria grows by the hour, with shocks of up to 7,9 along a fracture of more than 150 km; in history, such a strong tremor in that area occurred in 859 a.D.
Asia Maldives The Maldivian Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into allegations that Iraq-born Dr Mala Ali Mahmud, who claims to heal people with hearing and vision problems, has cured several patients in the country
Africa Liberia The work of Liberian Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, has been recognized by Pope Francis, during his recent visit
America Mexico One of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws has been imposed in the country, setting a total ban on smoking in public places as well as its promotion, advertising and sponsorship
Oceania Marshall Islands Last month, Japan's Ambassador Kazunari Tanaka attended the handover ceremony of two new boats in Likiep, as part of the Japan-funded 'Project for the Improvement of Maritime Transport in Likiep Atoll'
Africa Djibouti Djibouti's Ibrahim Hassan won the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in Oita, southwestern Japan, with a record 2 hours, 6 minutes and 43 seconds
Europe France The third day of mass strikes and demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64 took place yesterday, with hundreds of thousands of people taking part in more than 200 street demonstrations
Asia Syria In the face of the recent earthquake, yet another drama in a land ravaged by more than a decade of devastating war, relief and aid to the population are made almost impossible by sanctions targeting the country