Asia Bangladesh Recent studies demonstrated that microplastics are present in water, sediments, fish, salt, soft drinks, milk, edible oil and more products in Bangladesh, underscoring the growing concern that these pollutants are transferred to humans through food
Africa Somalia Pam's executive director stated that the support of donors such as the US and Germany had made it possible to slow down the famine in Somalia, but emphasised that "we are not out of the woods yet"
Asia Azerbaijan Authorities spoke of “terrorist act” with reference to the gunman attack to the Azerbaijan embassy in Tehran that killed the Head of Security, while Iranian officials blamed the assault on “personal motivations”
Oceania Nauru Students in the country were encouraged to get vaccinated before returning to school; parents were asked to keep children under the age of 5 at home to avoid contracting the Covid-19 virus
Africa Niger In six years health authorities managed to halve the number of women who died of haemorrhage during childbirth by adopting a series of simple procedures and administering an inexpensive drug, according to a study published in medical journal The Lancet
Asia Armenia State Revenue Committee of Armenia and Tana Energy Management Company signed a €18.495.000 contract for the modernisation works at the Meghri border checkpoint
Asia Palestine Multiple airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have caused a rising exchange of fire, a day after Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp, marking one of the deadliest raids in the occupied West Bank by the Israeli army
Asia Jordan Sabaa Thnaibat is the first Jordanian woman to fly solo in an F-16 fighter jet; she embodies the words the King once told Jordanian women, vivid in her memory: “not be wary of participating” and to “always move forward”
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is not ready to move out of LDC status - said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Jeremiah, identifying trade as a support to the economy
Asia Vietnam The Paris Peace Accord, signed on 27 January 1973, which ended the Vietnam War, is commemorated today in its 50th anniversary
America Guatemala As the amount if irregular Dominicans has nearly doubled in the past year, the country will now request a visa from people with citizenship from the Dominican Republic in order to stop the irregular migration heading towards the US
Asia Thailand On Thursday evening, hundreds of people held a candlelight vigil in downtown Bangkok in support of two political activists on hunger strike, whose health condition is rapidly deteriorating
Europe Serbia The 16th edition of 'Kustendorf', the international film festival dedicated to young directors and film students, opened on Wednesday evening in Drvengrad, an idyllic mountain village built entirely of wood in western Serbia
Oceania Vanuatu To clean up the grounds of the Vila Central Hospital, Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau and staff from the Prime Minister's Office joined Health Minister Rick Tchamako Mahe