Africa Seychelles Parents whose autistic children didn't meet medical assessment criteria for support in November 2024 - June 2026 will now be eligible for assistance under the Children Neurodivergent Disorder Needs Scheme CNDNS, introduced by government in July 2026
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”
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
Africa Burkina Faso After some protests against the presence of French troops, the ruling military junta asked Paris to withdraw within a month the special session task force Sabre, present in the country since 2010
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"
Europe Italy There is great debate in the country about whether or not the invitation made by Amadeus, artistic director of the famous Sanremo festival, a song competition, to Ukrainian President Zelensky is appropriate
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”
Europe Andorra The government has signed an agreement with the French company EDF to build a responsible, zero-emissions energy model
Asia Turkmenistan A draft agreement on the delimitation of the bottom of the Caspian Sea was discussed in Ashgabat by the delegations of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Azerbaijan, reported the press service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry
Asia South Korea Face masks will no longer be required indoors starting Monday 30th Jan, except in high-risk places such as hospitals and on public transportation; schools, kindergartens, child care centers and department store will be mask-free
America United States 1.214 people have been killed in the first weeks of 2023, including 120 children, and 39 mass shootings occurred; the Gun Violence Archive, a not-for-profit research group, warns the figure will increase to thousands for the ready availability of weapons
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The annual Prostate screening, organized by Nevis health promotion, took place after two years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and registered pre-pandemic participants’ numbers
Africa Ethiopia According to data compiled by Quartz, the country lost $145,8 million due to government-imposed internet blackouts in 2022 that directly harmed over one million people
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