America Bolivia 77 gold bars seized at Viru Viru Airport in compliance with a court order have been delivered to the Central Bank of Bolivia; the total weight recorded during the valuation process is 189.503,9 grams with an average purity over 90%
Europe Estonia The Tallinn municipal administration has issued EUR 270.000 in fines to its road maintenance partners, claiming that snow removal standards were not met
Asia East Timor East Timor and Australia signed a $73,4 million financing agreement for the development of President Nicolau Lobato International Airport
Asia Syria UN chief has warned in a new report that millions of Syrians may not survive the winter if aid deliveries from Turkey to the rebel-controlled northwest are not renewed next month, in a frame of progressive worsening of the dire humanitarian situation
America Guatemala The eruption of the volcano Fuego, one of the most active in Central America, forced authorities to close the country's largest airport and major highways because of ashes spewed and flowing lava
Asia Yemen Houthis have enforced a controversial code of conduct for government workers in regions they control, requiring thousands to declare allegiance to the group
America Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has announced his interest in resuming diplomatic relations with neighbouring Brazil after years of interruption as Brazil's elected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is about to take office
America Bahamas Food distribution non-profit organization Hands for Hunger Executive Director Keisha Ellis said soaring costs are contributing to a growing need for food in Bahamian society that outpaces charitable efforts
Asia Pakistan United Nations said emergency food aid for flood-ravaged communities in Pakistan will run out in January, after a funding appeal received only a third of its target
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Commercial Court announced that assets subject to foreclosure will be put up for public auction
America Panama The government has begun planning a project to nearly double its power transmission, which includes also nearly doubling its hydro, wind and solar projects for this upcoming year
Asia Bhutan By July next year, the country should have a national tourism policy and implement it; according to Director General of the Bhutan Tourism Council, the final draft of the policy will be ready by this month
Europe Greece Greece has repaid ahead of schedule €2,7 billion in loans owed to eurozone countries as part of the first bailout it received during its decade-long debt crisis, a Finance Ministry official said