Africa Eritrea The Arbaete Asmara sub-zone has been declared free of female genital mutilation after authorities verification that followed years of local monitoring, community reporting systems and coordinated action by health workers and local administrations
America Bahamas PM Philip Davis has addresses a push for general election following the death of environment minister Miller
America Belize Belize, along with Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, has signed a free movement deal allowing citizens to live and work in each other’s countries without visas or permits, expanding prior Caricom mobility rights
Asia Indonesia Land once home to villagers has been overtaken by Indonesia’s new MotoGP circuit in Lombok, part of a mega tourism zone; dozens of Sasak community families were evicted, and compensation has been described as woefully low
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The Bosnian Serb strongman has named Sinasa Karan as his candidate for the November 23 presidential elections in the Serb-led entity, finally acknowledging his court conviction and exclusion from office in August
Asia Singapore A Micron Technology “Made-in-Singapore” flash-memory chip is seeing rising demand amid the generative-AI boom; Around 98 % of Micron Technology high-end NAND production is in Singapore, making the island the company’s global NAND Centre of Excellence
America Antigua and Barbuda A urgent dispatch with warnings ad alerts has been issued over high swells causing very hazardous conditions on North/north-facing coastlines; threat level to life, livelihood, property and infrastructure is high, with the potential for extensive impacts
Europe Luxembourg Grand Duke Guillaume swore the sovereign’s oath in Luxembourg’s parliament to ascend to the throne of Luxembourg in a traditional ceremony attended by royals and European heads of state
Africa Burkina Faso The number of roadside checkpoints across the country have been reduced from 385 to just 40 on 15 main roads in an effort to improve traffic flow and combat harassment; checkpoint outside of this new framework will be considered illegal
Africa Algeria 17.385 projects have been registered so far with the Algerian Investment Promotion Agency with a goal of reaching 20.000 by 2029, that could create 420.000 direct jobs
Africa Angola The 2025/2026 higher education academic year was inaugurated in in the province of Cuanza-Norte in a ceremony led by the Minister of State for Social Affairs under the motto "Higher Education 50 Years: From Massification, Quality, and Excellence"
Europe Andorra The weekend in Ordino is dedicated to dance, with the fifth edition of the Contradans festival that opened with a various, high quality program
Europe Latvia Hundreds protested against looming Latvian U-turn on Istanbul Convention, saying that exiting the Convention, would give the country an international civil rights reputation similar to that of Turkey the only to have signed up and then exited
Europe Belarus Repurposing of agricultural land will be prohibited, no lands from the agricultural land pool will be allocated for construction or plots; this especially applies many abandoned and unused plots in small communities, Belarus media reported