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%
America El Salvador The state has ordered the destruction of the luxury tombs of Mara Salvatrucha members - an international gang involved in drug and human smuggling - as a way to completely erase the memory of such criminals from the country
America Paraguay Due to rising prices and the ongoing drought in the country, this year meat exports have decreased by approximately 40%
Asia Bangladesh Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division said a new curriculum is being developed for bus drivers to make them aware of good manners and code of conduct in an effort to end sexual harassment in public transport
Africa Eritrea President William Ruto of the Republic of Kenya arrived in Asmara yesterday for a two-day official visit at the invitation of President Isaias Afwerki to discuss bilateral agreements
Asia Brunei Brunei's business sentiment index stood at 49,9 in October 2022; overall, private sector firms were slightly pessimistic about their business conditions in October 2022 compared to the previous month
Europe Albania Prosecution in Tirana on Wednesday requests arrest of five public administration staffers related to Iranian hackers' recent cyber-attacks on public institutions
Africa Guinea "Bassari" community is one of the ethnic minorities that make up Guinea and they are often victims of "discrimination" and "rejection" in some public services in Conakry and in urban areas because of their patronymic, often considered non-Guinean
America Guyana As a way to bridge the gender gap and have more female home-owners, the government this year issued real estate properties to over 8.000 women
Africa Burundi In 2023, the country expects to repatriate at least 70.000 Burundians from East African Community countries, in particular from Tanzania, Uganda, the DR Congo and Rwanda, according to an inspector general at Burundian Ministry of Repatriation
Asia North Korea Seoul has proposed amending a law on North Korean defectors to require the Unification Ministry to investigate refugees suspected of committing "serious crimes"
Asia Jordan A source at the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army said the Royal Jordanian Navy on Thursday foiled an attempt to infiltrate and smuggle a large amount of narcotics through Jordanian territorial waters
Asia Cambodia Until November, the Directorate-General for Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Prevention found almost 1.000 non-compliant petrol stations and fuel depots, confiscating more than 23 tonnes of defective products with banned chemicals or expired
America Bahamas A new 36-acre yacht club will be built on Elizabeth Island, a private area in the Bahamas, which will be 100 per cent solar-powered and carbon-neutral; much of the resort will be built on piers to avoid land excavation