Asia Mongolia A 40-metre replica of Japan’s historic Illustrated Account of the Mongol Invasions was donated to Mongolia by a Japanese collector; The replica, depicting the Yuan dynasty’s invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281, will be housed at the Kharakhorum Museum
America Bolivia People have taken to the streets to protest the government ban on exports as it is affecting local businesses; as a result, the government has complied and resumed all exports
Asia Syria Syria's volleyball team scored a second victory, overcoming their Saudi counterparts at the second match of the West Asian Volleyball Women Championship held in Jordan
Asia Kazakhstan Presidential elections are being held in the country on Sunday and the Vice-President of the University Board Narikbayev KAZGUU described elections as the 'most effective tool of democracy'
Europe Russia A Dutch court has found three men guilty of murdering the 298 people on board flight MH17, which was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile as it flew over eastern Ukraine in 2014
Europe Serbia Twenty-six civil society organisations from Kosovo and Serbia expressed their support for NGO activist Miodrag Milicevic, a Serb who accused an officer of the Kosovo Police special unit of mistreating and assaulting him
Asia Brunei The governments of the Philippines and Brunei recently forged religious cooperation ties for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
Europe Iceland In 2022, blood was taken from 4.141 mares to produce the hormone eCG/PMSG, a total of around 24.000 times in 90 establishments; the amount of blood collected was a quarter less than in 2021 due to a decrease of breeders performing transfusions
America Belize Hundreds of national farmers have all come together to volunteer to go to Belize City in order to clean up and aid the people affected by Hurricane Lisa
Europe Monaco Given last year's success, City Hall is proposing the drone show, which will last about 12 minutes to celebrate National Day on Saturday 19 November, with 200 luminous drones flying over the Prince's Palace and the night sky tonight, Friday 18 November
America Bahamas Hexagon AB revealed in a press release that its subsidiary R-evolution has been chosen to provide intelligent mapping of the Bahamian seabed in an effort to ensure the protection, conservation and restoration of the country's blue carbon ecosystems
Asia Nepal Around 400 kg of plastic ropes have been left on Everest area last climbing season, remaining there for decades; as there is no policy to bring them down, 50 tons of climbing ropes are estimated to lie buried under the snow, polluting mountains
Africa Burkina Faso EU humanitarian airlift for the people of Burkina Faso was launched in Ouagadougou on 11 November to deliver up to 800 tonnes of emergency supplies to the hardest-to-reach areas over the next three months
Europe Germany In record time, the first terminal of floating storage and regasification units was completed to organise more LNG import capacity; it is the first of five new German FSRU landing sites