Asia United Arab Emirates Emirates customers made over one million connections to Starlink Wi-Fi in seven months, using more than one petabyte of data through the satellite internet service accessible free onboard aircraft in the fleet
Asia Azerbaijan The country has warned the EU that it will be able to match the Eu wish to double fuel exports to the bloc if it gets funding for its pipelines and long-term contracts
Asia Brunei Social enterprise Big BWN Project is collaborating with online news publisher The Scoop to run the ASEAN Digital Literacy Programme, a region-wide initiative to curb online disinformation in South East Asia
Africa Tunisia The 33rd edition of the Carthage Film Festival finishes today in the Tunisian capital, with 72 countries represented and over 40 films
Africa eSwatini Board of Directors of African Development Bank Group recently approved the interim report on the implementation of the Bank's Country Strategy Document 2020-2024 for Eswatini and Country Portfolio Performance 2022
Africa Liberia Liberia's fifth national population and housing census, the first digital, has been postponed from 24 October to 22 November
Asia Qatar More than 50.000 people have been trained to ensure security during the World Cup, in line with FIFA standards, and international security personnel will operate under a unified Qatari command
Asia Cyprus The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises warned against the ‘dangers’ posed by short-term rentals, asking to regulate the practice in line with a number of European countries
Africa Uganda Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng visited the new Ebola treatment centre, built by the charity Doctors Without Borders, along with US Ambassador to Uganda Natali Brown and other health agency officials
Asia Uzbekistan The city of Samarkand is hosting the second Uzbekistan Economic Forum on 3-4 November, which is bringing together some of the world's leading economists, influential investors and international experts
Africa Senegal The news of an agreement between Ministry of Environment and a controversial Niger arms dealer - trafficker, according to some voices - for $77 million for purchase of military equipment is causing controversy
Europe Switzerland Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, representing the Swiss government, has denied the possibility of Germany sending Swiss-made war material to Kiev, for which express authorisation from Bern is required
Oceania Marshall Islands Tuna transhipments continued at a slow pace in September, with 14 carried out last month bringing the annual total to over 200 - the second year in a row showing a rebound from 2020
Asia Bahrain Pope Francis will travel to Bahrain on Thursday for the first time ever, to attend a government-sponsored conference on dialogue between East and West and to minister to the tiny local Catholic community