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
Asia Palestine Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye called on Britain to recognise the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital and to take serious measures against settlements
Africa Botswana Local diamond producers registered higher demand and higher prices this year thank to a stable world demand and the contingency of sanctions on diamonds from Russia
Asia Turkey Aşıklar Şelalesi (The Lovers' Waterfall), located in the western province of İzmir, has been declared a 'sensitive area to be strictly protected', by a presidential decree announced in the official gazette
Asia Philippines The country won a seat on the UN Telecommunication Union Council, vowing to promote the national agenda in line with the international push for digital adoption
Europe Portugal Supreme National Defence Council unanimously approved a 'new mission in the Mediterranean', a redeployment of Portuguese forces deployed in 2022, and also addressed 'Portugal's support for Ukraine'
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The 55 new deputies elected on 25 September will take office on 22 November, as confirmed by the Secretary of the Council of Assembly
Africa Seychelles Fishermen from Cascade and Pointe Larue will start using a new market from next week, after the official opening of the Cascade fishing facilities, funded under the EU-Seychelles Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement
Africa Tunisia Tunisia's central bank raised its key interest rate by 25 bps to 7,25% to combat inflation, the second hike in five months
Oceania Solomon Islands A total of 35 women from Malatoha and Belaha, in central Guadalcanal, will take part in a training in the frame of the Gender Action Plan for the Tina River Hydroelectric Development Project
Europe Romania Minister of Justice, Cătălin Predoiu, stated that it was important for the government to adopt the draft amendments to the justice laws in the autumn of this year, because "the essential objective" of the executive is accession to the Schengen area
America Uruguay President Luis Lacalle Pou’s head of personal security was recently indicted for his alleged participation in a forgery scheme that helped Russians obtain Uruguayan passports to flee their country
Asia Tajikistan The three-day Regional Forum - Meeting of heads of emergency authorities in Central Asia ended yesterday in the Tajik capital Dushanbe
Africa Rwanda A local court on Wednesday acquitted three journalists detained for four years for allegedly spreading fake news, in a case that rights groups called a farce