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%
Oceania Kiribati The Kiribati government has further escalated its campaign against the judiciary, suspending the three senior judges remaining in the country after they blocked the deportation of High Court judge and Australian citizen David Lambourne
Africa Ethiopia The US will send a special envoy to Ethiopia to call for an end to fighting in the northern Tigray region and has condemned neighbouring Eritrea for re-entering the conflict
Africa Sudan The Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) is continuing to work to meet all requests made by international institutions to meet the foreign currency needs of their customers
Africa Burundi Burundi's National Assembly approved the candidacy of Gervais Ndirakobuca as Burundi's new prime minister, with a unanimous vote
Asia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia's central bank has appointed Mohsen AlZahrani to head its virtual assets and digital currencies programme, as the Kingdom ventures with its potential crypto ambitions
Europe Portugal The commission charged with charting a way out of Portugal's midwifery crisis will propose closing more maternity units, given the lack of obstetricians and gynaecologists in the state health system
Asia Syria The foreign minister stated that his country "prefers not to raise" the issue of regaining the Arab League seat during the bloc's next summit in Algeria in November
Asia Turkmenistan The Turkmenistan authorities have approached Turkey 'with a request to introduce a visa regime of various categories for citizens of Turkmenistan on a temporary basis' to improve and maintain special rules for Turkmen citizens
Europe Lithuania Around 100 German soldiers arrived in Lithuania, following Berlin's pledge to strengthen its military presence on NATO's eastern flank in the wake of Russia's military incursion into Ukraine
Europe Latvia Figures published by Latvia's Central Statistical Office show that industrial production fell by 2,9% in July 2022 compared to July 2021, with the decline also due to a reduction in the volume of electricity produced by combined heat and power plants
Africa Senegal The Tara Océan Foundation's laboratory ship arrived in Senegal, the last stop of the Microbiomes mission studying how microorganisms in the ocean form the first links in the food chain, essential for capturing carbon emissions
Europe Slovenia On Monday evening, several hundred people marched through Ljubljana in support of victims of sexual violence, following revelations of alleged rampant sexual abuse by the owner of the Fotopub contemporary art gallery and recently deceased prominent artist
Europe Romania French Ambassador Laurence Auer expressed her country's companies' readiness for a partnership in the field of civil nuclear energy to support Romania's energy transition