Asia Palestine Painter and sculptor Sliman Mansour, one of the most prominent names in Palestinian art, has died at the age of 79 at his home in the Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem; his work depicted Palestinian traditions and people's struggles under Israeli occupation
Europe Spain Earlier this month, Deoleo group reported that its profits in the first half of the year registered -57% on the first half of 2021, a drop of millions of dollars that brings the company in line with the 6 years negative pre-covid results
Africa Zimbabwe The government has removed, with immediate effect, the requirement for fully vaccinated persons to wear masks in public
Asia Palestine The country has resumed intensive efforts and contacts with the blocs and members of the UN Security Council in an attempt to achieve full UN membership, said its permanent representative to the UN
Asia Yemen The head of Yemen's Supreme Political Council has warned the Saudi-led coalition that if the war and siege against the Yemeni people continues, a barrage of missiles and drones will be unleashed against them
America Haiti The country recalled the destructive 7,2 magnitude earthquake of 14 August 2021, which killed more than 2.200 people and destroyed or damaged more than 137.000 homes, as well as hospitals, schools and vital transport infrastructure
Asia Nepal Nepali Congress president Deuba has appointed 10 women as members of the party's Central Working Committee
Asia Syria The Minister of the Syrian Municipal Administration and the head of displaced persons of the Lebanese Interim Government discussed several issues to ensure the safe and speedy return of Syrian refugees
Europe Lithuania The country will launch five training courses for Ukrainian military personnel this month, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said
Africa Botswana Ntlo Ya Dikgosi members of parliament unanimously backed the bill to increase the membership of parliament from 57 to 61
Asia Cambodia A new initiative to support Cambodia’s criminal justice responders investigate and prosecute human trafficking crimes has been announced by USAID
America El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has publicly admitted that throughout the country’s ongoing state of emergency several unjust arrests have been done, so prisons have released approximately 800 wrongly convicted inmates
Europe Moldova The management of the Customs Service, together with representatives of USAID Moldova and experts from USAID's MISRA programme, made a visit on Tuesday to examine the mobile workspaces that will be offered by USAID for the single check at the EU border