Asia North Korea Experience gained by North Korean forces on the battlefields of the Russia-Ukraine war imposes changes in the security calculus on the Korean Peninsula, as NK troops have been exposed to the technology and tactics of modern warfare, UN Commander reveals
Africa Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe Immigration Federation has petitioned the court to stop the scrapping of exemption permits that allow many citizens to reside in South Africa
Europe Spain According to official data, there are 5,5 million foreigners living in the country; the recently approved reform of the Immigration Law, that will be released in mid-August, solves several dysfunctions in the system to allow people to work and regularise
Africa South Sudan The United Nations condemned clashes between rebel forces and the South Sudan People's Defence Forces SSPDF in the oil-rich Unity State in the north of the country
Africa Tanzania In Tanzania, an estimated three out of every 10 women are married as children, making the country the eleventh largest in the world in terms of the number of child brides; the country has joined with UNICEF to put an end to this practice
Africa Morocco The 7th Jidar-Rabat Street Art Festival will close today, with works of nine international artists created on nine walls
Asia South Korea A proposal to allow all children to enter elementary school at 5 years old, starting from 2025 has been met with support and criticism from the education sector and would require amending the country’s education law
Oceania Tonga Landscape surveys will be carried out by Royal New Zealand Navy hydrographers aboard HMNZS Matataua traveling to Tonga this August
Africa Sierra Leone In early July, the Cabinet approved a decision to draft a law conferring a constitutional right to safe abortion, which has yet to be passed
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu National Olympic Committee Secretary-General Elu Tataua, who is accompanying the country's six athletes to England, said it was a privilege to participate in the Commonwealth Games
Africa Togo Lomé plans to pay CFA 270 billion (€411,5 million) in salaries to state agents by 2025 as stated in the multi-year economic and budget document (DPBEP)
America Guyana The state signed a memorandum of understanding with EXIM Bank - the US export and import facilitation agency - worth US$2 billion that will help American firms to participate in large business opportunities in Guyana
Asia Uzbekistan The Electricity Sector Transformation and Resilient Transmission Project was officially launched in Tashkent and will help improve the performance of the National Electricity Grid JSC to ensure reliable energy supplies
Asia Tajikistan Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged the Tajik authorities to release four independent journalists who have criticised the government and are currently detained on alleged charges of links to extremist organisations