Oceania Marshall Islands The fish aggregation devices FADs that fishing boats use to make catches easier, lately equipped with satellite communications gear to pinpoint location, are now being built by drug cartels that wrap packs of cocaine and radio transponders to trace troves
Africa Ivory Coast The country's ambassador to South Africa, Sakaria Kone, recalled what makes the country attractive to investors after the two states took steps and entered into 10 agreements to strengthen bilateral ties
Asia Afghanistan The number of members of the Islamic State terrorist organisation in Afghanistan has increased threefold to 6.000 since the Taliban came to power last year, said Zamir Kabulov, head of the second Asian department of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Africa Burundi The government has sent its forces and members of the ruling civil youth party on a clandestine mission to fight armed Burundian opposition groups in neighbouring DRC, with the Burundi Human Rights Initiative (BHRI) showing its concern
Africa Republic of the Congo The results of the general baccalaureate, June session, once again rank the department of Pointe-Noire in last place in the country, with a 28,97% success rate
Europe Russia "We have been informed that more than 75.000 Russians have been killed or wounded, which is huge," Elissa Slotkin, a Democratic House representative who had previously attended a secret US government briefing, told CNN
America Uruguay This year, the country has had the highest rate increase in the world of locals remotely hired in international companies
Oceania Australia The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation has recommended the monkeypox vaccine for key risk groups, including gays, bisexuals and men who have sex with men who are at high risk of exposure
America Bolivia The country has signed an agreement with Cuba to deepen their cooperation regarding the biopharmaceutical industry, consisting in Cuba training Bolivian personnel for the production of medicins
Africa Namibia Executive director of Ministry of Health and Social Services said that although progress has been made in recent years to improve health outcomes, more needs to be done, not least to address disparities found between different segments of the population
Asia Laos New images of hundreds of trees in forest areas between the Ngime and Hia rivers that had been felled led Authorities in Xayaboury to discover that illegal logs were being harvested and processed in Phaing district
Africa Algeria On a visit to Damascus to meet Syrian President, foreign minister called for Syria's return to the Arab League; next November, the country will host the next summit of the Arab League, which expelled and imposed sanctions on Syria in 2011
America Guatemala A maple leaf sculpture that celebrates the country’s 60-year diplomatic relationship with Canada, representing their bond and cooperation, has been officially inaugurated