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
Europe Germany Financial incentives to buy electric cars will be reduced next year after an agreement within the governing coalition, as the vehicles' growing popularity makes government subsidies unnecessary
Asia Kyrgyzstan Retirement age is to remain unchanged, Social Fund chairman said, though in the country every working person accounts for a pensioner
Africa Mauritania An improved 775km road will connect Zouerate with Tindouf, Algeria, following an agreement between the respective administrations of both countries; it is not know if the link will pass through the territory of Western Sahara
Asia Palestine Family members of the Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh met US Secretary of State in Washington to renew their demands for justice and stress the need for a ‘US investigation that leads to real accountability’
Europe Lithuania The country would be planning to open a trade representative office in Taipei, Asian media reported
Asia Kuwait In an initiative to cut paperwork, the country intends to switch to electronic checking of police documents provided by new expatriates prior to their arrival in the country for work or to reunite with family, starting with India
Asia Maldives Maldivian Democratic Party kicked off a campaign on Monday to provide information to Malé residents applying for housing opportunities, including 3.000 land and 4.000 flats
Asia Myanmar The country has carried out its first executions in 50 years, including democracy activists and Phyo Zeya Thaw, a 41-year-old former lawmaker who was convicted in January by a closed military court
Asia Israel Plans to build over 700 homes beyond the Green Line in East Jerusalem were briefly suspended due to US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories earlier this month
Africa Lesotho General elections will be held on 7 October, in the last round of elections, announced after King Letsie III dissolved parliament, in line with the country’s procedures
Asia Iraq Iran and Iraq announced plans to collaborate on a film project on ISIS that will depict a significant part of the two countries' fight against ISIS, based on historical facts
Africa Gabon With Gabon's accession to the Commonwealth, the hopes of its small startup scene that British and American funds may soon start considering the Central African country have been boosted
Asia Lebanon Miss Lebanon contest has now finally elected a new Miss, after having been suspended for 3 years due to political instability caused by the 2019 national protests, pandemic, massive 4/08/2020 Beirut explosion and financial collapse