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
America Barbados Commonwealth Games Barbados has announced a team of 65 members, 42 females and 23 males, who will compete in Birmingham, England in 12 disciplines, including athletics, boxing, cricket and netball
America Dominica The Government of Dominica has launched the Future Homes Programme, through which it will build homes for sale to people employed in the public and private sectors to give young citizens access to affordable and resilient housing
Asia Afghanistan The United Nations Development Programme has signed a $20 million partnership agreement with the World Bank to support humanitarian, economic and social development initiatives in all eight regions and 34 provinces of Afghanistan
Africa Central African Republic President Touadera received Italian diplomats as Italy formally asked the Central African Republic to support its bid to host the Universal Expo 2030
Asia Lebanon Employees of the two Lebanese state-owned news organisations, National News Agency (NNA) and Radio Lebanon, have launched a two-day strike to protest against deteriorating working and living conditions
Africa Madagascar The World Bank has approved the second phase of the Programme for Improving Nutrition Outcomes through the multiphase programme approach to continue helping Madagascar address stunting in children
Europe Hungary The European Commission has referred Hungary to the EU Court of Justice, accusing Budapest of restricting sexual rights and press freedom
Asia Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov gave instructions to modernise the existing tax system into an electronic system
America El Salvador The UN is going to conduct a special mission in the country in order to evaluate the current emergency situation that is causing thousands of inmate deaths
Asia Azerbaijan Today Baku will host the Azerbaijan Design Summit-2022, a meeting place for established designers, artists and design novices; an international poster competition will be held as part of the Azerbaijan Design Summit-2022
Asia Japan The decision to hold a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving in Japan’s history who was assassinated on 8 July, has been met with mixed reactions, with critics questioning the use of state money to fund the ceremony
Europe Albania Mass protests rocked the capital this week, with thousands of people taking to the streets to demand the resignation of Socialist Party Prime Minister Edi Rama and his government
Europe Belgium A budget of €2 million has been approved to scale up a project involving offshore floating solar panels at sea; if successful, Belgium would be the first country in the world to do this