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 Kenya Only around 26.000 mortgages are issued annually; the limited access to affordable finance, high cost of land, low income and credit risk make it difficult for an ordinary employee to access a mortgage at the current rates
Asia Bahrain Over 1.000 tourists and residents visited the Ahmed Al Fateh Islamic Centre at the Grand Mosque during the Eid Al Adha open house; the event came back after two years and focused on peace and coexistence
America Trinidad and Tobago Scrap Iron Dealers Association President Allan Ferguson was emotionally close to the Petit Bourg, San Juan paople as he apologized to the nation after the theft of a bell from the St John’s Anglican Church
Europe Luxembourg A petition calling for every Luxembourg worker, including cross-border employees, to be able to work from home two days a week has received over 9.000 signatures and it is now likely to be debated in parliament
Oceania Solomon Islands Western Provincial capital of Gizo is once again being faced with one of its decade-long problems of water shortage, now presenting even more challenge for residents each day as short rains aren’t enough to fill the home tanks nor the wells
Oceania New Zealand Most of the country woke up to severe frost and freezing temperatures as low as -10C yesterday
America Mexico The state has declared a drought emergency to enable authorities to take special measures to guarantee water supplies in affected areas, which will include holders of water concessions for agricultural or industrial use providing water to third parties
America Guatemala To increase the quality of cocoa production, president Alejandro Giammattei inaugurated a cocoa profit centre, that will help producers by establishing price floors on the good and providing them fiscal advice
Africa Lesotho Lesotho and Namibia have launched campaigns to allow citizens to re-register their SIM cards with their biometric data and digital IDs, becoming the latest countries to join the trend that is rapidly gaining momentum across Africa
Europe Montenegro After Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic inaugurated the first phase of the Bar-Boljare motorway on Wednesday, watchdog organisations called on the authorities to reveal its exact cost and to investigate any linked corruption
Asia Iraq Hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslim supporters of al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad for mass Friday prayers
Europe Belgium Federal government has extended a reduction of excise duty on diesel and gasoline to the end of the year to provide relief to consumers in the face of soaring energy prices - the measure was first intended until September
Oceania Fiji New Zealand's Prime Minister has announced $12,6 million in funding for the Equal Opportunities Action Programme that will help the nation address broader issues such as child poverty reduction