Europe Vatican City “Within Your Gates: The Forum for the Universal Vocation of Jerusalem” is born: the interdisciplinary forum is promoted by Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and developed in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame
Oceania Kiribati The country stunned its neighbours and the world by abruptly withdrawing from the Pacific Islands Forum on 10 July, with many believing China was behind the move with serious security and environmental implications
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
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
Europe Hungary The Hungarian women's sabre team won the gold medal at the Fencing World Championships in Cairo, for the first time in the women's sabre team or individual event
Oceania New Zealand Air New Zealand is increasing flights and using larger aircraft to cope with the backlog of customers after widespread disruptions during the school holidays, but it could still be days before the airline recovers from the series of cancellations
Africa Tunisia The referendum in which the draft of the new Constitution is to be voted on is being held today; the President, in an open letter addressed to the population, had urged people to vote yes
Europe Monaco A French-Monegasque man, born as a female, has just had his sex changed in his civil status registers in Monaco after undergoing surgery in France, the first time a gender change has been recognised in the ocuntry
Asia Armenia A delegation led by the president of the United Nations General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, will be on a working visit to Armenia from tomorrow 26 July to 29
Europe Kosovo Two years after illegal diggers unearthed an ancient sarcophagus in the south, authorities apparently didn’t take action to preserve the carved stone coffin or investigate the site around it
Oceania Vanuatu After eight rounds of voting, Mr. Nikenike Vurobaravu has been elected 12th President of the Republic of Vanuatu
Asia Nepal The state-owned telecommunications company stated that the 5G trial will be delayed for another few months after blocking trials of the new mobile network technology for a year
Asia Mongolia To carry out the autumn harvest on time, the competent ministers took organisational measures to involve vocational training students, cadets, military personnel and other citizens in the voluntary harvesting work
Africa Mozambique Thousands of Mozambicans who sought refuge in Malawi during the tropical storm earlier this year are returning to their country