Asia Palestine Painter and sculptor Sliman Mansour, one of the most prominent names in Palestinian art, has died at the age of 79 at his home in the Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem; his work depicted Palestinian traditions and people's struggles under Israeli occupation
Europe Hungary The European Commission has referred Hungary to the EU Court of Justice, accusing Budapest of restricting sexual rights and press freedom
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
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
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
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 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
Asia Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov gave instructions to modernise the existing tax system into an electronic system
Africa Ghana George Graham, CEO of Pryme, with his label EZ Streets Record is set to inject $10m into the Ghanaian music industry to make it more attractive to other investors and encourage emerging talent to be more creative with their craft
Europe Belarus President Lukashenko took part in the opening ceremony of the XXXI International Arts Festival 'Slavianski Bazaar' in Vitebsk, the fourth largest city in Belarus, on Thursday evening
Europe Ukraine The UN International Court of Justice in The Hague could open a hearing on the merits of the case accusing Russia of genocide against Ukrainians next autumn
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
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 Sri Lanka Sri Lankan lawmakers have gathered to begin choosing a new leader for the remainder of the term abandoned by the president, who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests over the country's economic collapse