Asia Thailand Rubella has been eliminated in Thailand as a public health threat, achieving the WHO criteria for interruption of endemic transmission; imported cases is now the key concern, especially for infections during pregnancy
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
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
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
Africa Equatorial Guinea After a month of debate to choose between four proposals submitted to Equatorial Guinea for the implementation of the online visa, VFS-GLOBAL, a leading Swiss outsourcing and technology company, was selected
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
Asia Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov gave instructions to modernise the existing tax system into an electronic system
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
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
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 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 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 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
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