Oceania Marshall Islands The fish aggregation devices FADs that fishing boats use to make catches easier, lately equipped with satellite communications gear to pinpoint location, are now being built by drug cartels that wrap packs of cocaine and radio transponders to trace troves
Africa Comoros Independence Day is celebrated today in the country, a public holiday observed on 6 July each year to commemorate the country's independence from France in 1975
Asia Mongolia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Mongolia's leaders during a trip to Asia to seek support amid his country's sanctions and diplomatic isolation by the West
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The Director General of the São Tomé and Príncipe Maritime and Port Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Lisbon with his Portuguese counterparts strengthening cooperation with several Portuguese institutions in the sector
Europe Bulgaria Moscow's embassy in Sofia has stopped issuing tourist visas for Bulgarians and will only allow travel to the country to people who have direct relatives in Russia; the country expelled 70 Russian diplomats last week
Africa eSwatini The online newspaper Swaziland News and its editor Zweli Dlamini have been labelled as "terrorist entities" by the government, accused of inciting "violence, burning of public and state property, seizure of state power and overthrow of government"
Oceania Papua New Guinea Voters went to the polls for elections, heavily guarded by 10.000 police and army personnel; in the country millions live in poverty despite vast mineral and energy wealth
Europe Ukraine Ukrainian authorities reported that 1.200 schools have been destroyed since the start of the war on 24 February
Africa Central African Republic The country officially launched its own cryptocurrency, the Sango, and the future 'first African crypto-hub' with 'zero taxation', two months after making its country the second in the world to adopt bitcoin as its official currency
Africa Equatorial Guinea The Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea celebrated the 36th anniversary of its founding on 4 July with various activities
Asia East Timor Cabinet Office Minister Magalhaes believes that the economy "urgently needs to grow" for the state to consolidate and expand the social security system, in the face of "finite and limited resources" and increasing pressure on public spending
Asia Iran Iran's decision to produce drones for Tajikistan, a country with strong cultural and ethnic ties to Tehran, marks a major milestone for the country; the drone factory in Tajikistan will be its first offshore weapons production facility
America Guatemala Due to the national airport’s recent disorganisation, heavy traffic, and lack of personnel, the Tourism Chamber has implemented an emergency board for the airport in order to address such urgent matters caused by an increasing amount of tourism
Europe Czech Republic The limitations of the European defence industry are due to strict regulations, a lack of raw materials and the inability to apply research results in practice, said Jiří Hynek, representative of the Czech arms industry