Asia Syria Hundreds of Kurdish students in Hassakeh and Kobani refused to enter their classrooms as the 2026–27 school year began, protesting a decision that reduces Kurdish-language instruction to three periods per week, demanding the decision be reversed
Europe Ireland Dublin-based airline Ryanair has announced the removal of the controversial Afrikaans language test for South African passengers, introduced to identify passengers with forged passports bound for the UK
Africa Sudan The wheat crop is at risk of going to waste after the country's cash-strapped government backed out of a promise to buy it at a bargain price
Africa Togo The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will provide Togo and nine other African countries with hands-on training to help their top-level registries compete in the domain sector
Europe Albania The ruling Albanian party will vote on the resolution on the Srebrenica genocide after the previous rejection generated much outrage
Africa Benin Possessors of fetishes will soon be counted in Natitingou, in the department of Atacora, following an initiative set up by a committee of hounnongan - traditional priests - and following the recent sacrifice of a boy to a fetish in Wikne
Europe Austria Receiving less gas from Gazprom, the government held an emergency meeting to signal a return to coal-fired power, which the country phased out in 2020
Europe Romania The government adopted a bill to purchase 32 used F-16 fighters from Norway; the aircraft will be upgraded in a Romanian factory and should be used for at least 10 years as a transition period to the acquisition of fifth-generation fighters
Asia Syria Bashar Assad's regime and its main supporter Russia are considered responsible for 91% of the death toll since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011 - around 228.000 people have been killed, reported the Syrian Network for Human Rights
America Uruguay The privatisation of internet has been officially approved, thus allowing for the first time non-state firms to operate in the market for internet provision
Africa Madagascar The works on the RN13 have been started and the go-ahead was given in Ambovombe, by President of the Republic Andry Rajoelina, as part of his visit to the Androy region, after decades of the population suffering from the poor condition of the road
Asia China East China's Jiangxi province has stepped up its emergency flood control response in the wake of heavy rains over the weekend that affected thousands of people in the province
Asia Kuwait The number of foreign workers in Kuwait decreased by about 134.000 at the end of last year compared to 2020, according to official figures
Africa Liberia Girls Get Equal-Liberia has called on parents, religious and traditional leaders, government and stakeholders to eliminate the practice of early marriage and discourage it to ensure girls gain more equality