Europe United Kingdom A wave of far-right anti-migrant sentiment is sweeping across the UK and a protest in Portsmouth was marked by violent incidents; around 500 hooded people besieged the port, disrupted ferry terminals after learning of the landing of 140 migrants
Europe Lithuania The country recorded an increase in agricultural and food exports despite the war in Ukraine, mainly due to the increase in the cost of exported agricultural and food products; exports to Russia and Belarus increased by 10% and 14% respectively
Oceania Vanuatu Vanuatu's push for the ICJ to protect vulnerable nations from climate change has received the support of 1.500 civil society organisations from over 130 countries as it heads towards a crucial vote at the UN General Assembly later this year
Asia Afghanistan Several dozen women's rights activists marched through the streets of Kabul, despite intimidation by officers, against a Taliban order making it compulsory for women to wear the full burqa, including a face veil, when in public
Africa Central African Republic The country is the second in the world after El Salvador to have made bitcoin official as legal tender, a choice considered risky for the very low access to the Internet - 11% of the population - and even to electricity
Asia Jordan Pillars of the ancient city of Jerash were vandalized last weekend with black spray paint; one of the best preserved Roman cities in the world, it's the 2nd most visited destination in Jordan after Petra
Africa Benin The Beninese government plans to achieve a national electricity coverage rate of 75% by 2025, an average between the 50% to be reached in rural areas and 90% in urban areas
Africa Comoros 13 years after a plane crashed off the coast of the country on 30/06/09, the trial opened in Paris; Assoumani, head of the victims' families' association, said that states involved - such as Yemen and France - didn't cooperate any faster
Africa Rwanda Former senior Rwandan official Laurent Bucyibaruta has gone on trial in Paris accused of complicity in the African nation's genocide, the highest figure yet to face justice in France over the 1994 massacres
Africa Sudan The national dialogue planned to resolve the political crisis plaguing the country was postponed at the last minute for undisclosed reasons
Asia Iraq Iraqi artist Wijdan al-Majed is transforming Baghdad's concrete walls into a city full of colour with murals depicting well-known figures
Africa Ivory Coast Under the motto "Let's act fast!", the COP15 against desertification kicked off on Monday in Abidjan in the presence of several African heads of state, seeking to take concrete action against rapid land degradation and respond to the climate emergency
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The number of Roman Catholics in the country, most of whom are ethnic Croats, has more than halved from 30 years ago, falling to just 350.000, the bishops warned, denouncing a particularly difficult situation in Republika Srpska