Asia Bahrain 394.000 visitors have been registered in state-run heritage sites in January-August 2026, with the Bahrain Fort accounting for 246.409, nearly two thirds of the total, and foreign visitors prevailed with the presence of 187.567 people
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Katya Aragão has been selected in the list of top 20 emerging filmmakers for Netflix and UNESCO's African Folk Tales
Asia Bahrain Radio Bahrain 96,5, operated by Radio Bahrain Company, wholly owned by Mumtalakat, the sovereign wealth fund of the Bahraini government, has unveiled its new identity as part of its development strategy reflecting the evolution of radio
Europe Austria The country will challenge the European Commission's decision to give a sustainable finance label to investments in nuclear power, as stated by the Environment Minister
Europe Belarus The Institute of Physical-Organic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences presented unique materials and technologies for purifying water from heavy metals and organic substances during the Belarusian Days of Science within the World Expo 2020
Africa Botswana The country is awaiting presidential assent to make official the bill that requires anyone seeking to offer cryptographic services to apply for a licence, thereby regulating trade in cryptocurrencies and digital tokens
Africa Cape Verde The resident coordinator of the United Nations System in Cape Verde said the country is capable of being the first African country to eradicate extreme poverty by 2026 by aligning priorities with the next strategic plan for sustainable development
Asia Armenia After the session of the Armenian-Austrian intergovernmental commission on trade-economic and technical-scientific cooperation, an Austrian company is planning to build a new ski complex in the country
Europe Belgium During the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, antibiotics prescriptions dropped by 57%; the study has been led by Dr. Morreel of the University of Antwerp on anonymized patient data from doctors' offices
Asia Israel Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo has announced the reopening of tiger exhibits with endangered species, including the Sumatran tiger, a subspecies listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List
Africa Guinea-Bissau President Sissaco Embalo claimed that Tuesday's failed coup, or at least the attack on institutions and their members, was linked to actions against drug traffickers, ruling out the presence of the military, and that several people are under investigation
Oceania Solomon Islands Journalists denounce they cannot do their job because the government refuses the waivers they need to move around during the lockdown, making it difficult for them to give updates on the situation in the country
Africa eSwatini Eswatini has been listed among the countries that will take part in a study and research for male contraceptive pills, as announced on the World Health Organisation website
Oceania Kiribati The health minister said a team of five (doctors, nurses and logistical personnel) has arrived in the country from Australia to assess the Covid-19 situation for 10 days and prepare the nation for the next phase of its response