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
Oceania New Zealand Two New Zealand navy ships are heading to Tonga to provide support, carrying fresh water, emergency supplies and diving teams
Europe North Macedonia The new coalition was formally approved after the parliament vote, with the new cabinet to be led by a social-democratic coalition headed by Dimitar Kovačevski as prime minister
Europe Serbia Tennis player Djokovic was welcomed home with cheers by its fans notwithstanding the fact he had to leave Australia and risks missing all the Slams if he decides not to vaccinate
Asia Maldives The Ministry of Education is partnering with the UK's Guide Education to launch a training programme for the professional development of teachers and headteachers, where 500 professionals will be trained in the first round
Africa Burkina Faso The government announced last week that it had foiled a plot from within the armed forces to destabilise the state, which would have been the first coup of the year on the African continent
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Budget 2022 will ensure that all lobster fishers receive free materials to construct up to 1000 additional lobster pots, and invest US$1,3 million in a partnership with Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union to grant fishers affordable loans to purchase boats
Europe Luxembourg The country will spend 300 million euros more on research, a 17% increase over three years, bringing the budget to 1,7 billion, in response to criticism of its lagging research spending
America Saint Kitts and Nevis PM Harris is assuring the country that his government is striving to make 2022 a better year for all than 2021, declaring that "our new year must be better than our 2021, for we serve a God who is abundantly able to make it better"
Oceania Palau A deal with Cryptic Labs launches the Digital Residency programme, the first time global citizens can claim digital residency supported by blockchain and a sovereign entity acting as a digital identity with the functionality and validity of a global state
Europe Moldova The National Olympic and Sports Committee announced the first qualified performer for the Olympics in China, Doina Descalui, who will compete in the sled race, the first female representative of the country to reach the Olympic Games in the sled
Oceania Kiribati Curfew has begun after the first commercial flight in almost two years brought 40 cases to the country which until now had been virtually untouched by the virus
Europe United Kingdom The average cost of a basic funeral has fallen for the first time in 18 years, dropping 3,1% to an average of £4.056 last year, according to insurer SunLife's Cost of Dying report; last year funeral directors were ordered to display clearer price lists
Africa South Africa A report has been published detailing the fruits of four years of investigations to unravel the system of fraud of former President Jacob Zuma