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
Asia Taiwan Hundreds of migrant workers took to the streets in Taipei demanding the right to freely change employers within the country, in a protest organized by the Migrants Empowerment Network in Taiwan
Asia North Korea The country fired again in its fourth weapons launch this month, officials in South Korea said, in an apparent reprisal for fresh sanctions imposed by the US Biden administration for its continuing test launches
Africa Gambia Project Aid has donated over 4.000 face masks to four major national institutions, the Revenue Authority, the Police Force, the Ports Authority and the Immigration Department, urging them to put them to good use
Africa Guinea Chairs made of stretched wire, produced using a long, highly developed construction technique, are losing the interest of locals, especially the new generations; craftsman Babara Soumah launched an appeal to institutions to prevent the art's disappearance
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo An initial sum of US$450 million will be released for the implementation of the 145-territory development program: roads, health centres, hospitals and economic network to improve the living conditions of the population at the grassroots level
America Belize The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) announced that due to the new safe travel requirements, tourists must now apply for a Belize Travel Health Insurance, a mandatory policy to protect travellers against possible medical expenses
Asia Kyrgyzstan A Centre for the Employment of Citizens Abroad will be established upon decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, aiming at protecting the rights and interests of migrant workers and members of their families
Asia Lebanon US decided to exempt the country, crushed by financial crisis that has led to severe electricity shortages, from sanctions on gas imports through Syria
Europe Czech Republic Czech scientists are planning to create a map of raw materials that can be found in space; on the recommendation of the European Space Agency (ESA), the project is expected to lead to the launch of two satellites in four years' time
Africa Sudan Abdel Baghji Abdel Gadir Al-Zubier, member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, pledged during a visit with a delegation of the National Energy Research Centre to support it and remove all obstacles and challenges affecting it
Europe Spain Actors, TV channels and 30.000 social media users have joined the search for a man's lost scarf in Albacete, after the widowed man put up posters around the city looking for the orange scarf given to him by his wife
Europe Belarus Family capital is increased by 9.5% from 1 January 2022 for the newborns of the year; the sum is allocated on the date of birth or adoption of the third child or further
Asia Kazakhstan 17-year-old Kazakh chess player Bibisara Assaubaeva won the World Blitz Championship; President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on his Twitter account congratulated her