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
Europe Lithuania The armed forces have published this year's conscription lists, after partial military conscription was reintroduced in 2015; out of some 34000 young men on the lists, only 3828 of them will actually be called up for nine months' military service
America Ecuador Thousands of citizens protested against the newly passed legislations by president Guillermo Lasso, such as the privatisation of public enterprises, the increase of gas prices, and employee termination procedures
Asia Bhutan The historic and sacred Trans Bhutan Trail will be reopened in March for the first time in 60 years, after two years of extensive restoration
Europe Greece A fragment of the Parthenon frieze, the foot of a Goddess with the drapes of her dress, currently held in a museum in Sicily, Italy, will return to the Acropolis Museum in Athens thanks to a cultural agreement of extraordinary international importance
Europe Belarus President Lukashenko has signed a law on the genocide of the Belarusian people by Nazi and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period (up to 1951), thus legally recognising it
Africa Djibouti The Minister of Women and Family received in her cabinet Miss Djibouti, Mahdiya Abdillahi Darar who, during the meeting, said she was honoured to have carried the torch of her people's culture and tradition
Africa Gambia Brikama Nyabo Kaffo, an Islamic school, received 90 new tables and chairs worth 5000€ from the International Humanitarian Relief Organization (IHHNL), a Turkish Muslim organisation based in the Netherlands
America Dominican Republic President Abinader said the Health Cabinet has allocated RD$1,5 billion (US$26 million) more for the purchase of medicines against influenza, flu and Covid's variant, which cannot always be found in pharmacies
Asia Armenia The country was the favourite holiday destination for Russians this winter, followed by the Maldives and the Seychelles
Africa Algeria The country recorded more than 2 million commercial transactions via electronic payment terminals in 2021, reaching almost DZD 15 billion (US$ 107 million), up 220% from 2020
Africa Gabon Along with Albania, Brazil, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates, the country joined the UN Security Council for the fourth time, after winning elections in June
Oceania Micronesia Arnold&PorterKayeScholer, legal firm assisting the country, extended its contract with a higher fee as Micronesia approaches the final year of its free association pact with the US: its growing geopolitical importance will require longer negotiations
Europe Austria Local Jewish associations have called for a criminal investigation into Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl for comments they say grossly trivialize the Holocaust, illegal in the country