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 Tajikistan Tajik-Chinese joint gold mining venture Zarafshon has been exempted from paying taxes and customs duties on equipment technologies being supplied to Tajikistan for construction of a metallurgical plant
Europe Russia President Putin has submitted to the State Duma a bill to simplify the process of acquiring Russian citizenship for individuals falling into more than 20 categories, including those who lived within the borders of the Soviet Union and their children
America United States According to the American Pyrotechnics Association, citizens spend thousands of dollars on their backyard fireworks shows, amounting to over 1 billion dollars on fireworks each year in the country, though regulation varies in each State
Oceania Tuvalu The country is looking for legal ways to retain ownership of its maritime areas and recognition as a state even if the nation were to be completely submerged due to climate change and the population had to relocate
America Suriname An increase in the price of bread is expected, since the government will no longer subsidize the cost of flour imports
Asia Israel 5200 cranes have been killed by bird flu in Lake Hula, resulting in the deadliest wildlife disaster in the country's history
America Guyana Since the Indigenous Carib language is slowing dying out, the remote village of Kwebana is working with women as part of an empowerment program to try an preserve the language and root it in the lives of younger generations
Oceania Marshall Islands The Asian Development Bank has signed a $7 million grant with the government to support the Marshalls Energy Company to improve its performance, to enhance resilience to power grid disasters and to prepare for the transition to renewable energy
Africa Sierra Leone Together with Liberia, the country has called for a mini summit of the Mano River Union to address human trafficking issues in the sub-region
Europe Luxembourg The country is at the bottom of the Eu records for online sales, with the lowest share (10%) of businesses having effectively developed e-commerce
Asia North Korea North Korean state television is actively preparing new and improved programming for children amid growing demand, Korean Central Television (KCTV) announced
Africa Liberia Varney Alieu Jarsey, the country's former national student leader, was elected president of the All-African Students Union (AASU), the continental organisation founded in 1972 to defend the interests of African students
Africa Mauritius The Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany donated about 460.000 sterile non-surgical face masks to the Minister of Health and Welfare