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 Iraq The Supreme Court has ratified the results of October's parliamentary elections; protests against the vote result had been allegedly staged by Iranian-backed factions
Asia Jordan With 33,7 points, the country ranked 155 out of 180 countries - up 23 positions - on the Natural Capital Index of the 2021 Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index issued by SolAbility, a Swiss-Korean sustainable intelligence think-tank
Africa eSwatini US President Biden has issued a presidential proclamation lifting travel restrictions to the country
Africa Gambia As the country is strongly committed to curbing the rapid growth of HIV infection, the National AIDS Secretariat has decentralised its structures by establishing municipal and regional AIDS coordinators in all six regions of the country
Africa Guinea The country has relaunched its vaccination campaign against Covid-19, in the face of a 700% increase in cases in the last four weeks
America Uruguay The government presented its first ever long-term climate strategy this week - it aims for the country to be carbon neutral by 2050, and one of its first steps will be making all public transport and cargo vehicles electric
America Belize The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture are working together to further deepen bilateral relations with the neighbouring countries of Guatemala and Mexico, thus improving Belize’s growing trade and investment agenda
Europe Germany The country's arms exports have reached a record level this year, thanks to the approval of almost €5 billion by then-Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration in the last nine days of power
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The Rector of the University of Kinshasa and the country's plenipotentiary ambassador to China discussed the possibilities of re-establishing bilateral cooperation with Chinese universities and develop support in the field of environmental rehabilitation
America Dominica The United Nations World Food Program signed an innovative agreement with the country especially designed to strengthen the ability to deliver assistance to the most vulnerable people following a climate shock
America Haiti FOKAL has opened applications for Haiti's Emerging Photography Fund, which will select two winners for a scholarship in January 2022, supporting them to produce photographic projects with journalistic, documentary or artistic lenses
Europe France First lady Brigitte Macron decided to take legal action over an internet conspiracy theory that she is a transgender woman and was born male
Asia Saudi Arabia Riyadh Season 2021, which opened on 20 October with its wide offer of entertainment, recorded over six million visits, with more open access areas continued to receive people every day