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
America Honduras According to the Central American Monetary Council (CAMC), national inflation has risen so much that Honduras has become the state with the highest prices in all of Central America
America Bahamas The country has become the first Caribbean country to launch a second-generation National Decent Work Programme, a five-year plan with three national priority areas: jobs and skills, social dialogue and governance
Europe Malta The vast majority of candidates sitting for the popular SEC environmental studies exam opted to answer all questions in English, with only about 3% answering all questions in Maltese
Europe Denmark Former Danish minister Inger Stojberg was sentenced to prison guilty of a 'deliberate violation' of the Ministerial Responsibility Act for separating couples of asylum seekers
Asia Bangladesh United International University in Dhaka inaugurated the first Brain Computer Interface research lab in the country, which is instrumental in increasing research capacity and helping to improve people's quality of life through 4IR technologies
Asia Oman The Omani-Iranian Joint Military Friendship Committee has begun its annual meeting and will address a number of topics that would contribute to strengthening the existing cooperation in the military fields between the two countries
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo As the proposed law on the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities was adopted by the houses of parliament, young photojournalists launched an exhibition questioning the perception of this category in communities
Oceania Fiji The value of e-money grows by 76,4%; in July, the country had $54,4 million in e-money and 749.587 registered mobile phones with e-money accounts as at 31 July 2021, the Reserve Bank of Fiji says in its annual report tabled in Parliament recently
Africa Morocco The National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed an additional financing agreement of €18 million for the sustainability and security of drinking water supply in several regions of the country
America Jamaica 360.000 Jamaicans who are beneficiaries of the Advancement through Health and Education Program and the Social Pension Program will receive a one-off grant of U$10.000 this month as part of the social and economic recovery and immunisation programme
Asia Georgia The promotional video 'The Grand Tour of Samegrelo', has been included among the winners of the 2021 UN World Tourism Organisation tourism video competition, making it into the top five worldwide
Africa Madagascar The large, centuries-old baobab trees are used in the Mahafaly plateau, the country's driest region, as cisterns to cope with the growing water shortage
Europe Malta The nation is the first in the EU to legalize recreational use of cannabis for adults, and its cultivation