Asia Syria Hundreds of Kurdish students in Hassakeh and Kobani refused to enter their classrooms as the 2026–27 school year began, protesting a decision that reduces Kurdish-language instruction to three periods per week, demanding the decision be reversed
Europe Austria Vignettes 2022 - the toll windshield sticker needed to drive on most Austrian motorways - are available from this month at around 6.000 outlets across the country
Asia Oman On Tree Day, celebrated in Oman every 31 October, HM Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik gave orders to distribute saplings of date palms and sprouts of fruit trees to wilayats farmers, damaged by the recent cyclone, in a symbolic gesture of respect for farming
Europe Malta Recycling performance for plastic as trebled, with even better results for other recyclables year on year in a period that marks a turning point in sustainable waste management; the country goes from ranking last in EU to being just 7 points from avarage
Asia Saudi Arabia Thank to rising oil prices, Aramco is the world's most profitable company in Q3, beating tech giants such as Google, Amazon and Apple, as well as other listed energy companies
Europe Moldova In an energy crisis that brought the country to declare a state of emergency last month, a new long-term gas supply contract has been signed with Russian Gazprom, demanding political concessions in exchange; the EU intervened both on supply and financing
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The country has signed four instruments to deepen the bilateral relations with Ghana on a long list of key topics among which are: trade, agriculture, mining, education and scientific research, culture activities, health, transport, tourism, energy, youth
Europe Russia Moscow entered a tight lockdown last week after a dramatic increase of Covid-19 cases and related deaths that international opinion considers signs of a very poor handling of the problem and/or diffusion of inaccurate data
Asia Nepal Nearly 1 million quintals of rice fields on about 21.000 hectares of land have been lost due to unseasonal heavy rains and floods
Oceania Australia Borders reopen after 600 day; citizens can hug the first friends and family members landing in the country after 19 months, as the imposed isolation began on 20 March 20
Asia Iraq The government has recently approved a plan to reduce cultivated areas by 50% next winter due to a severe drought that is forcing a restriction on irrigation
Oceania Papua New Guinea Australia has delivered the third of four Guardian-class patrol boats built for the maritime element of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force as part of Canberra's Pacific Maritime Security Program
Asia Palestine To remind people of the beauty of the Gaza Strip and to protect the environment that has been severely affected by years of war, embargo and neglect, a group of artists have created Gaza's first ecological beach hostel, based on the principle of bartering
Asia Turkey The Ottoman-era animal hospital Gurabahane-I Laklakan, the world’s first hospital for storks, was built in Bursa province in the 1800s to treat migratory birds en route and is now playing a key role in response to difficulties caused by climate change