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
Africa Djibouti Migrants in the country are being vaccinated against Covid-19 for the first time, while the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) works with the government to support the national immunisation effort
Europe Malta The Electoral Commission has agreed to register ABBA as a new Christian political party after it was accused of discrimination for initially refusing to do so on the grounds that the name ABBA could not be shortened
Asia Indonesia Home to about a fifth of the world's mangrove forests, the country has gained more than 50.000 hectares of mangroves; the government is counting on the forestry sector to contribute to its carbon reduction targets
Asia Turkey The Turkish lira has fallen hitting a new low; analysts do not expect any short-term respite, given rumors of an "irrational" interest rate cut later this week
Asia Kuwait Kuwaiti women will be allowed to join the army in combat roles for the first time after being restricted to civilian roles for years
Africa Cape Verde In Porto Inglês, the Maio Biodiversidade Foundation has announced the registration of around 45.000 sea turtle nests; the NGO said it is an exceptional number never recorded before
Africa Seychelles Air Seychelles has won the title of 'Indian Ocean's Leading Airline' for the second consecutive year, along with three other titles, at this year's 28th edition of the annual World Travel Awards
Asia Palestine Since the beginning of the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank, Jewish settlers have committed daily violent against Palestinian villages and inhabitants, damaging land and uprooting trees
Asia Saudi Arabia The country has launched 'The Rig' which, with a surface area of 150.000 square metres, is the world's first offshore platform tourism destination
America Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso declared a national State of Exception due to the rising criminality and drug trafficking rates in the country
Europe Finland As the Lutheran Bishop of Helsinki argued that people choosing not to get vaccinated are making decisions affecting lives and freedoms of the most, many have have left the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Asia Yemen Four out of five children are in need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen and 10.000 children have fallen victim to the conflict since 2015 according to according to UNICEF spokesperson James Elder
Europe Switzerland Swiss Nobel physics laureate Didier Queloz and Swiss-German astrophysicist Sascha Quanz will study the origins of life in a new research institute at ETH Zurich called the "Centre for the origin and prevalence of life" open from next year