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
Asia Sri Lanka The country has backtracked on ambitious plans to become the world's first fully organic farming nation, reversing a total ban on chemical fertiliser imports imposed in May with the aim of making the country's agriculture 100 % organic
Africa Ghana Amnesty International Ghana has called for the approval of a proposal to abolish the death penalty in the state, where no executions have taken place since 1993 despite the fact that death sentences continue to be handed down
Europe Norway A new 1,4 km tunnel in Vestland County will be built by Swedish Skanska to protect the area from roadside landslides, with a contract worth around US$40 million
Europe Croatia The award ceremony for the fourth edition of best Croatian cities will take place today in Novi Vinodolski; cities will be awarded on the basis of categories including education and youth, economy and quality of life
Africa Togo The Fourth World Summit for Girls kicks off today in Lomé; the two-day event features workshops, roundtables, conferences and training with young girls and women's rights advocates
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The exhibition "Wake up, Europe! Support and solidarity mobilizations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and its citizens, 1992-1995", dedicated to the European support for the country in the 1990s, was inaugurated in Sarajevo
Asia Iraq Lake Milh, once a tourist attraction with thousands of visitors a day, is now severely polluted and the fauna is disappearing, due to drought and a decrease in the flow of the Euphrates for dams built in Turkey
Africa Sudan Thousands of protesters have gathered in front of the presidential palace in Khartoum calling for the military to seize power as the country grapples with the biggest political crisis in its two-year transition
Africa Tanzania The country has allocated about US$39,2 million for the implementation of 23 projects aimed at revitalizing the tourism sector, from the renovation of infrastructure to the installation of security systems and the use of mobile test kits
Africa Morocco Although it is not recognized in the country for religious, social and health reasons, the art of tattooing is becoming increasingly popular, with tattoo studios having opened in major cities such as Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakech
Europe Belgium Government expands offshore wind zone: according to ministry plans, the North Sea development could be expanded to 3,5 GW and connected via an energy island
Africa Ivory Coast The constitutive congress of the new party headed by former President Laurent Gbagbo, called the Party of African Peoples-Côte d'Ivoire (Ppa-Ci), has recently concluded
Asia Myanmar After pressure from ASEAN, hundreds of political prisoners and people who had protested against the coup were released, including Aung San Suu Kyi's party spokesman and famous comedian Zarganar