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 Turkey The Grand National Assembly has adopted a bill to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change - thus leaving only four countries outside the treaty - but the government has challenged its classification as a developed nation and officially refused it
Africa Sierra Leone The death penalty has been formally abolished as President Julius Maada Bio signed the new law
Africa Mali The World Bank has signed 4 financing agreements for road works in the Sikasso and Koulikoro regions in the south; 1.700 km of rural roads will be built to reach 650.000 people and facilitate access to 500 schools and health centres
Asia Uzbekistan According to UNESCO, the literacy rate in 2021 reached 99.99% due to an increase in preschool education coverage - growing from 24% in 2017 to 62% in 2021 - and higher education up to 28%
Africa South Sudan At least 623.000 people in the country have been affected by floods since May and many have been forced to flee their homes, according to the latest UN statement
America Dominican Republic From today, the country exits the state of emergency regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, while the Penal Code established a punishment from three to ten years in prison for presenting a falsified vaccination certificate
America Bahamas 388 Haitians were turned back while trying to enter the country's shores and put on three commercial flights to Cap-Haitien International Airport
Asia Afghanistan The Ministry of Interior has reopened the department for issuing passports, announcing that 25.000 documents are ready, for now with the inscription 'Islamic Republic of Afghanistan'; in the last two months, 170.000 Afghans have applied
Africa Libya More than 5.000 refugees and migrants have been arrested in the past week; according to the last MSF report, many are subjected to severe physical and sexual violence and held in unbearable conditions in detention centers
Asia Pakistan A report on the problems the country faces because of climate change predicts temperature will rise 3,9°c by 2090, more than other countries in the world, eventually putting some five million people in danger of flooding between 2035 and 2044
America Suriname Several NGO’s, universities, and Chinese representatives are currently looking for ways to address the increasing amount of jaguar poaching that is taking place within the country’s natural reserves
America Guatemala The country’s Ministry of Health asked the government for an additional USD $175 million in order to finance new Covid-19 prevention and child malnutrition programs
Asia Mongolia The business competition “All for YOUth, YOUth for all”, co-funded by the EU and Caritas Czechia, selected the winners among the young CSOs and entrepreneurs who presented viable projects creating jobs for rural young people and local social enterprises