Oceania Australia The chairwoman leading the Commonwealth agency tasked with improving Australia’s housing crisis with social and affordable housing and home ownership has resigned after two years in the position, weeks before a parliamentary inquiry
Africa Burundi Construction costs have increased 40% y-o-y due to a surge in price of materials (+35%), equipment rentals (+61%) and labor (+60%), the later due to higher demand of skilled workers and wage adjustments in the sector
Asia Philippines A fire broke out among buildings in the Tondo district of Manila, displacing 700 families, according to local media and the Manila Public Information Office, which said the fire is under control, only three people are injured; cause are being investigated
Africa Chad Al Jazeera reported voices of women speaking from refugee camps in Chad, were hundreds of thousands of women and girls have fled leaving Sudan, only to encounter more merciless violence
Africa Somalia The strategic town of EL-Dheer, Galgadud is now back under the control of the government forces after it was seized days before, guns in hand, by the Al-Qaeda linked group Al-Shabaab in what is the most significant incursion in months
Europe Poland Lublin airport was shut down due to the deployment of Polish military planes in the region, after around 20 Russian drones violated Poland’s airspace in an unprecedented incursion three days ago
Asia Lebanon Record cocaine seizures, elimination of a drug lord, destruction of cannabis fields, dismantling of captagon factories: authorities are announcing operations against drugs every day after they made it clear that combating narcotics is a priority
Europe San Marino Public debate has begun around the acquisition of Bank of San Marino BSM majority by San Marino Group, who says will make a pact with community; local committee presses for socially active non-profit foundation Ente Cassa di Faetano to keep majority
America Venezuela Venezuela has accused the US of provoking conflict by seizing a fishing boat in its exclusive economic zone, amid rising tensions over US military patrols targeting drug cartels in the Caribbean
Europe Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine tied the July arrest of an anti-corruption agent to a clandestine group of moles in senior Ukrainian government positions controlled spy cell known as “D-2” operating under Russia’s Federal Security Service
Oceania Marshall Islands Marshall Islands' tribute to workers is Rijerbal Day, on the first Friday of September, when an international fishing tournament is held: teams from Asia, Africa and the Pacific fight to catch the biggest bite; 2025 Aussie winners caught a 143,7 kg marlin
Europe Monaco The program of the Monte Carlo Jazz Festival, taking place on 20–29 November, has been unveiled; Artistic Director Alfonso Ciulla says 2025 edition will "bring together different generations, aesthetics, audiences” as it is a language in perpetual motion
Africa Morocco The National Observatory for the Rights of the Child ONDE unveiled a nationwide digital campaign aimed at raising awareness of school-related anxiety among pupils, parents and teachersm
Asia Palestine The “New York Declaration”, aimed at giving new momentum to the two-state solution, Israeli and Palestinian, without Hamas, was adopted on 12 September by a large majority at the UN General Assembly