Asia Iran The Straight of Hormuz will remain "completely open" for all commercial vessels as long as the ceasefire in the Middle East lasts, Foreign Minister Araghchi declared on X
Africa Angola A summit on the Lobito Corridor development project, railway link between the Atlantic and DRC, will be held in December with the participation of Zambia, DRC, Tanzania and the United States, to accelerate the attraction of the necessary investments
Asia Brunei Polygel Organometallic, first producer of speciality chemicals in Brunei, is expanding its operations with a new plant in Lumut, aiming to integrate into the value chain through the production of chemical intermediates
Africa Cameroon A new 'local development tax' proposed by the government as part of the local tax reform project will mainly serve to finance infrastructure projects
Asia Uzbekistan UNICEF and its partners have made a call for reforms that provide children with alternative routes of justice, with the use of detention only as a last resort in Uzbekistan
Asia Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the death sentence for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leader, following recent arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court
Africa Sudan In a shelter for internally displaced persons in Port Sudan, women are learning how to be pastry chefs under the guidance of Madina Ahmed, a 60-year-old displaced woman considered an artist of Balah Al-Sham, a popular fried dough
Africa Burkina Faso The inauguration of the tomato processing plant in the city of Sya, economic capital of Burkina Faso, is scheduled for 30 November; the plant, whose construction work was launched in September 2023, is ready to put its first products on the market
Europe Italy With Sunday's Davis Cup win, Italy is the fourth country that has managed to secure Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup, the two tennis tournaments per nation, in the same year, scoring an additional goal for a record year for Italian tennis
Africa eSwatini The Eswatini Paralympic Committee has made public its intention to participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics; local paralympic athletes have long been unable to compete because there was no local committee to present them, which now exists
Oceania Tonga The Prime Minister and his Cabinet must respond to the no-confidence motion by Friday noon, a deadline set by the Speaker of the House
Oceania Tuvalu The Acting Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Panapasi Nelesone, welcomed the Australian government's new Guardian-class patrol vessel, HMTSS Te Mataili III, as part of Australia's Pacific Maritime Security Programme
Asia Tajikistan Eight former top officials, politicians, and public figures in Tajikistan have gone on trial behind closed doors in a pretrial detention center in Dushanbe on charges of plotting to forcibly seize power, calling for mass disorder, and inciting hatred
Europe Denmark New figures from the house rental company Novasol show that more Danes, and Germans, are choosing to spend Christmas and New Year in holiday homes, confirming the trend of increasing interest in staying at summer houses during the winter festive season