Asia Cyprus Cyprus is one of Europe’s ten largest video game industries by revenue, with over 400 companies generating an estimated €3,2 billion in 2025; report by Cyprus Game Makers Association CYGMA says sector is dynamic and largely absent from official statistics
Africa Somalia Parliament is working to ensure that the country moves to a one-person, one-vote electoral system, which would replace the current clan-based power-sharing model, known as the '4,5 system'
Africa Uganda Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, imprisoned since November, began a hunger strike to protest his prolonged detention without trial
Africa Lesotho About 1.500 health workers, doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and consultants have been affected by the unilateral suspension of funding by US, the Ministry of Health has confirmed, highlighting the devastating impact on essential health services
America Canada The “appointment of Kevin Brosseau as Fentanyl Czar will accelerate Canada’s efforts to detect, disrupt, and dismantle the fentanyl trade, in partnership with the United States” stated PM Trudeau commenting the former RCMP deputy commissioner new role
Europe Italy Italy is under investigation by the International Criminal Court for non-cooperation with the Court in the Almasri case, wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity: it is the first time this happens to a European country
Africa Chad Emergency, an Italian NGO, will support the government with initiatives to improve access to healthcare, particularly in Chad's most remote areas, in an agreement between Emergency and the Minister of Public Health
America Dominican Republic Farmers in Hato Mayor asked President Luis Abinader and National Police Director Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta to address the growing wave of cattle thefts affecting the livestock sector
Africa Mozambique Approximately 100.000 people in Caia district of central Mozambique are facing severe food insecurity due to the effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon, which has created an 'extreme drought'; distribution of food aid to over 5.000 families has begun
Asia East Timor A Special Test will be held to allow teachers hired in 2023 to enter the national education system, following a dialogue with representatives of former teachers and the Ministry of Education
Europe Estonia The Social Democratic Party wants to limit political donations to €100.000 and intends to change the law before the next election; party chairman Lauri Läänemets stated that political decisions should not be made by a small group of people
Asia Iran Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who had been convicted for reporting on Mahsa Amini's case, were pardoned; freed on bail after 17 months' imprisonment last January, their sentences were reduced on appeal in August
Asia Yemen A UN employee has died in Yemen while detained by the Houthis; the cause of death is not known, while World Food Programme director said his name was Ahmed and he had been employed by the organisation since 2017
Asia Bangladesh On the night of Saturday to Sunday, security forces arrested over 1.300 persons in the frame of the violent anti-government protests that have been going on for some time within the country