America Cuba International investors can now build and fully own tourism facilities: to reverse the dramatic fall in tourism, authorities have eliminated the requirement for foreign groups to form a joint venture with the Cuban state to manage their tourism activities
Africa Benin All UNIBEN students trapped in the collapse of a three-storey building in a popular student housing estate in Benin have been rescued by emergency responders, said the Edo State Government
Asia Israel The Houthi group claims to have launched a new hypersonic ballistic missile that flew some 2.000 km towards the centre of Israel, evading air defence systems and triggering a fire not far from Tel Aviv; Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to retaliate
Asia Iran 34 female prisoners began a hunger strike in an Iranian prison on Sunday to mark two years since the start of protests against clerical authorities, said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi's foundation
Asia Bhutan The country has experienced an unprecedented surge in extreme weather events, with a record 10 incidents in the last three years alone; National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology attributes this alarming spike to climate change
Asia United Arab Emirates For workers in the UAE federal government, a unified model that applies to both Emiratis and foreigners has been developed for a number of employment contracts and working patterns
Europe Slovakia Fire and rescue corps and volunteer fire brigades from the towns and villages of the Zahorie area in western Slovakia built a mobile flood barrier on the bridge over the Morava river between the Slovak town of Holic and the Czech town of Hodonin
Africa Botswana Botswana's future in exporting beef to the EU will depend on proving that the product has not contributed to deforestation practices and biodiversity loss, as the EU formulated the Deforestation Regulation that will come into force on 1 January 2025
Asia Armenia Lawmakers will drop plan to toughen penalties for tax evasion after business leaders raised concerns about the potential impact of proposed changes on the private sector
Europe France The parliamentary leader of the far-right Rassemblement National party called for new elections next year, just a few months after the snap elections that plunged the country into a political stalemate
Africa Burkina Faso Relatives of the victims of an attack that claimed hundreds of lives in August accused the head of the country's junta, Captain Ibrahim Traore, of being responsible for the tragedy
Asia United Arab Emirates An increasing number of tenants are relocating from Dubai to the northern emirates, namely Sharja and Ras al-Kaima, driven primarily by affordability and supported by hybrid work arrangements that offer more flexibility to employees
Africa Malawi Farmers are fighting waste by producing wine from overripe bananas; bananas are ripening quickly after plantations were moved to warmer areas because they were being washed away by rising water levels in recent years due to increased rainfall
Africa Nigeria 90% of cancer patients in the country die and this is mainly due to the diagnosis coming in most cases at an already advanced stage of the disease, revealed Nigerian oncologist Samuel Otene, professor at the Benue state university teaching hospital