Asia India Young-led ‘cockroach' movement, whose protests are challenging Modi’s government on accountability and educational reforms, is attracting professionals, families and public support after police used tear gar and beatings to disperse march on parliament
Asia Cyprus Netflix’s series Famagusta led to a spat between Turkey and Greece, with high-ranking government figures from both countries expressing their views; Cyprus President Christodoulides said those reacting negatively to it “have obviously not watched it”
Europe Norway An abortion law described as 'new, updated and wide-ranging', more in line with current practices and social values has been presented by the governemnt
Asia North Korea North Korea has agreed with Russia that 'teachers from Pyongyang who know Russian well' will participate in an initiative to teach the Korean language to local youths
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The resumption of schooling in the armed crisis zones in the north-east of the country has not been guaranteed, given the difficulties of running classrooms with hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and a protest strike calling for a boycott
Europe Poland According to a recent poll, most Poles want the army to shoot down potentially dangerous objects that enter the country's airspace, even if they are civilians, after an object that entered was not shot down because it could not be identified
Africa Gambia The Justice Minister defended the new draft of the Constitution, a reform considered essential by international partners in order to guarantee political stability for the country and which should be voted on in 2025
Oceania Tuvalu Emphasising the existential threat that climate change poses to Pacific nations such as Tuvalu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulson Panapa, called for urgent investment and action to launch the Pacific Resilience Facility
Asia Georgia If Georgian Dream party were to win the elections with a constitutional majority, constitution would be amended to reflect Orthodoxy as pillar of Georgian state’s identity, stated Bidzina Ivanishvili, head of the ruling Georgian Dream party
America Costa Rica Thousands of people marched in Costa Rica to defend public education, protesting government budget cuts under President Rodrigo Chaves, who has reduced funding below the constitutionally mandated 8% of GDP
Asia Maldives The latest revisions to the Foreign Investment Act will increase the role of foreign investment in the development of the Maldivian economy according to Mohamed Saeed, Minister of Economy
Africa Eritrea Ethiopian Airlines has discontinued flights to Eritrea, which had announced it would discontinue all Ethiopian Airlines flights by the end of the month; flights between the two nations had resumed in 2018, following a peace agreement
Asia Mongolia Russian President Putin was welcomed in the country, which ignored calls to arrest him on the basis of an international arrest warrant, despite Ukraine's urging; the European Union expressed concern that Mongolia would not execute the arrest warrant
Europe Albania A draft audit on the functioning of the Bank of Albania found that the central bank printed money to finance the purchase of an iconic Tirana hotel and other expenses