Asia Bahrain 394.000 visitors have been registered in state-run heritage sites in January-August 2026, with the Bahrain Fort accounting for 246.409, nearly two thirds of the total, and foreign visitors prevailed with the presence of 187.567 people
Asia Pakistan A mobile app to register small traders under a simplified tax scheme has been launched; The initiative is designed to make tax registration and payments easier, bring more small businesses into the formal tax system
Europe Ireland Dublin-based criminal defence solicitors have unanimously agreed to continue their withdrawal of services next month, in advance of the resumption of court activity; the more than 100 lawyers represent all but two firms and protest new fee structure
Asia Palestine Painter and sculptor Sliman Mansour, one of the most prominent names in Palestinian art, has died at the age of 79 at his home in the Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem; his work depicted Palestinian traditions and people's struggles under Israeli occupation
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić died in a UN prison at 84; on the run for 16 years after the Bosnian war, he was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the former Yugoslavia in 1992-95
Africa eSwatini Government rejected concerns raised by China over the safety and security of Chinese nationals, describing suggestions that Eswatini poses an exceptional or generalised security risk as unsupported
Asia Brunei Singapore and Brunei reaffirmed the two countries’ shared commitment to strengthening bilateral ties during SM Lee’s visit to Brunei on the occasion of the Sultan’s 80th birthday celebrations, with SM Lee representing the Singapore Government
Asia Nepal The catastrophic flood on the Nepal–Tibet border that left over 300 victims and 1300 unaccounted for was caused by a multi-million-ton glacier collapse that generated its own 5,2 seismic signal and gave way to a highly destructive chain reaction
Asia Uzbekistan Universities in Tashkent will begin first-shift classes at 8 a.m. instead of 9 a.m. from the new academic year as part of measures to reduce traffic congestion on the capital’s roads during the morning peak
America Bahamas As public schools prepare to open on Monday, Minister confirmed that 99% of repairs and renovations will be completed; he toured institutes with other education officials to assess the progress made by contractors over the summer
Oceania Samoa Consumer prices were 3,1% higher in July than they were a year ago, according to the Samoa Bureau of Statistics; Transport prices jumped 18,6% over the year and contributed 2,5 percentage points to the overall increase
Asia Cambodia Captive-bred giant ibises have been released into Cambodia's wild, a very first time in the world; the initiative aims to rebuild wild populations of the critically endangered species, particularly in protected areas
America Haiti As Haitians in the United States grapple with the end of Temporary Protected Status TPS, a rural medical center in Fonds-Parisien is seeking to recruit specialty doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals who may be considering returning to Haiti
Africa Egypt A delegation of China’s Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals ICAMA met with Minister of Agriculture to consolidate the two nations' partnership in the management, registration and monitoring of agricultural pesticides and to discuss local production