Oceania Marshall Islands The fish aggregation devices FADs that fishing boats use to make catches easier, lately equipped with satellite communications gear to pinpoint location, are now being built by drug cartels that wrap packs of cocaine and radio transponders to trace troves
Asia Syria Over 50.000 Lebanese and Syrians have fled from Lebanon towards Syria following the escalation of the Lebanese-Israeli conflict
Europe Slovenia The country received a positive assessment of its readiness to join the European Organisation for Nuclear Research as a full member from the CERN Council; entry is planned for early 2025
Africa Seychelles The National Assembly unanimously adopted a motion to designate the language of the deaf in Seychelles as an official national language
Oceania Solomon Islands Head of delegation to the UN General Assembly reaffirmed the country's support for the implementation of the United Nations Fourth Decade for the Elimination of Colonialism
Asia Bhutan The Bhutan Innovation Forum will host over 35 sessions and discussions with around 100 national and international speakers on sustainable development and conscious entrepreneurship between 1 and 3 October at Dungkar Dzong in Pangbisa, Paro
Oceania Tonga Over 80 youth representatives from various agencies and communities participated in a three-day workshop on youth capacity building in renewable energy and climate finance in Nuku'alofa
Africa Equatorial Guinea US oil company Chevron will invest over USD 660 million in Equatorial Guinea for the Aseng Gas project
Asia Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University announced the launch of the second Student Film Festival, 4-5 December at the King Faisal Hall for Conferences, to promote student creativity in filmmaking
Europe Slovakia For electric cars, Slovakia ranks last among all EU member states; of all cars sold last year, only 2,7% were electric
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis, speaking of the bombing in Lebanon, declared that disproportionate defence is immoral and - without openly speaking of Israel - suggested that measure was exceeded in its latest actions
Oceania Vanuatu A building with three classrooms for the primary school in Labultamata, Pentecost, will be constructed by the Japanese government, through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security project
Oceania Kiribati Parliament is preparing for the presidential elections, when deputies will choose the country's next leader; among the deputies of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu Legislative Assembly is a record number of five women
Oceania Palau The Peace Corps programme will be reinstated in Palau with agreement formalised between Minister Caleb Udui Jr. and US Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn