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 United Arab Emirates On the occasion of World Heart Day, 29 September, Dubai Health announced the 2024 edition of the 'Nabadat' campaign to provide life-saving cardiac treatment to a total of 50 patients with congenital heart defects who cannot afford treatment
America Trinidad and Tobago NPCI International Payments Ltd, a company dedicated to implementing UPI outside India, has partnered with Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Digital Transformation to develop a real-time payments system
America Venezuela The European Parliament, with 309 votes in favor, has recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate president of Venezuela, calling for an international arrest warrant for Nicolás Maduro
America Panama Panama City commissioners declared a 72-hour state of emergency due to Hurricane Helene, with the option to extend it, allowing officials to enhance storm preparedness, track resources, and ensure a swift response if the storm intensifies
America Uruguay Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou, in his final speech at the UN General Assembly, called for immediate international action regarding Venezuela, condemning the regime's authoritarianism and urging leaders to act now for the Venezuelan people
Asia Myanmar The Myanmar embassy in Bangkok announced that Myanmar citizens in Thailand can now obtain new passports on the same day without an appointment, urging people to go directly to the embassy to avoid the high fees charged by agents
America Grenada The FIRST Global Challenge 2024 in Athens, Greece, marks the first time Team Grenada Robotics Club is represented by a team of all-girl STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) athletes from T A Marryshow Community College
Africa Tunisia A majority of Tunisian MPs approved a law transferring electoral supervision powers from the independent administrative court to the country's general courts of appeal
Asia Tajikistan The first Dushanbe International Tourism Exhibition kicked off at the EXPO Centre in Dushanbe, with travel companies from over 20 countries
Africa Togo The two-week census campaign of administrative reserves started in the 13 municipalities of the Greater Lomé Autonomous District to identify and secure state-owned land to avoid speculation and illegal occupation
Africa Cameroon One of the leaders of the Cameroonian secessionist rebels in exile, Ayaba Cho Lucas, anti-government militant and head of the Ambazonia Governing Council, was arrested in Oslo, Norway
America Bahamas The Bahamas Basketball Federation is seeing the benefits of an online FIBA PLUS project planning workshop that helped support the future growth of grassroots basketball in the country
Asia Bahrain Bahraini designer Hasan Hamad won an important regional award for creating a dynamic set design, with a moving bridge, for Al Reef Theatre's show, On the Other Shore, at the Gulf Theatre Festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia