Europe Hungary Parliament has backed a change to the constitution that limits a prime minister's term in office to eight years, fulfilling a promise by Péter Magyar to prevent Viktor Orbán - who led the country for 16 years - to become prime minister again
Asia Japan The number of people who required assistance on Japanese mountains hit a record 3.568 cases in 2023, police remind at the start of this summer season, as climbers return to Mount Fuji and other popular peaks after the full easing of COVID-19 restrictions
Europe Greece WWF Greece, with four Greek universities from November 2023 to April 2024, revealed the missed opportunities and chronic characteristics that contributed to the destructive forest fires of 2023, adding important lessons to be learnt
Europe Denmark The Danish team for Euro 2024 refused a pay rise to guarantee the women's team the same pay, after a new four-year agreement was reached with the Danish Football Association
Asia Thailand Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a 'victory' by activists
Africa Tanzania The first national Situation Room for emergency communications and operations was introduced in Tanzania thanks to funding from the Italian Cooperation
Europe Serbia Activists gathered in Belgrade to urge the Serbian authorities to grant legal recognition to victims of sexual violence in war, emphasising that rape is an act of genocide and a form of hatred towards women
Europe Finland The Finnish Immigration Service has introduced an automated post-decision monitoring system for specialists' residence permits to ensure that they continue to meet the necessary requirements during their stay in Finland
Africa Cameroon At 91 years of age, 41 of which have been spent in Cameroon's presidential chair, Paul Biya could still be a candidate for his own presidential succession next year as his political entourage does not hesitate to support his potential re-election
Asia Malaysia Of the 41.000 school-age refugee and stateless children registered by UNHCR in Malaysia, only 34% have access to informal education and none to formal education, UNICEF reported
Asia Georgia Women entrepreneurs from across Georgia gathered for an empowerment forum; women own only a third of economically active enterprises and occupy only 16,5% of management positions in private companies
America Canada Ottawa listed Iran Revolutionary Guards through the Criminal Code listing regime to be able to use all tools to combat the terrorist activity of the IRGC, also if perpetrated in association with other listed entities such as Hezbollah and Hamas
Asia Iran The country condemned the inclusion of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the list of terrorist organisations as 'an unwise and unconventional step, politically motivated' after Canada joined with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and the USA
America Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic Air Force is actively conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in the country's border areas using TP-75 DULUS and Tecnam P2006T aircraft