Africa Eritrea The Arbaete Asmara sub-zone has been declared free of female genital mutilation after authorities verification that followed years of local monitoring, community reporting systems and coordinated action by health workers and local administrations
America Honduras Honduras has declared an official alert due to air pollution as smoke from around 650.000 vehicles hovers over the city
Europe Germany The far-left Die Linke party have called for a cap on the price of doner kebabs, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz has admitted that the issue of what has been dubbed 'donerflation' is put to him 'everywhere he goes'
Africa Djibouti Djibouti set up a technical committee with Ethiopia to review the port use agreements signed 20 years ago
Europe Liechtenstein The Alte Post in Bendern, scheduled to open in November, will become a meeting place for 16 to 20 year olds
Asia Bhutan With local Esports players moving up the ladder, the Bhutan Mobile Gaming Association is striving to organise national competitions to prepare Bhutan Esports players for the international arena
America Colombia Colombia formally severed diplomatic ties with Israel following President Petro's condemnation of Israel's actions in Gaza as "genocide," delivering the official notice to the Israeli ambassador
Europe Czech Republic The 79th edition of the Prague Spring International Music Festival, the country's largest and oldest classical music festival, will kick off next Sunday with a performance of Bedřich Smetana's My Country by the Berliner Philharmoniker
America Guatemala Guatemala's President Bernardo Arévalo is allegedly aiming to reform a law to remove Attorney General Consuelo Porras, accusing her of attempting a coup in 2023 to prevent his inauguration, neglecting corruption investigations, and unjust imprisonments
Europe Malta Students protested in front of court to express their anger at PM Abela's comments against the judiciary, in particular against magistrate Gabriella Vella who was overseeing the judicial enquiry into the sale of three hospitals to Vitals Global Healthcare
Oceania Nauru Nauru Airlines has announced the launch of direct flights between Brisbane and Palau from 21 May 2024, opening a new non-stop air route to the 300-plus island archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean
Asia Maldives Trans Maldivian Airways, the world's largest seaplane operator, has received a certificate of approval from De Havilland Canada, becoming the first operator in Asia to achieve this accolade
America Ecuador Ecuador defended its raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito last month, stating to judges at a major UN court that it acted to apprehend a "common criminal," referring to former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas
Oceania Kiribati A study on access to seafood in Kiribati provides tools to analyse global food security, showing that it is very fragile in developing nations with small islands, particularly with regard to households relying on seafood