Asia Palestine Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, and spraied the word "revenge" on walls, according to local witnesses, in an unprecedented episode of escalating hostilities
Africa Nigeria Old national anthem, abandoned by the military government in 1978, has been reinstated by President Tinibu, sparking heated debate with many complaining that the country has more pressing problems such as insecurity, rising inflation and a currency crisis
Africa Benin Beninese citizenship will be opened 'to all Afro-descendants who wish to do so', announced President Patrice Talon giving details of the process to obtain it
Africa Ivory Coast After gold, of which Ivory Coast is an established producer, bauxite and manganese, the country opens a new mining era with the discovery of a large deposit of Coltan (columbo-tantalite) in the centre west of the country
Africa Sudan Of the 7 million people - and more - displaced in Sudan by the ongoing conflict since April 2023, "more than half are children," said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Asia Yemen Yemeni Houti rebels claimed an attack on the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea, a response to the latest joint British-US air raids in Yemen against the same rebels, in which at least 16 people died
Africa Togo A new satisfaction survey will come from the Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority to assess consumers' perceptions of telecommunications operators, including mobile and fixed Internet services
Asia Lebanon Adam Afana, aged five, is the first Palestinian child injured in the Israeli war in Gaza to land in Lebanon, where he has been receiving treatment at Medical Centre of the American University of Beirut
America Panama Nuevo Cartí, a mainland settlement built to relocate 1.200 residents of the island Cartí Sugdupu, which is threatened by rising sea levels, has been inaugurated by President Laurentino Cortizo
Oceania Tuvalu Taiwan donated two patrol boats to Tuvalu as part of a cooperation plan to strengthen the Pacific island nation's ability to patrol its waters
America Venezuela Venezuela has become the first country in modern history to lose all its glaciers, with the Humboldt Glacier, the last in the Sierra Nevada, declared too small to be classified as a glacier due to ongoing erosion and climate change
Europe Ukraine Ukrainian lawmakers and journalists called on prosecutors to investigate the Ukrinform censorship scandal, involving allegations of editorial bias and media pressure, highlighting the need for reforms
Oceania Tonga A new investigation into lymphatic filariasis is underway to follow up on the tests carried out in 2015, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Health and experts from the Australian University of Queensland conducting blood tests in schools
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Under the motto 'From the garden to your table' another Organic Farming Fair will be held on Friday 31 May in São Tomé's Parque Popular, a special edition commemorating Children's Day