Europe Slovenia Anti-establishment populist party leader and current Parliament Speaker, Zoran Stevanović, is pushing to hold a national referendum on withdrawing from NATO and is strictly opposing the government's financial and military aid packages to Ukraine
Africa Libya Leaked photos of the son of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi and the tiny underground cell in which he has been held for years in Lebanon have led the Libyan authorities to ask the Lebanese ones to improve his living conditions
America Nicaragua Nicaragua is facing frozen relations with Brazil as President Lula da Silva suspends ties upon government's resistance to releasing imprisoned Catholic priests; Lula expressed dissatisfaction with Ortega's failure to respond to his calls for their release
Africa Somalia At least 300 goats were killed by lightning that struck their pasture in the Hiiraan region following heavy rains in the area in recent days
Africa Ethiopia The Council of the EU temporarily suspended the granting of entry visas to Ethiopian nationals following regular evaluations by the Commission on third country cooperation on the readmission of illegally residing citizens of the EU
Africa Mauritania Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and the Banque Centrale de Mauritanie signed an agreement during the spring meetings of the IMF and WB Group to jointly explore the development of a CBDC of the national currency Ouguiya
Europe Kosovo Government plans to introduce same-sex unions this May, Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced; the measure is part of tKosovo's efforts to join the Council of Europe
Asia Indonesia The construction of the double track railway at Joglo Junction in Solo, Central Java, which will be Indonesia's longest elevated railway, is proceeding and is now expected to be completed by September 2024 relieving traffic at the intersection
Europe Moldova Beneficiaries of temporary protection working in Moldova will receive health insurance, thanks to a project approved by MPs; the persons concerned will have the same rights and obligations in the compulsory health insurance system as Moldovan citizens
Asia Lebanon Students from the American University of Beirut and the American University of Lebanon called on their administrations to 'boycott companies and institutions that support Israel'; total death toll from Israeli attacks since Oct 8 is 438 people
Oceania Tonga 17 new houses and a town hall are under construction for 'Atata Si'i community in Tongatapu; the 22 houses built in 2023 were not enough to accommodate all affected families that were relocated from the island of 'Atata after the tsunami of January 2022
Oceania Micronesia An extreme and exceptional drought is causing severe pressure on agriculture, water supply and the daily lives of Yap Proper residents in the FSM
Africa Republic of the Congo According to a study published by the Congolese NGO Publish What You Pay, only 2% of health projects were implemented between 2020 and 2023
Oceania Samoa Nuanua O Le Alofa (N.O.L.A), a disability organisation in Samoa, has submitted proposals to include persons with disabilities in the design stages of new road projects