America Colombia Abelardo De La Espriella has become the new president-elect of Colombia in a tight run-off; the far-right lawyer was openly backed by US President Trump
Asia Israel Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the country does not intend to comply with the call for an immediate ceasefire in the month of Ramadan, contained in the resolution passed by the UN Security Council thanks to the abstention of the US
Oceania Vanuatu The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-risks Department has asked the PENAMA Provincial Government Council to relocate the manual weather station in Saratamata to another location for accurate and reliable data collection
Asia Maldives Police have decided to open an internal investigation into the allegation that traffic police assaulted a teenage girl at a checkpoint in Hulhumale'
Asia South Korea Housing supply measures to favor households with newborns up to 2 years old came into effect to curb housing costs, one of the factors bringing the country’s fertility rate to the world's lowest level; 70.000 units per year are offered in the operation
Asia Iran Road accidents in Iran during the first week of the Persian New Year have so far claimed 510 lives, a still dismal record despite a slight decrease from previous years
Europe San Marino Giuliano Amato, jurist and former judge of the Italian Constitutional Court, will deliver the lectio magistralis for inauguration ceremony of 2023-24 Academic Year of the University of the Republic of San Marino today 27 March
Africa Mali Malian President Assimi Goita received the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for GNU Political Affairs, Mohamed Issa, who is leading the Libyan delegation to the meeting of the Alliance of African States held in Bamako
Asia Jordan Police resorted to the use of tear gas to disperse protests near Israel's Embassy in Amman demanding that the government sever relations due to Tel Aviv's ground military operation in the Gaza Strip; further demonstrations are likely to the end of March
Oceania Papua New Guinea A woman and her daughter lost their lives and more than 1.000 homes have been reduced to rubble following a 6,9-magnitude earthquake that struck parts of East Sepik; government allocated 500 million kina (around 130.000.000 US$) for relief nationwide
Europe Russia The defendants for the Moscow bombing were brought to court with signs of torture: swollen faces, bruises and cuts, one accompanied lifelessly in a wheelchair; Putin has, after initially blaming Ukraine, accepted the jihadist element
Oceania New Zealand Parents and caregivers of young children will be helped to manage the rising cost of living with partial reimbursement of ECE (early childhood education) tuition beginning July 1, with refund of up to 25% of their weekly tuition to a maximum of $75/week
Europe Vatican City During a commemorative event in New York for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican's Permanent Observer to UN, stressed the crucial role of education in eradicating racial prejudice
Europe Italy Republic's President, highest office of the state, "appreciated the work" of a school in Pioltello, small town in the north, that declared closure to allow the many foreign students to celebrate Ramadan's end, sparking criticism from right-wing party Lega