Asia Tajikistan An amnesty law signed by President Rahmon to celebrate 35 years of independence will cover 18.038 convicted people, with full release for 11.305 people, reduced terms for 6.733; of 507 women, 248 will be released, of 134 minors, 99 will be freed
Asia Jordan Jordan's Grand Mufti, Ahmed Hasanat, Sunday announced that Tuesday would be the first day of Ramadan, as the Ramadan crescent was not seen during an event to monitor it held by the Iftaa' Department at the King Hussein bin Talal Mosque
Asia China In 2023, for the first time, the country built more ships in its shipyards than all the rest of the world combined, both for civilian and military use; the fact has worried a number of countries including the USA
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The Council of Ministers sent to Parliament the draft law on the prevention of conflicts of interest in state institutions, a key reform law on which the EU is pressing for the European Council to decide on the opening of accession negotiations by March
Europe Kosovo Doruntina Kastrati, 32-years-old artist, representing Kosovo at the 60th Venice Art Biennale, will depict the post-war feminization of labour in the country in her abstract sculpture exhibition
Africa Zambia The IMF said it will visit Zambia, presumably in mid-April, to assess the negative impact of the ongoing drought on the country's growth and budget
Asia Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz officials are now calling for the 2019 uranium mining ban to be lifted, while populist President Sadyr Japarov continues to pursue state production in the extractive industries he first supported more than a decade ago as an opposition politician
Europe Bulgaria Human Rights Watch urged the country not to deport Saudi activist Abdulrahman al-Khalid, as deportation would expose him to the risk of torture
Africa Comoros Retired people have asked for an increase in their pensions, also considering the growing inflation
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Congolese physician Denis Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has published an open letter calling on the United Nations to postpone the withdrawal of the multinational Monusco force from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Europe France Sophie Binet, general secretary of the General Confederation of Labor, said her union may organize strikes during the Olympics to be held in Paris between July and August
America Dominica Private sector organizations have been urged to step forward and take action to prioritize gender equality in the workplace by the Minister of Health, Welfare and Social Services
Africa Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio hailed China's continued support for infrastructure development during his state visit to China, his second since assuming the presidency
Europe Moldova During the election period legal research organisations or public associations registered in the Republic of Moldova may conduct opinion and exit polls if they have obtained permission by electoral authority, the Central Election Commission informed