Europe Malta The heating debate on overtourism must not become an argument against tourists or the tourism industry, Prime Minister Abela warned, or the sector would risk "a mortal blow"
Asia Kuwait The Al-Ujairi Science Centre announced that in the early hours of yesterday Kuwait witnessed a rare planetary alignment phenomenon of 6 planets - Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - with the Moon as the 7th celestial body
Asia Indonesia Over the past three years, Indonesia has faced a 'pornography emergency', revealed the chairman of the Indonesian Child Protection Commission, Ai Maryati, stating that child pornography is also widespread at the interstate level
Asia North Korea Hundreds of balloons filled with rubbish were reportedly sent from the country to neighbouring South Korea; according to Deputy Defence Minister, the initiative is a response to balloons sent from South Korea with leaflets critical of Kim Jong Un's regime
Africa Madagascar The offices of the District Electoral Commission in Tsihombe were set on fire by protesters unhappy with the result of the parliamentary elections on suspicion of fraud in this constituency
Europe Malta For European Testing Week, artist Emma Grima collaborated with Checkpoint Malta to campaign We Are Positive, with an art installation in which the Love Monument was covered with 600 boxes of HIV self-testing kits to encourage people to get tested
Europe Slovenia Slovenian researchers with German colleagues have developed and tested a new method of vaccine administration using a mucoadhesive film that sticks to the mucous membrane of the cheek, offering greater protection against respiratory infections
Asia Myanmar Tin Oo, one of Aung San Suu Kyi's closest collaborators and co-founder of her National League for Democracy party, has died
America United States Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all of the housing construction that has already been approved in the Phoenix area, and will stop developers from building some new subdivisions
Africa Rwanda A USD 200 million financing agreement was signed between the Rwandan government and the African Development Fund to finance development projects in the country that comply with the environmental protection framework
Europe Luxembourg The date for next year's ING Night Marathon in Luxembourg City has already been set, with the event organisers planning to continue the partnership in the future despite the turmoil caused by the bank's decision to abandon retail clients
Asia Maldives As the new academic year began last Sunday, some local schools complained that they did not receive textbooks though the Ministry of Education confirmed that all schools did receive textbooks
Oceania Palau To combat farm theft and damage caused by feral pigs, a growing problem for the island nation's food security, Palau's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment and the Ministry of Justice will collaborate
Asia Oman Data from Oman's first satellite, Aman-1, launched by Omani company ETCO Space, will monitor and track the gas networks, according to an agreement signed by Omantel and OQ Gas Networks, which owns and operates Oman's natural gas transportation system