* The death toll from the mass migrant crossings into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta has risen to 67, as Spanish authorities said the border situation had largely stabilized after most migrants returned to neighboring Morocco.
* Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said Friday that Portugal will not suspend Schengen free movement rules with Spain over deadly migrant crossings into Ceuta, but will strengthen border controls along the country's southern maritime and land frontiers.
* Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday evening that the government had decided to temporarily suspend the Schengen free-movement regime for maritime and air links with Spain and reintroduce border checks.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that fighting must stop on all fronts in the Middle East.
* The U.S. embassies in some 10 Middle East countries on Saturday warned American citizens to exercise caution and "consider departing or be prepared to depart should there be escalation."
* Iran has prepared an "extensive" plan for responding to potential attacks on Iranian infrastructure, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported early Saturday.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has warned Britain against any military cooperation with the United States in carrying out strikes on Iran.
* The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that its armed forces had carried out an overnight strike on Ukrainian drone and missile production facilities, military-industrial enterprises and a logistics center in Kiev. Ukraine reported that at least nine people were killed and 28 others injured in the ballistic missile attacks.
* The Russian container ship Yanina has sunk following an attack by Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea, and all 17 crew members aboard have been rescued, the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom announced Saturday.
* Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Friday signed the Treaty on Alliance Relations between the two countries in Cholpon-Ata during the Azerbaijani leader's state visit to Kyrgyzstan, according to the Kyrgyz president's press service.
* Latvia's border with Belarus was closed for technical reasons on Friday evening, Interior Minister Janis Dombrava has said on social media.
* Three Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, including one that caused extensive damage to a medical supply depot at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
* Kuwait said on Saturday that its armed forces had detected and destroyed hostile drones in the country's airspace, while several vital installations were targeted in what it described as "Iranian aggression."
* Three Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, including one that caused extensive damage to a medical supply depot at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
* Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that Israel's massive explosions in southern Lebanon threaten the implementation of the framework agreement and risk undermining diplomatic negotiations ahead of a meeting in Rome to discuss its implementation.
* Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Friday held a phone call with Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas political bureau chief, to discuss the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the newly announced Gaza disarmament roadmap must be followed.
* Hamas said Friday in a statement that incorporating the issue of heavy weaponry into the Gaza agreement is conditional on a complete halt to "aggression," Israeli withdrawal from the enclave, and progress on reconstruction.
* Kuwait said on Saturday that its armed forces had detected and destroyed hostile drones in the country's airspace, while several vital installations were targeted in what it described as "Iranian aggression."
* Myanmar will increase investment in the education sector to promote national education development, President Min Aung Hlaing said in a speech delivered at the second regular session of the third Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Parliament) on Friday, according to The Global New Light of Myanmar on Saturday.
* Thailand unveiled a five-pillar strategic framework on Friday to restructure its economy around technology, clean energy, and financial services, with an economic growth target of more than 3 percent year on year and total investment close to 30 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
* The Central Bank of the Philippines projects that the country's July inflation could settle within the range of 5.6 to 6.6 percent, local media reported on Saturday.
* Thailand's economic growth was broadly stable on a monthly basis in June, as increased private consumption and exports offset declines in manufacturing output and tourism-related services, the central bank said on Friday.
* Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park generated 20.3 million USD from ticket sales in the first seven months of 2026, marking a 29-percent decline from the 28.6 million dollars recorded during the same period last year, according to an official report released Saturday.
* Finland has successfully removed about 60,000 litters of oil from the wreck of the World War II coastal defense ship Ilmarinen, announced the Ministry of the Environment in a press release published on Friday.
* Malaysia's population is estimated to have reached 34.4 million in 2026, up from 34.2 million a year earlier, reflecting a 0.5 percent annual growth rate, according to official data released on Friday.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for action to deal with extreme heat caused by El Nino. The UN chief made the appeal at a press encounter, citing an update on El Nino forecasts released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
* The local government in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has formed an expert advisory committee to monitor and assess the potential impact of a strong El Nino weather phenomenon this year, state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said Friday.
* The death toll in ongoing floods in India's northeastern state of Assam has risen to 82, with two people still missing, officials said Saturday.
* Finland imposed restrictions in parts of its southeastern region on Friday after preliminary tests proved the presence of African swine fever (ASF) in three wild boar piglets, marking the country's first recorded outbreak of the disease.
