* Iran's new president presented his cabinet to parliament on Sunday for a vote of confidence, state media reported, proposing seasoned pragmatic diplomat Abbas Araqchi as foreign minister at a time of heightened regional tensions.
* Tunisia's Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) announced on Saturday the preliminary list of three candidates who will run in the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for October 6.
* The National Police Chiefs' Council said on Saturday that 779 people have now been arrested over rioting in the United Kingdom (UK), of whom 349 were charged.
* Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Saturday expressed deep concern over the recent surge in violent incidents in Copenhagen, many of which involved Swedish perpetrators.
* The Sudanese government on Sunday announced the end of consultations with the U.S. government on the upcoming peace talks in Geneva without a deal.
* China supports Iran in defending its "sovereignty, security and national dignity", Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told Iran's acting foreign minister in a phone call on Sunday, according to a statement by China's foreign ministry.
* Germany's chancellor has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call that he should conclude a deal on a ceasefire and the release of hostages held by Hamas, a German government spokesperson said on Sunday.
* Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are holding military drills in the western parts of the country that will continue until Tuesday, Iran's official news agency announced on Sunday.
* Hezbollah attacked on Saturday an Israeli base located southwest of Safed city in northern Israel with successive swarms of suicide drones, causing injuries among its members.
* An airstrike on a vehicle in eastern Syria near the porous border with Iraq killed at least five fighters from pro-Iran units, two security sources in the region told Reuters.
* Kenyan security forces have launched a manhunt for al-Shabab militants who killed a government official on Saturday before hijacking and fleeing with his official car in Mandera County which borders Somalia.
* Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that his country is committed to completely eradicating poliovirus by 2025 and special measures are afoot to further enhance the vaccination coverage.
* Cambodia exported 173,915 tons of natural rubber latex in the first seven months of 2024, slightly up 1.72 percent from 170,968 tons over the same period last year, said a General Directorate of Rubber's report on Sunday.
* More than 80,000 people have been evacuated in southwest China's Sichuan Province amid the most recent rainstorms to hit the region, local authorities said on Sunday.
* Residents in two areas near Athens were ordered to evacuate on Sunday as dozens of firefighters battled to contain blazes fuelled by strong winds and hot temperatures.
* The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda's capital Kampala has risen to 13, police said on Sunday, as rescue personnel continued to dig for survivors.
