* President-elect Paul Kagame on Sunday was sworn in as President of Rwanda for his fourth term, in a ceremony marked by pomp and color at the fully packed Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, the capital city.
* The Indonesian government held its first plenary cabinet meeting in the country's new capital Nusantara in East Kalimantan province on Monday.
* The infrastructure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has sustained serious damage for the first time since the start of the ongoing shelling and attacks by Ukrainian forces, ZNPP Director of Communications Yevgenia Yashina said on Sunday.
* South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has appointed the head of the presidential security service, Kim Yong-hyun, as the new defence minister, and named Defence Minister Shin Won-sik as the new national security adviser, his office said on Monday.
* Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of starting a fire on the grounds of Europe's largest and now Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Sunday, with both sides reporting no sign of elevated radiation.
* Public order in the United Kingdom (UK) has stabilized after days of violent far-right protests, the authorities said on Sunday. But they warned that the impact of the unrest will be felt for months and even years.
* The Afghan caretaker government declared Asad 24 which coincides with Aug. 14 this year victory day against U.S.-led forces and announced the day as public holiday.
* Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian and Charles Michel, president of the European Council, on Sunday exchanged views on the resumption of the talks on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal.
* Hamas on Sunday called on mediators of the Gaza ceasefire to put forward a plan to implement what they had approved before instead of going to more rounds of negotiations or introducing new proposals.
* U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Sunday, as the region braces for possible attacks by Iran and its allies after the killing of senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah.
* King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday reiterated that Jordan will not be a battleground for any party and will not tolerate any threats to the lives of its people. The king made the remarks during a meeting in Amman with a delegation of U.S. Congress.
* Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah on Sunday said that his government would stand against "anyone trying to renew military violations and reinforce division" in the country.
* At least 39,897 Palestinians were killed and 92,152 injured in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct.7. the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Monday.
* Swiss International Air Lines said on Monday it had extended the suspension of its flights to and from Tel Aviv and Beirut up to and including Aug. 21.
* Democratic Republic of Congo said on Sunday it had begun talks with Zambia a day after its southern African neighbour sealed their common border, blocking a key export route for Congo, the world's second largest copper producer.
* Saudi Arabia has approved an updated investment law to attract foreign investors, said the country's investment ministry on Sunday.
* Cambodia's economy is projected to grow 6 percent in 2024, slightly lower than the earlier prediction of 6.6 percent, due to slower-than-expected growth in some sectors, especially construction and real estate, according to a mid-year report released on Monday.
* The central banks of South Korea and Turkey agreed to renew their bilateral currency swap deal for three more years, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Monday.
* Sri Lankan workers remitted 3.71 billion USD in the first seven months of 2024, a 10.3 percent increase over the same period last year, according to the central bank. In July, remittances stood at 566.8 million dollars, up from 541.0 million dollars a year earlier.
* Malaysia's palm oil stocks fell for the first time in four months to a four-month low in July as growth in exports outpaced improvement in production, the industry regulator said on Monday.
* The death toll from recent heavy rains and floods in Yemen climbed to 61 on Sunday, according to a statement by the Executive Unit for the Management of Displaced Persons Camps in Yemen.
* Saudi Arabia on Sunday launched an emergency humanitarian aid operation to assist victims of severe flooding and heavy rainfall that impacted various areas in war-ravaged Yemen during the past few days.
* Typhoon Maria on Monday made landfall in the northeast Japanese prefecture of Iwate, unleashing record-breaking rainfall and severe disruptions across the Tohoku region.
