* Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed on Sunday to further strengthen the strategic mutual trust and carry on the traditional friendship between the two countries.
* A U.S.-led naval coalition in the Gulf has warned ships in the region to stay away from Iranian waters to avoid possible seizure, the U.S. Navy said.
* West Africa's ECOWAS bloc aims to send a parliamentary committee to Niger to meet coup leaders who seized power last month, a spokesperson said on Saturday, part of a last ditch regional effort to restore civilian rule that includes religious leaders.
* Palestinian officials welcomed a first Saudi Arabian ambassador on Saturday, they said, in a show of support even as the Gulf kingdom is considering the prospect of establishing formal diplomatic relations with Israel.
* Saudi Arabia on Saturday named Naif bin Bandar Al-Sudairi the kingdom's first ambassador to Palestine, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
* President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Saturday discussed over phone bilateral relations and ways to strengthen cooperation.
* As a significant surge in dengue fever cases has gripped Bangladesh, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for efforts to control the mosquito vector population and minimize individual exposure such as using mosquito repellents and wearing long-sleeved clothes.
* Germany's trade surplus in the first half (H1) of 2023 more than doubled year-on-year to 98.7 billion euros (108.6 billion USD), the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said Friday.
* Explosions were heard in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus early on Sunday, state media said, adding that the cause was not known.
* The death toll from the Maui wildfires reached 89 on Saturday, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century - and the total is likely to rise in coming days as search teams with cadaver dogs continue sifting through the ruins of Lahaina.
* Russia sent a task force to oversee cleanup of parts of the country's Far East on Sunday after Typhoon Khanun passed through the Primorye region, the emergencies ministry in Moscow said.
* Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the necessity of implementing a well-structured strategy aimed at attaining an annual export revenue of at least 2 billion USD from the gem and jewelry industry, the President's Media Division (PMD) said on Sunday.
