* More than 1,000 security personnel were deployed in the capital of Cambodia on Saturday amid an overseas opposition call for anti-government protests, Phnom Penh Municipal Police chief Lieutenant General Chuon Narin said on Saturday.
* Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will co-chair the 28th session of the committee for regular meetings between Chinese and Russian heads of government, together with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko in Moscow on Aug. 19-20, Xinhua news reported on Sunday.
* The leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States issued a joint statement on Sunday marking the anniversary of their summit at Camp David and reaffirmed a pledge to jointly tackle regional challenges, South Korea's presidential office said.
* The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned on Saturday that the nuclear safety situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) was "deteriorating" after a drone strike nearby.
* Russia fired ballistic and cruise missiles at the Ukrainian capital early on Sunday with neither casualties nor damage reported, the Kiev City Military Administration said in a statement.
* The Philippines will allocate 50 billion pesos (875 million USD) to fund the modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in 2025, a member of the House of Representatives said Sunday.
* Negotiations on a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip will resume on Wednesday in Cairo, Egyptian sources told Xinhua on Saturday.
* Israeli strikes killed 19 people in Gaza on Sunday, including six children, Palestinian health authorities said, ahead of a visit to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to try to push forward ceasefire talks.
* At least 40,099 Palestinians have been killed and 92,609 injured in Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the enclave's health ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and visiting French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne stressed on Saturday the importance of seizing the opportunity of the ongoing negotiations to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal, according to a statement by the Egyptian presidency.
* The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned Sunday Britain's charge d'affaires in Baghdad to protest its ambassador's remarks about Iraq.
* Afghanistan and Uzbekistan signed 35 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth 2.5 billion USD, the country's acting deputy prime minister for economic affairs office said in a statement on Saturday.
* Maldives Immigration on Saturday detained 22 foreigners working illegally during raids carried out in the country's capital city Male.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commended Sudan's decision to reopen the Adre border crossing with Chad for humanitarian aid to enter the war-ravaged Darfur region, his spokesperson said on Saturday.
* Three peacekeepers on patrol were "lightly injured" when an explosion occurred near their clearly marked U.N. vehicle in the village of Yarine in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said on Sunday.
* The armed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been escalating across Sudan despite the ongoing peace talks in Geneva, putting efforts for a political settlement at stake.
* Chinese authorities have intensified efforts to prevent the import of the mpox virus as global cases continue to rise.
* Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Saturday urged the regional bloc's secretariat to convene an urgent meeting of health ministers to assess the impact of mpox in the region.
* Sri Lankan tourism authorities are expecting 3 million foreign tourists in 2025, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Managing Director Nalin Perera has said.
* A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, with initial information showing no destruction or casualties, local authorities said on Saturday.
* Hurricane Ernesto knocked out power, downed trees and flooded parts of Bermuda on Saturday but the British island territory appeared to have escaped major injuries or property damage, officials said after an initial assessment.
* The Ministry of Water Resources activated a Level-IV emergency flood response in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Saturday in anticipation of severe rainfall and potential flooding.
* Heavy rains lashed Alpine regions of Austria and left parts of Vienna under water at the weekend, causing severe damage in parts of the country and disrupting road and rail transport, authorities and local media said.
* Temperatures across Japan soared past 35 degrees Celsius on Sunday, and authorities have issued strict heatstroke warnings, urging residents to take precautions.
* A fresh wildfire erupted Sunday in Turkey's western city of Izmir, leading to the evacuation of a residential area in its Urla district, local media reported.
* For the past two days, firefighters have been battling fires in Sibenik, Zadar and Split, three major cities in Croatia, and some of the fires are still active, the Croatian Fire Association (HVZ) said in a statement on Saturday.
