* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he has ordered two nuclear submarines "to be positioned in the appropriate regions" in response to remarks from Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin told Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting on Friday that Russia has produced and deployed the first serial "Oreshnik" missile complex to its troops.
* Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that the Palestinian leadership wants a demilitarized Palestinian state, including the Gaza Strip. His remarks came during a meeting with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul at the presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
* Germany has resumed airdropping humanitarian aid into Gaza to support the civilian population, the country's defence ministry and federal foreign office announced on Friday. According to a joint statement issued by the two ministries, two German Air Force flights dropped 34 pallets, totaling nearly 14 tons of food and medical supplies.
* Relief workers have handed cash to more than 10,000 hungry families in Gaza, who find little food on the market to spend on, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
* Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed on Friday Portugal's announcement of its intention to take steps to pave the way for its recognition of the Palestinian state in September, describing it as a "positive step."
* With a 30-percent tariff imposed by the United States set to take effect, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday pledged to pursue all diplomatic efforts to safeguard the national interests.
* Iran plans to establish a "defense council" as part of the country's new governance arrangement, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Friday.
* Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday exchanged views on the latest developments in the region, especially Gaza, according to a statement released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
* Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama on Friday handed over 40 metric tonnes of relief items to the people of Palestine amid the crisis in Gaza.
* Kenyan President William Ruto and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday agreed to adopt a unified peace process to resolve the ongoing security crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
* Kazakhstan's economy grew 5 percent in 2024, exceeding the preliminary estimate of 4.8 percent, driven by the expansion of the non-oil sector, Kazakhstan's Ministry of National Economy said Friday in a press release.
* Austria's inflation rate continued to hike in July, with consumer prices driven up mainly by industrial goods, according to a flash estimate on Friday.
* Sri Lankan customs generated more than 1.2 trillion rupees (about 4 billion USD) in revenue during the first seven months of 2025, an official said Saturday.
* Portugal's tourism sector contributed 34 billion euros (39.22 billion USD) to the national economy in 2024, accounting for 11.9 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to the data released on Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
* NASA and SpaceX launched a new crew rotation mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, marking the 11th commercial flight under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
* The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday urged vigilance over the surge in leptospirosis cases in the country in the wake of heavy rains and floods triggered by tropical cyclones and the southwest monsoon in recent weeks.
* Authorities in South Africa's Western Cape have confirmed new outbreaks of bird flu in the province, urging the public to "stay alert," but "not alarmed."
* The first Estonian rescue team was deployed to Spain to combat wildfires on Friday, with a second team scheduled to depart on Aug. 17. Each team consists of 20 rescuers. This year, Spain has already experienced over 3,300 wildfires, which have affected more than 20,000 hectares of forests and natural areas.
* Families and individuals whose homes were damaged or destroyed by severe flooding in Romania will receive emergency financial aid, according to Raed Arafat, head of the Department for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
* Japan experienced its hottest July for the third year in a row, with a record 2.89 degrees Celsius higher than usual, according to the country's weather agency.
* Mainland Portugal recorded 264 excess deaths during the heat alert period that began a week ago, a 21.2 percent increase compared to the expected number, mainly among people over 75 years old and in the northern region, according to data released Friday by the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).
* Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province erupted twice between Friday night and early Saturday, sending ash columns as high as 18,000 meters into the sky, according to local authorities.
