* Cambodia's former Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen was appointed as the president of the Supreme Privy Council to the King on Tuesday, according to a royal decree.
* Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn has given his approval for Srettha Thavisin to assume the office of the country's prime minister, a spokesperson for the House Speaker said Wednesday.
* Spanish parliament speaker Francina Armengol on Wednesday set the date for the right-wing Peoples' Party (PP) leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo's investiture vote on Sep. 26 and 27.
* Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that he looks forward to working with other BRICS leaders to discuss plans for BRICS solidarity and development in the new era, work for a fruitful BRICS summit and strive for more just and equitable global governance.
* BRICS countries are continuing to deepen cooperation amid ongoing external economic challenges, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday while addressing the BRICS Business Forum 2023 via video link.
* Visiting Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed his gratitude for Angola's consistent support in calling for an end to the U.S. economic and trade embargo on Cuba.
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for creating a common trading currency for BRICS countries to counter U.S. dollar hegemony.
* In a reshuffling of key cabinet positions in the Danish government, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, deputy prime minister and minister of defence, has been appointed as the minister for economic affairs.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng on Tuesday and had a "productive discussion" ahead of her trip to China, the U.S. Commerce Department said in a statement.
* South Korea is set to hold its first nationwide air defence drills in six years on Wednesday amid the growing nuclear and missile threats in the Korean Peninsular, with pedestrians required to take shelter and drivers asked to pull over in some areas.
* The United States does not encourage or enable attacks inside Russia, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said after Russian authorities said they downed drones that tried to attack Moscow early on Wednesday.
* Ukraine has received 12 billion euros (about 13 billion USD) in budget support from the European Union since the beginning of the year, the country's Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
* Britain will guarantee a 192 million-pound ($245 million) export finance deal for Ukraine to buy nuclear fuel from producers including British companies, British energy minister Grant Shapps announced during a visit to Kyiv.
* Jordan on Tuesday stressed the need for the international community to take practical and immediate steps to create necessary circumstances for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees.
* Abdulsalami Abubakar, a special envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Niger's political impasse, announced Tuesday that a diplomatic solution is within reach for the crisis that has gripped the country.
* The United Nations on Tuesday said at least 60 people were killed, and 250 others injured during the ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Nyala, the capital city of South Darfur State in western Sudan.
* Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Tuesday held talks with visiting Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on Tuesday to discuss outstanding issues between the two countries, including Iraq's water share and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants based in Iraq.
* The relations of the Afghan caretaker government with regional countries are on the track of strengthening, state media quoted Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi as saying.
* China's trade with Africa reported steady growth in the first seven months of the year. Trade between China and Africa rose 7.4 percent year on year to 1.14 trillion yuan (about 158.36 billion USD) during the January-July period, data from the General Administration of Customs showed.
* Brazil's lower house on Tuesday approved a new fiscal framework proposed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that advocates deem crucial for preventing an escalation in public debt.
* Australia's Assistant Trade Minister Tim Ayres has identified reviving stalled talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) as his priority at the G20 trade and investment ministerial meeting to be held in the Indian city of Jaipur.
* German exports to countries outside the European Union decreased by 2.9% in July compared with the previous month, the German statistics office said on Wednesday.
* South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday warned against "the new wave of protectionism and the subsequent impact of unilateral measures" and called for "transparency and inclusiveness" to safeguard economic growth.
* A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-24 cargo spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, sending it into orbit.
* Regular marine traffic in both directions through Egypt's Suez Canal will resume within hours, the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, said on Wednesday, after LNG Tanker BW Lesmes and Oil Products Tanker BURRI collided in the waterway.
* Greek firefighters supported by aircraft battled a raging wildfire next to Athens for a second day on Wednesday, as the authorities said heat and strong winds could spark more blazes in a country where 20 people have already been killed.
* Firefighters battled a forest fire in the northwestern Turkish province of Canakkale on Wednesday as it spread for a second day because of high temperatures and strong wind.
* At least 700 residents had to be evacuated as a vast wildfire scorched the Italian island of Elba late on Monday, authorities said. The blaze was contained on Tuesday.
* At least 17 workers died and several more are feared to be trapped after an under-construction railway bridge collapsed in India's northeastern state of Mizoram on Wednesday, officials said.
* Fifteen Mexicans and one Venezuelan died in a road accident in central Mexico early on Tuesday, officials from Mexico's INM migration institute said in a statement.
