* Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu was re-elected on Saturday as the chairman of the country's Social Democratic Party (PSD) and confirmed as the party's candidate for the upcoming presidential elections.
* Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Sunday a broad cabinet reshuffle that included the ministers of defence, foreign affairs and the economy, the presidency said on Sunday.
* Chinese Premier Li Qiang has emphasized the need to foster an open environment for technical innovation and support foreign firms and research institutions to invest in China, when talking about advancing the robot industry through closer global collaboration.
* China resolutely opposes the move of the U.S. side to place some Chinese entities on its export control "entity list," a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce said Sunday.
* A total of 15 tonnes of fresh durians from Malaysia arrived in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province on Saturday evening, marking the first batch of Malaysian fresh durians to enter the Chinese market.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel took pre-emptive action against the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon and that all drones launched against a strategic target in central Israel were intercepted.
* Israeli and Hezbollah forces engaged in extensive exchanges of fire early Sunday morning along the Israel-Lebanon border, marking a significant escalation in their longstanding conflict.
* Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Iran's new Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi discussed the situation in Gaza and developments in the region in a call, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Sunday.
* Jordan on Sunday warned that heightened escalation between Israel and the Hezbollah could lead to a "regional war" that would threaten stability.
* Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned America's top general during a meeting on Sunday of the dangers of a major conflict in Lebanon.
* Air France AIR.PA has cancelled its flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut until Monday at least, the company said after Hezbollah launched rockets and drones at Israel on Sunday and Israel's military said it struck Lebanon with about 100 jets.
* At least 40,405 Palestinians have been killed and 93,468 others injured in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, said the Gaza Health Ministry.
* Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that efforts to mend ties with Turkey had so far brought no tangible results.
* Nigerian police said two of its officers were killed and three left unconscious after an attack involving knives and explosives by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in capital Abuja on Sunday.
* At least 15 people, including children, were killed by drone strikes on Sunday on the town of Tinzaouaten in north Mali, near where the army suffered a heavy blow last month, Tuareg rebels said.
* Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved an expansion of 3.4 billion shekels ($923 million) in the 2024 state budget to help fund evacuees until the end of the year, the Finance Ministry said.
* The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned of the high burden of mpox cases, limited diagnostic capabilities, and the disease's high fatality rate as some of the pressing challenges hindering the continent's mpox response efforts as the number of cases surges across Africa.
* Two bureaus have activated Level-IV emergency responses aimed at flooding control and defense in the Haihe River, according to the Haihe River Water Conservancy Commission under the Ministry of Water Resources of China.
* Japan's weather agency has said that it will be hotter than usual across the country from September through November, with more rainfall than normal. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) released its three-month forecast earlier this week.
* Firefighters have brought under control a large forest fire in the Portuguese island of Madeira that had been burning for 11 days, but authorities said on Sunday they would remain on the ground to stop it flaring up again.
* Thirteen bodies were found and six were still missing after flash floods and landslides destroyed houses and infrastructure in Indonesia's eastern North Maluku province earlier on Sunday, a senior official said.
* Thirteen people including a Russian couple died in a mudslide on the Thai resort island of Phuket, the authorities said Sunday, after calling off a search for missing persons.
* Thirteen people were reported dead and 14 others were missing in a shipwreck off Yemen on August 20, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday.
* Two bus accidents in northeast and southwest Pakistan killed as at least 34 people on Sunday, the authorities said.
