* Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been re-elected for a second five-year term, after garnering 52.6 percent of the total votes cast in the Aug. 23-24 elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced on Saturday.
* The South African parliament issued a statement Saturday on the success of the 15th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, hailing the outcomes of this "historic" summit as a "testament" to the visionary leadership and unwavering commitment of the BRICS nations.
* Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat highlighted the importance of the upcoming 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as a major global platform to address pressing climate issues.
* China's major industrial firms reported a smaller profit decline in July, official data showed Sunday. Industrial firms with annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.78 million USD) saw their combined profits in July down 6.7 percent from a year ago, narrowing from the 8.3-percent drop in June.
* India has imposed a $1,200 per ton minimum export price (MEP) on basmati rice shipments, the government said on Sunday, as the world's biggest exporter tries to calm local prices ahead of key state elections.
* Russia's Gazprom GAZP.MM said it will send 41.5 million cubic metres of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Sunday, a volume in line with recent days.
* Ukraine on Saturday denounced the plans of five EU countries to extend Ukrainian grain import ban, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website.
* Iran's enrichment of uranium continues based on a framework established by the country's parliament, nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Sunday when asked about reports regarding Tehran slowing down its 60% enrichment.
* Syria on Saturday denied U.S. and French allegations that the country used chemical weapons near Damascus in 2013.
* The Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Saturday called on the U.S. government to correct its position towards the current Sudanese crisis and not to equate the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) with the "terrorist militia."
* The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said it is set to launch its first solar orbiter mission Aditya L1 satellite most likely on Sept. 2. According to Nilesh M Desai, director of the Space Applications Center (SAC), Ahmedabad, the Aditya L1 satellite is ready on the launchpad.
* Myanmar earned over 125 million USD from mineral exports over the past four months (April 1 to Aug. 18) of the current fiscal year 2023-2024, according to the Ministry of Commerce on Sunday.
* China's National Meteorological Center on Sunday issued a yellow alert for rainstorms as heavy downpours are expected to lash multiple regions of the country.↳
* One person died and 57 were injured after two explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas station in the Romanian town of Crevedia near the capital Bucharest on Saturday.
* A racially motivated shooting at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, the U.S. state of Florida, left at least four people dead, including the shooter, on Saturday afternoon.
