* Top officials of Yemen's Houthi group on Saturday vowed to retaliate against Israel as the group confirmed earlier in the day that Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi of the Houthi-backed government, along with several other ministers, was killed in Sanaa in Israeli airstrikes on Thursday.
* European Union (EU) foreign ministers met in Copenhagen on Saturday, and they unanimously urged the United States to reconsider its recent decision to deny entry visas to Palestinian officials.
* Youth Strategy Forum 2025 began in Yangon on Saturday, the state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Sunday. Union Minister for Ministry 1 of the President's Office U Tin Aung San was among those attending the forum.
* The Trump administration has canceled 679 million USD in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects in the United States.
* British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday pledged to detain and send back illegal migrants as the government faces mounting pressure to tackle Channel crossings and the issue of asylum hotels.
* The Ministerial Committee formed by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza on Saturday urged the U.S. administration to "reconsider and reverse" its decision not to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation for the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA).
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday emphasized the need for Iran and Armenia to remain vigilant against any foreign attempts to disrupt their "friendly and strategic" relations.
* Afghan security personnel have confiscated dozens of firearms and a significant cache of ammunition in northern Kunduz province over the past three months as part of ongoing counter-terrorism efforts, the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced Sunday.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Saturday held a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss bilateral relations, ways to strengthen cooperation across various fields, as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest.
* At least 57 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to Palestinian sources. In Gaza City, four people, including two children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting two apartments and a gathering of Palestinians, spokesperson for Gaza's civil defense Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua.
* The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector stood at 49.4 in August, up from 49.3 in the previous month, official data showed Sunday. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 reflects contraction.
* U.S.-based rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has upgraded Portugal's sovereign credit rating to A+ with a stable outlook. This follows the agency's February 28 decision to raise the rating from A- to A with a positive outlook, paving the way for another upward revision.
* Climate change is increasingly reshaping Britain's weather, with provisional data indicating that this summer is set to be the warmest on record for the country. According to provisional statistics from Britain's Met Office, the summer of 2025 will "almost certainly" become the warmest summer on record for the country since records began in 1884.
