* Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Friday met with visiting Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin to deepen defense cooperation between the two ASEAN nations.
* Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed a joint defense agreement on Friday, the Alarabiya TV reported.
* Russian air defense forces shot down 1,155 drones over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The figure nearly matched the record of 1,158 drones downed on Aug. 2, according to the TASS news agency.
* About 100 people died during a mass border crossing into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last week, Ceuta President Juan Jesus Vivas told an extraordinary meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on Thursday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that although overall U.S. ammunition stockpiles remain sufficient, supplies of certain types of ammunition are "a little bit tighter."
* The Donald Trump administration has returned around 100 billion USD of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to U.S. importers by the end of July, according to a court document filed on Tuesday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing minimum import prices and a 15 percent tariff on products made from polysilicon, a key material for solar panels and semiconductors.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said her government is working on a plan of action to bolster security in crime-hit Michoacan state so its avocado exports to the United States can resume after they were again halted over safety concerns.
* Omani authorities are responding to the grounding of a vessel off the Hallaniyat Islands in the southern governorate of Dhofar, with efforts underway to minimize any potential environmental impact, the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, and the Environment Authority said on Thursday.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Thursday stressed the need to intensify strategic consultations and political coordination to preserve regional stability, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.
* Qatar and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday to strengthen cooperation in nuclear safety and radiation protection, according to a statement issued by Qatar's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.
* Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the outlines of an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days, Saudi-based Al Hadath news channel and Al Arabiya news channel reported Thursday, both citing high-ranking sources.
* Yemen's Houthi group claimed Thursday that it has carried out a "large-scale" military operation using ballistic missiles and drones against government forces in the eastern provinces of Marib and Hadramout, claiming "hundreds of casualties."
* Libyan authorities on Thursday announced the rescue of 13 Bangladeshi migrants who had been held captive by a criminal group in the eastern part of Tripoli.
* UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have reported the sharpest escalation in military activity between Israel and Hezbollah since late June, when a U.S.-Israel-Lebanon framework agreement was signed, a UN spokesperson said Thursday.
* Chile said Thursday that it had officially restored consular relations with Venezuela after a two-year suspension. Foreign Minister Francisco Perez Mackenna said resuming the ties would "ensure protection and services for citizens of both countries."
* The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Friday that 11 civilians were injured in Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia's Najran.
* Global food commodity prices rose slightly in July, driven by higher prices for cereals, sugar and vegetable oils, while lower meat and dairy prices partly offset the increase, according to a report released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
* Malaysia's six largest banks are expected to maintain resilient credit profiles despite slower economic growth in 2026, supported by stable operating conditions, sound asset quality, sustained profitability and adequate capital buffers, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.
* France's unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 8.3 percent in the second quarter of 2026, reaching its highest level since the third quarter of 2020, the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) said on Friday.
* Cote d'Ivoire has maintained its development momentum and its economy remains "dynamic," President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday on the eve of the country's 66th Independence Day.
* The death toll in ongoing floods in India's northeastern state of Assam has risen to 94 and five people remain missing, officials said Thursday. According to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, 2,459 villages across 25 districts were hit, and 1,172,504 people were affected due to floods in the state.
* Heat-related deaths in Germany reached an estimated 11,900 during the first seven months of 2026, already surpassing full-year totals recorded since 2016, according to a report released Thursday by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany's public health institute.
* Greece has reported 23 new locally acquired West Nile virus cases over the past week, marking a sharp increase in infections in the current transmission season, Greek official news agency AMNA reported on Thursday.
* Authorities in east China's Zhejiang Province upgraded emergency responses for Typhoon Dolphin from Level IV to Level III at noon on Friday, as the 13th typhoon of 2026 approaches the country's eastern coast.
* Italy on Thursday placed all 27 major cities monitored by the Health Ministry under the highest-level red alert for extreme heat for the first time since the country's heat warning system was introduced, as the fourth heatwave of the year continued to grip the country, according to Italy's ANSA news agency.
