* Cambodia and Thailand reached a consensus on the details of the ceasefire and signed an agreement at the extraordinary meeting of the General Border Committee (GBC) held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Officials from Cambodia and Thailand attended the meeting, while delegates from China, Malaysia, and the United States participated as third-party observers.
* China welcomes the understanding reached between Cambodia and Thailand on the implementation arrangements, monitoring mechanism and follow-up matters of the ceasefire, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian leaders isn't a condition for him to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in what would be their first in-person encounter in Trump's second term.
* Russia and the United States have reached an agreement on a meeting between the two countries' presidents in the coming days, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on Thursday.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday said that finding a solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict can be "truly effective" at the level of leaders.
* It is important for Moscow and New Delhi to determine the timing of new talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, TASS reported Thursday, citing Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu.
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a phone conversation on Thursday, reaffirming their commitment to bilateral cooperation and multilateralism in the face of rising global trade tensions.
* The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has approved 17 presidential candidates and rejected three ahead of the Sept. 16 general elections, citing failure to meet eligibility criteria.
* President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Thursday signed a presidential decree dismissing Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros and appointing Braima Camara as the country's new prime minister.
* Mexico is looking to expand trade and investment with Canada beyond the existing United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on free trade, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has ordered to start working on a new census to exclude people living in the country without legal status.
* The first illegal migrants have been detained under the new return deal between Britain and France, the British government confirmed on Thursday.
* In another episode of the ongoing diplomatic row between Algiers and Paris, Algeria on Thursday firmly rejected France's recent visa restrictions targeting Algerian diplomats, vowing reciprocal measures.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made it clear that he believes all trade wars are ruinous and need to be avoided, his spokesperson said Thursday.
* Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has directed the government to provide medical assistance to approximately 2,000 Gazans who have been injured in the ongoing conflict, Hasan Nasbi, head of the Indonesian Presidential Communication Office, said on Thursday.
* Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday that the desperation in Gaza has led to a breakdown of law and order, calling for humanitarian corridors to evacuate people in need of urgent medical care outside Gaza.
* Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has called for convening an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the ongoing humanitarian "catastrophe" in Gaza, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
* Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al busaidi and Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh on Wednesday discussed the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip in a phone conversation, calling for international action to end the violence and alleviate the suffering of civilians.
* South African healthcare workers from both public and private hospitals nationwide on Thursday protested Israel's weaponization of hunger and mass starvation in Gaza.
* The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday carried out a government reshuffle as the Central African country faces a mounting security crisis in its eastern region.
* Less than 17 percent of the 46 billion USD required to meet global humanitarian needs in 2025 has been received as of now, a UN spokesperson said Thursday.
* The Indonesian government has implemented a new policy to screen and select foreign investors planning to invest in the country to ensure the sustainability of future collaborations, Rosan Roeslani, minister of investment and downstreaming, said on Thursday.
* The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, said on Thursday that it will conduct a 700-billion-yuan (about 98.11 billion USD) outright reverse repo operation on Friday, to maintain ample liquidity in China's banking system.
* Cambodia exported 420,572 tons of milled rice during the first seven months of 2025, generating a gross revenue of 309 million USD, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a news release on Thursday.
* Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said on Thursday that the country is projected to produce more than 700 million tons of coal by the end of 2025.
* Japan's weather agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning on Friday morning for the city of Kirishima in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, calling for the highest level of caution against landslides and flooding in low-lying areas and overflowing rivers.
* The maximum temperature will rise again over the weekend across most of mainland Portugal, potentially reaching 43 degrees Celsius in the southern interior and in the Tejo and Douro valleys, according to the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere.
* Evacuations were ordered on Thursday for communities near a fast-moving wildfire in a canyon area in Southern California, the U.S., amid a major heat wave.
