* Ukraine has reached an agreement with the United States on monthly deliveries of interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system, although the supply remains insufficient, Ukrinform news agency reported Saturday, citing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
* The U.S. Senate voted early Saturday to approve a short-term measure aimed at avoiding a federal government shutdown before the November midterm election. The Senate voted 90-6 to approve the bill that would fund most federal government operations at current levels through Dec. 11.
* Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed progress in normalizing bilateral relations during a phone conversation on Saturday, according to the Azerbaijani presidential press service. During the conversation, both sides noted progress made over the past year in normalizing relations between the two countries.
* Brad Cooper, chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), arrived in Israel on Saturday for a several-hour visit, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported. During his brief visit, Cooper met with Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir and other senior commanders to assess the current multi-front situation, Kan reported.
* Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Saturday that the newly-signed Makkah Joint Defense Agreement does not target Iran, clarifying that the deal is defensive in nature and aimed at protecting signatories from external "attacks."
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday Tehran will keep pursuing the path of peace under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed recently with the United States, provided that Washington helps build an atmosphere of trust.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed bilateral relations and cooperation during a phone call on Saturday, said a statement by al-Zaidi's media office.
* Yemen's Houthi group said Sunday that it launched a drone attack on a Saudi Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia's southwestern city of Jazan, as tensions between the two sides continue to escalate.
* Tanzania has launched a 10-year, 231-million-U.S.-dollar project aimed at transforming the country's dairy sector and strengthening climate resilience, with more than 700,000 livestock keepers expected to benefit, an official said on Saturday.
* The enhanced southwest monsoon and tropical cyclones have affected more than 380,000 residents across eight regions in the Philippines, according to Philippine official media reports on Sunday.
* A landslide that occurred Saturday night in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, has left around 390 people stranded, local media reported Sunday.
* Indonesia closed the Mount Bromo tourist area in East Java to all tourist activities on Saturday night as a wildfire continues to spread, the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park authority said late Saturday.
* The death toll of a road accident which occurred on Friday in western Niger rose to 22, the Nigerien Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation said on Saturday.
* At least 20 people were killed and several others injured Friday evening when a diesel tanker overturned southwest of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.
* At least four people were killed Saturday when a helicopter crashed in a forested area in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, firefighters said. The crash occurred at about 11:11 a.m. local time in the Vista Chinesa area of Alto da Boa Vista.
