* Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday announced the postponement of the presidential election originally scheduled for Feb. 25. The announcement was made in a message broadcast to the nation just a few hours before the start of the electoral campaign midnight Sunday.
* The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a cruise missile super-large warhead power test and a new-type anti-aircraft missile test-fire in waters off its western coast on Friday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Saturday.
* Russian energy giant Gazprom GAZP.MM said it would ship 42.4 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Saturday, the same volume as the previous day.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation with his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to discuss bilateral ties, Zelensky's press service reported Friday.
* The Iranian Army's Aviation on Saturday unveiled an upgraded version of a domestically-developed air-to-surface anti-armor missile system, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
* The United Nations is cautioning against a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to dwindling donor support, a spokesperson said Friday.
* At least 27,238 Palestinians have been killed and 66,452 others injured in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the enclave's Hamas-run health ministry said on Saturday.
* The United States has begun strikes in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for a deadly attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan, U.S. media reported on Friday.
* U.S. airstrikes on the border areas in western Iraq will have serious consequences for the security and stability of Iraq and the region, the Iraqi government said on Saturday.
* At least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are now either unaccompanied by or separated from their parents or relatives, the United Nations (UN) estimated on Friday.
* Israeli airstrikes killed 18 Palestinians in the Gaza cities of Rafah and Deir Al-Balah, Gaza health officials said on Saturday, as residents of the enclave feared Israel would expand its ground offensive into those last remaining areas where people have sought shelter.
* The United Nations and its humanitarian partners made a plea on Thursday for 2.7 billion USD to support the millions affected by the prolonged conflict in Yemen.
* Turkish authorities on Saturday detained 34 people suspected of ties to Islamic State in a wide-ranging operation against the militant group, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X.
* Sri Lanka is to borrow 150 million USD from the World Bank to finance the Financial Sector Safety Net Strengthening Project, the Finance Ministry said in a press statement on Friday.
* Heavy snow is expected to hit many parts of Japan in the upcoming days, Japan's weather agency said on Saturday, warning of snow accumulation of up to five centimeters, even in the heart of Tokyo.
