* There was "no discussion" about exchange rates at a meeting of Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers and central bank chiefs, Japanese Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi said on Sunday, according to Kyodo News.
* A Chinese naval flotilla set off on Sunday to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan in an exercise aimed at "safeguarding the security of strategic waterways", according to China's defence ministry.
* The last ship to travel under a U.N.-brokered deal that allows the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa early on Sunday ahead of a deadline to extend the agreement, according to a Reuters witness and MarineTraffic.com.
* Russia's Defence Ministry said on Sunday that it had thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack attempt near the port of Sevastopol in Crimea.
* Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang has stressed efforts to ensure energy and power supply as the country enters the peak summer season of electricity demand.
* Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai held a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the southern island of Phuket on Saturday, said the Thai Foreign Ministry.
* Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), met with visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday to discuss ties between the two countries.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani began an official visit to Syria on Sunday, the first by an Iraqi premier since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011, in a trip aimed at securing their shared border and bolstering economic ties.
* Iran and Pakistan on Saturday highlighted the necessity of expanding cooperation to ensure security along their common border.
* Parties to the conflict in Sudan must guarantee safe humanitarian access as misery deepens for civilians, urged UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths in a statement on Saturday.
* An initiative aimed at promoting peaceful transfer of power in Africa, avert coups and turmoil was launched Saturday by the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
* Violent clashes which erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have forced 169,060 individuals into South Sudan, the United Nations humanitarian agency said Saturday.
* A vessel chartered by the United Nations set sail from Djibouti on Saturday toward Yemen to transfer oil from a deteriorating tanker that poses a major environmental and humanitarian threat.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was discharged from hospital on Sunday after being admitted the previous day for dehydration, with doctors saying he was in good health.
* Myanmar exported 424,187 tons of beans and pulses worth 333 million USD in the first quarter of the current 2023-2024 fiscal year, according to the figures released by the Ministry of Commerce on Saturday.
* China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Saturday launched a Level-IV emergency response for typhoons and flooding in southern provincial regions of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan, as the fourth typhoon of this year approaches.
* At least 4,000 people have been evacuated as a forest fire burned out of control on the Spanish island of La Palma, authorities said on Sunday, as Europe struggled to cope with a heatwave.
