* Bangladesh will elect a new president when parliament convenes in September, a minister has said. Under the Constitution, a presidential election must be held within 90 days of the president's resignation, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman told journalists in Dhaka on Saturday.
* A vehicle ramming and stabbing incident in central Berlin on Saturday evening is suspected to be an "Islamist terrorist attack," German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Sunday at a press conference.
* Russia's Navy is expanding its unmanned capabilities, developing new-generation warships and advancing strategic naval weapons, Navy Commander-in-Chief Alexander Moiseyev said on Sunday.
* Romanian President Nicusor Dan said Sunday that Romania had shot down a new drone over Romania's territorial waters, in the Sulina-Chilia area.
* Russian forces carried out overnight strikes on drone manufacturing facilities in Kiev, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
* Brazil has rejected visa applications from two U.S. Department of State officials over concerns that their visit could support groups questioning Brazil's electoral system, local media reported Saturday.
* Russian air defense systems shot down eight guided aerial bombs and 1,060 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the past day along the frontline, the Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
* Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned a Ukrainian attack earlier in the day against an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea that led to the vessel's explosion and a sailor's death.
* Iran said Sunday it has halted retaliatory attacks after the United States stopped its strikes on the country for the past two nights.
* Iran and Oman have held "fruitful" talks on the management of safe shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, with some progress achieved, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Sunday.
* Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday called on the EU to take "decisive" action against Ukraine's targeting of an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, on Saturday held a phone call to discuss efforts to de-escalate tensions amid rising instability in the Red Sea.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Sunday held a phone conversation with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to discuss regional developments and efforts to reduce tensions in the Middle East, Egypt's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
*Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Sunday held a phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on the latest regional developments and efforts to de-escalate tensions.
* Yemen's Houthi group claimed Sunday it has shot down a Saudi-operated reconnaissance drone over the northern province of Al-Jawf, as a separate security incident was reported in the southern Red Sea involving a tanker.
* Myanmar's Ministry of Education has banned students at basic education schools from using mobile phones during school hours, the state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Sunday.
* Cambodian fresh durian exports to China skyrocketed following direct market access approval and improved overland logistics, an agriculture spokesperson said on Sunday. Khim Finan, an undersecretary of state and spokesperson of Cambodia's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), said that the kingdom exported 5,738 tons of fresh durian to China between January and July 2026.
* Russia will extend its ban on gasoline exports through the end of 2026 to ensure stable domestic fuel supplies, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday.
* Myanmar aims to export 3 million tons of rice and broken rice in the 2026-2027 fiscal year (from April 2026 to March 2027), targeting export earnings of more than 1.17 billion USD, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation on Sunday.
* A total of 68,138 foreign nationals have been processed in South Africa between June 14 and July 24, with the majority repatriated to their home countries, a government official said on Sunday.
* Pakistan's monsoon death toll has risen to 97 after 11 more people were killed and 25 others injured in rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Saturday.
* China's Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday upgraded its flood-control emergency response for Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces from Level IV to Level III, amid high risks of mountain floods due to the impact of Typhoon Noul. Jiangxi is in east China, Hunan in central China and Guangdong in south China.
* Temperatures continued to soar across parts of Japan on Saturday, with the mercury topping 40 degrees Celsius for the fifth straight day in the country, according to the weather agency.
* Over 220,000 people have been evacuated from the Gironde department in southwestern France as devastating wildfires continue to spread, local prefecture authorities announced Sunday.
* Spain is enduring one of its most destructive wildfire seasons in recent years, with massive blazes sweeping through the Madrid region and neighboring Avila, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate or remain indoors.
