* Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday named two more ministers in efforts to give a full shape to his new cabinet under a new coalition government.
* The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa, the country's electoral body, said on Saturday that a total of 115 parties have submitted applications to contest seats in the National Assembly.
* Rwanda's ruling party, the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi), has officially selected incumbent President Paul Kagame as its candidate for the upcoming presidential election in July.
* India will lift most import tariffs on industrial products from four European countries in return for investment of $100 billion over 15 years, its trade minister said, after an economic pact signed on Sunday that concluded nearly 16 years of negotiations.
* U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a spending bill that averted a partial government shutdown, the White House said in a statement.
* The number of China-Europe freight train trips reached 2,928 in the first two months of 2024, up 9 percent year on year, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway).
* Pulkovo airport in Saint Petersburg has restricted operations to ensure flight safety, the TASS news agency reported on Sunday, citing Russia's aviation watchdog.
* Experts from the East African Community (EAC) have called on member states of the regional bloc to develop and implement regulations that promote digital entrepreneurship.
* The United States and Jordan carried out a new airdrop of humanitarian aid to Gaza's Palestinians on Sunday, parachuting in more than 11,500 meals, the U.S. military said.
* Efforts to secure a deal on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza are ongoing, Israel's intelligence agency Mossad said on Saturday, despite dimming hopes for a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
* The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency said he was cautiously optimistic some donors would start funding it again within weeks, warning it was "at risk of death" after Israel alleged some of its staff took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
* At least 31,045 Palestinians have been killed and 72,654 have been wounded since Oct. 7 in Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip, the enclave's health ministry said on Sunday.
* Police and palace guards in Haiti worked on Saturday to reclaim control of the streets after criminal gangs unleashed massive assaults, which prompted regional leaders to convene an emergency meeting, local media reported.
* Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has called for the cessation of hostilities in Sudan during the holy month of Ramadan.
* There would be no truce in Sudan in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan unless the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group leaves the homes and sites of civilians, senior Sudanese armed forces General Yasser al-Atta said on Sunday.
* Hezbollah militants launched about 35 rockets at northern Israel on Sunday morning, prompting another round of Israeli strikes, Israeli and Lebanese sources reported.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani reopened three key plants in Basra, southern Iraq, on Saturday, following years of closure since the U.S.-led invasion.
* Egypt will receive $3 billion in funding from the World Bank, its finance minister said on Sunday, part of an IMF funding package for the country worth an expected $20 billion.
* Cambodia approved fixed-asset investment projects worth 1.39 billion USD in the first two months of 2024, a significant rise of about 500 percent compared to the same period last year, a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)'s report said on Sunday.
* The Israeli government's 12-month budget deficit rose sharply to 105.1 billion shekels (29.4 billion USD) at the end of February, or 5.6 percent of its GDP, the country's Finance Ministry said on Sunday.
* At least 10 people were killed and 10 others went missing as floods and landslides hit the Indonesian regency of Pesisir Selatan in the province of West Sumatra, according to the local management agency on Saturday.
