* Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is set to meet Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Sunday in Seoul, NHK reported, citing the Japanese government.
* At the invitation of Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, Puan Maharani, Indonesia's House of Representatives' Speaker, will lead a delegation to visit China from May 27 to 31.
* China and Nepal reopened their traditional border trade points on Saturday, marking a step forward in enhancing bilateral economic and trade ties.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had no legitimacy following the expiry of his five-year term and this would raise a legal obstacle if Russia and Ukraine were to hold peace talks.
* The African continent marked Africa Day on Saturday with a call to realize the founding continental aspirations of the African Union (AU). Africa Day is observed annually on May 25 to celebrate the achievements of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU), from its creation on May 25, 1963.
* Six countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will set up a "drone wall" to protect their borders, the Ukrainian news outlet European Pravda reported on Saturday.
* The Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution that calls on all states to respect and protect humanitarian personnel and UN and associated personnel. Resolution 2730 won the support of 14 of the 15 members of the council. Russia abstained.
* Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has said that cybercrime and cyber-terrorism pose the greatest danger among new terrorist risks and threats, the press service of the Kyrgyz president reported.
* Iran's Interim President Mohammad Mokhber on Saturday vowed that the country would continue with strength the strategy pursued by late President Ebrahim Raisi towards Iraq, according to Iran's official news agency IRNA.
* Burkina Faso's transitional government has been given another five-year term starting from July 2, announced Colonel Moussa Diallo, chairman of the organizing committee of the national consultations held on Saturday.
* Egypt and Britain have concluded joint training of military police on criminal activities, the Egyptian army said in a statement on Saturday.
* Argentine President Javier Milei said on Saturday he would apply a "significant" tax reduction if Congress approves a bill to reduce state intervention in the economy.
* Thousands of people protested in Spain's Balearic Islands on Saturday against mass tourism ahead of the summer season. A smaller protest with a few hundred people was staged in Menorca.
* Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's helicopter made a forced landing in the northern city of Vanadzor on Saturday. He then continued the trip by car.
* More than 10,000 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain in small boats so far this year, updated government data showed on Saturday, underlining a key challenge facing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a July 4 national election.
* Iranian Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said on Saturday that he has exchanged views with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on bilateral cooperation.
* Italy will resume funding for the United Nations' Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA as part of a 35 million euro ($38 million) aid package, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Saturday.
* French President Emmanuel Macron called for a ceasefire in Gaza and opposed Israeli operations in Rafah as he received an Arab delegation in Paris on Friday.
* Palestinian Minister of National Economy Mohammed Alamour warned Saturday that the Palestinian economy is facing an "unprecedented" shock, due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict in Gaza Strip.
* Israel has agreed to renew talks with Hamas on a hostage deal next week, with the mediation of Egypt, Qatar and the United States, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Saturday.
* A spokesman for Hamas' armed wing said on Sunday its fighters had captured Israeli soldiers during fighting in Jabalia in northern Gaza on Saturday, though the Israeli military denied the claim.
* Yemen's Houthis said they had postponed the release of around 100 prisoners belonging to government forces to Sunday after it had previously been announced to take place on Saturday.
* Moody's Ratings has upgraded Cyprus' economic outlook from stable to positive, affirming its long-term credit rating at Baa2, two notches above investment grade.
* Iran on Saturday approved to increase its crude oil production to 4 million barrels per day (mb/d), the official news agency IRNA reported.
* The death toll from storms and floods in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul since April 29 has risen to 166, the civil defense agency said Saturday.
* Local media reported on Saturday that more than 300 people were buried after a massive landslide hit a remote region in northern Papua New Guinea (PNG).
* China's National Meteorological Center on Saturday issued a yellow alert for rainstorms, as heavy downpours are expected to lash parts of the country.
* Over 500 people have been sent to safe locations due to adverse weather conditions prevailing in Sri Lanka, an official said on Saturday.
* An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck the Vanuatu Islands on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth of 25 km (15.53 miles),EMSC said.
