* Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday called on China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to foster new engines for economic growth, and continuously expand common interests. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when holding talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the ROK Cho Hyun in Beijing.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks published Saturday that the United States has floated the idea of Ukraine ceding territory to Russia in exchange for NATO membership.
* French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that he and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten will host a meeting of European technology leaders in Paris on Dec. 2 to strengthen cooperation and boost Europe's technological independence.
* European Union (EU) leaders agreed on Friday that EU institutions and the E5 group of the Coalition of the Willing would form Europe's team for negotiations on peace in Ukraine, European Council President Antonio Costa said.
* Countries still lagging behind the European Union (EU) average should not bear a disproportionate share of the financial burden of funding new priorities under the bloc's next long-term budget, nor should they be deprived of investments needed to narrow development gaps, Slovak House Chair Richard Rasi said Friday.
* Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Saturday that China is ready to deepen trade and economic exchanges with Thailand and accelerate the construction of the China-Thailand railway. Li made the remarks during his talks with Sophon Zaram, president of Thailand's National Assembly and speaker of the House of Representatives.
* Ukrainian defense forces struck an oil refinery owned by Russian oil company Lukoil in Russia's Volgograd overnight Thursday into Friday, Ukraine's General Staff of the Armed Forces said.
* Denmark's parliament has completed the first reading of a trilateral defense agreement on Greenland, according to a statement published on the parliament's website on Friday.
* South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday reaffirmed the country's commitment to multilateralism, dialogue and the peaceful resolution of disputes, calling for stronger international cooperation amid growing global uncertainty.
* The Cook Islands values its relationship with China and looks forward to the continued growth of the friendship between the two countries, said Tom Marsters, the King's representative to the Cook Islands.
* The intelligence chiefs of Egypt, Türkiye and Qatar agreed Friday to advance the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement during a trilateral meeting in Cairo, Egypt's state-run MENA news agency reported.
* Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad met with Saddam Haftar, deputy commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), in Cairo on Friday to discuss developments in Libya's political process and bilateral relations.
* Türkiye and Qatar signed a mutual defense agreement on Friday, the Turkish presidency said in a statement. According to the statement, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with visiting Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Istanbul, where the two leaders signed the agreement.
* The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Friday night that two "violating" oil tankers exploded and caught fire within the preceding hour after hitting naval mines while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz through an "unauthorized" route.
* Iraqi security authorities said that their forces killed three terrorists in an airstrike in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk on Friday evening and arrested another.
* The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution to extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) until Nov. 15, 2027.
* The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution to renew the Yemen sanctions measures of asset freeze and travel ban until Nov. 14, 2027.
* Three people were killed after a perimeter wall collapsed at an active construction site in the Riverside area of Nairobi, Kenya's capital, on Saturday.
