* French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday evening reappointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, announced the Presidency, four days after accepting his resignation. The Elysee Palace said in the statement that Lecornu has been tasked with forming a new government.
* A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect in the Gaza Strip at 12:00 noon local time (0900 GMT) on Friday, according to sources. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israeli forces will remain in the Gaza Strip to maintain pressure on Hamas until the group disarms and the enclave is demilitarized.
* The Hamas-run interior authority said on Friday that its security forces will begin deploying in areas of the Gaza Strip from which the Israeli army withdraws after the ceasefire agreement comes into effect.
* Within minutes of the Gaza ceasefire taking effect, displaced Palestinians resumed movement to the north, UN humanitarians said Friday.
* Cameroonian Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji on Friday announced the closure of national borders ahead of Sunday's presidential election. Over 8,000,000 registered voters are expected to vote during Sunday's presidential election, according to Cameroon's electoral body Elections Cameroon.
* Nauruans headed to the polls on Saturday to elect members of parliament and decide on a change to the nation's constitution, local media reported. Fourteen polling stations in the country were open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time, and mobile voting was also available. Early voting got underway on Thursday.
* The Ukrainian state-run energy company Ukrenergo said Friday that it had imposed emergency power outages in Kiev and nine regions across the country following a massive Russian missile and drone attack.
* A meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was held in Dushanbe on Friday to review security and military cooperation, said the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.
* The Trump administration announced Friday that federal layoffs had begun, as the federal government shutdown entered its 10th day.
* China's countermeasures against the U.S. additional port fees on Chinese ships are "legitimate defense" actions aimed at maintaining a fair competition environment in the international shipping and shipbuilding markets, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.
* The United States is considering granting Mexico a discount on the recently announced 25 percent tariff on medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Friday.
* Denmark on Friday announced it will purchase 16 additional F-35 fighter jets for 29 billion Danish kroner (4.5 billion USD), taking its future fleet to 43 aircraft, and will invest a further 27.4 billion Danish kroner to strengthen defense capabilities in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
* Disagreements between Brazil and the United States should be resolved through dialogue and mutual respect, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday, noting that Brazil "can't depend on one country or on one president's mood."
* Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that China and Switzerland have maintained high-level exchanges and continuously deepened mutually beneficial cooperation.
* Eighteen Turkish citizens who were on board a Gaza-bound international aid flotilla intercepted by Israel are returning to Türkiye Friday afternoon aboard a specially chartered flight, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oncu Keceli said.
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said it is necessary to prevent Israel from breaking the Gaza ceasefire promises as he welcomed the agreement signed in Egypt between Israel and Hamas.
* Türkiye is providing "technical support" for the implementation of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday.
* Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Friday that Egypt has begun sending urgent food and medical aid to the Gaza Strip following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
* Thousands of supporters of Yemen's Houthi group rallied Friday in the capital, Sanaa, to celebrate a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, calling it a victory for Palestinians.
* Mediators have informed Hamas that the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen in both directions next week, the group said on Friday, following the start of a ceasefire with Israel.
* Direct losses in vital sectors of the Gaza Strip have exceeded 70 billion USD after two years of Israeli military operations, the Hamas-run media office in Gaza said on Friday.
* Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday urged reforms to promote social justice as the country faces mounting youth-led protests over public services and inequality.
* The director general of the Pakistani military's media wing said on Friday that the country's law enforcement agencies are committed to eliminating terrorism amid rising security threats.
* Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has urged all Fijians to embrace unity, peace, and progress as the nation celebrates 55 years of independence.
* The Indonesian government has pledged to strengthen the development of water infrastructure, including irrigation systems and pipeline networks, to achieve food security and self-sufficiency while supporting sustainability amid the global climate crisis.
* Net foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Philippines declined by 7.5 percent year-on-year in July to 1.3 billion USD, according to the latest data from the Philippine central bank.
* Malaysia's economy is projected to grow by 4 percent to 4.5 percent in 2026 amid U.S. tariff risks, according to the Ministry of Finance's (MOF) Economic Outlook 2026 report revealed on Friday.
* Cambodia exported 596,341 tons of milled rice to international markets in the first nine months of 2025, up 33.7 percent from 445,913 tons over the same period last year, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) on Friday.
* Sheep farmers in Spain have welcomed China's decision to resume imports of Spanish wool, expressing hope that the move will help revive the struggling sector and boost rural development.
* Nineteen people are dead or missing after a devastating blast destroyed a building at a military explosives plant in the U.S. state of Tennessee on Friday morning, local officials said.
* A 7.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Drake Passage at 04:29 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 60.25 degrees south latitude and 62.05 degrees west longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km, the center said.
* At least 22 people have been killed and thousands of homes damaged as torrential rains triggered floods and landslides across central and eastern Mexico, authorities said Friday.
