* The Mongolian parliament on Friday passed a resolution to dismiss Prime Minister Gombojav Zandanshatar.
* Moldova's Constitutional Court on Thursday confirmed the results of the Sept. 28 parliamentary elections, validating the mandates of all 101 new lawmakers and clearing the way for the formation of a new government.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the unconstitutional change of government in Madagascar and called for the return to constitutional order and the rule of law, said a statement issued by his spokesperson on Thursday.
* The Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, will hold its 18th session in Beijing from Oct. 24 to 28.
* Around the world, 673 million people still go to bed hungry every night today, and many more face daily uncertainty about their next meal, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday, in his message on World Food Day, which is observed annually on Oct. 16.
* The Group of 20 (G20) Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group Ministerial Meeting opened Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa, marking a decade since the adoption of the Paris Agreement.
* Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, accompanied by his spouse and official delegation, arrived at Wattay International Airport in Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday for an official visit to Laos. The visit is expected to focus on deepening cooperation in areas that support sustainable growth and mutual development, the local news website Lao Phattana News reported.
* Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Thursday that he met in Phnom Penh with the Republic of Korea's second vice minister of foreign affairs Kim Jina, discussing joint efforts to combat online scams.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, for talks aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, following a phone conversation between the two leaders.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held their eighth phone conversation on Thursday, said Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov. Ushakov described the Russia-initiated call, which lasted nearly 2.5 hours, as "extremely candid."
* Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday that Hungary is ready to host talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
* Cambodia's National Police said on Thursday that the kingdom will repatriate 59 Republic of Korean nationals, including four women, to their country on Friday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to "go in and kill" Hamas members after a video surfaced showing gunmen allegedly linked to the group carrying out a public execution in Gaza just days after a ceasefire deal took effect.
* Ensuring the security of the European Union's (EU) borders and airspace is a shared interest of all member states, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said on Thursday, as some European countries are skeptical of the bloc's "drone wall" initiative.
* The European Union (EU) presented on Thursday a defense roadmap to achieve full defense readiness across the EU by 2030.
* To encourage and support people from Sweden to travel to and experience the real China, China stands ready to implement a visa-free travel policy for Swedish nationals to further promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his meeting with Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard in Beijing on Thursday.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russia boasts one of the "greenest" energy mixes worldwide and holds about 90 percent of the global nuclear power plant construction market.
* Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa unveiled on Thursday a comprehensive plan for early recovery and long-term reconstruction in Gaza, outlining a five-year effort to rebuild the war-torn enclave.
* Hamas said on Thursday that it is committed to implementing the ceasefire agreement and beginning the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, while rejecting "any form of international guardianship over our people."
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Thursday stressed the need for both Israel and Hamas to fully honor their commitments under the recently reached ceasefire agreement, calling for sufficient humanitarian aid into Gaza, according to a statement by Egypt's Foreign Ministry.
* The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned Poland's Charge d'Affaires in Iran Marcin Wilczek in protest to the Polish foreign minister's recent display of an Iranian drone at an event in London and related remarks.
* A total of 104 irregular migrants were rescued and detained in separate incidents off Türkiye's western coast, state media reported on Thursday.
* Thirty-four terrorists were killed in three engagements in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the military said on Thursday.
* Heavy armed clashes broke out early Thursday in the city of Zawiya, located about 60 km west of the capital Tripoli, following an assassination attempt on Mohamed Suleiman Al-Fitouri, commander of the Reserve Force under the internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU).
* Turkish security forces carried out 1,120 operations targeting illegal online betting and gambling offenses, seizing assets worth 15.8 billion lira (about 379 million USD) between Jan. 1, 2024, and Oct. 6, 2025, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry on Thursday.
* Faced with downside risks from trade tensions, Asian economies could boost growth by pivoting more toward domestic demand-driven growth and enhancing regional integration, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said Thursday.
* Despite heightened global volatility, driven by U.S. tariff developments, concerns over global growth and geopolitical tensions, Malaysia's central bank said Thursday that Malaysia's financial market conditions remained orderly.
* Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew 6.9 percent year-on-year in September, reversing an 11.5 percent contraction in August, according to data released Friday by Enterprise Singapore. Both electronic and non-electronic exports posted gains, rising 30.4 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively.
* Sri Lanka, emerging from a debt restructuring, is on the path to growth and to restoring confidence, said Tobias Adrian, director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) Monetary and Capital Markets Department.
* New Zealand unveiled its first National Adaptation Framework on Thursday to tackle the growing risks of climate change, including floods and storms.
