* Authorities in the Indian capital New Delhi have heightened security measures ahead of the BRICS summit, officials said Friday. Around 15,000 police personnel and 200 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed in the national capital for security arrangements, the broadcaster quoted Manish Kumar Agrawal, special commissioner of police of the protective security division, as having said.
* Security forces detected six FPV suicide drones targeting Mandalay's Tada-U International Airport and surrounding areas through air defence monitoring systems and intercepted them using counter-drone measures on Thursday, the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) reported.
* Prime ministers of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) agreed on Thursday to intensify coordination and seek common positions ahead of European Council meetings.
* About 9 million foreigners travel to Russia every year for various purposes, said Andrei Kikot, Russia's first deputy interior minister and head of the citizenship and foreign nationals registration service, on Thursday.
* The value of Dutch goods exports to the United States fell by 25 percent in the first half of 2026 from a year earlier, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) said Thursday.
* A senior Fatah official said Thursday that Palestinian legislative elections may not be held as scheduled on Nov. 28, calling for comprehensive national dialogue before the vote.
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday signed into law a bill eliminating a 20 percent federal import tax on international purchases worth up to 50 USD made online through postal deliveries.
* Croatia signed a contract with Republic of Korean (RoK) company Hanwha Aerospace on Thursday to procure 18 Chunmoo K239 multiple rocket launchers worth 435 million euros (about 505 million USD). The RoK will deliver the launchers by 2029.
* Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned the recent calls by officials of the Israeli government for the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. It also opposes the "brutal and systematic violence" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the ministry said in a statement.
* Algeria will close its airspace at midnight Friday to all civilian and military aircraft registered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
* Pakistan said on Thursday that no military action was currently under discussion under its Makkah Joint Defense Agreement with Türkiye and Saudi Arabia in response to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Thursday discussed escalating tensions in separate phone talks with his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Pakistan's army chief Syed Asim Munir, said the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
* Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Thursday that its naval forces had targeted a U.S. unmanned surface vehicle (USV) in the Strait of Hormuz.
* Israel's military said on Thursday it had destroyed more than 2 km of underground Hezbollah infrastructure at the Ali al-Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon, after taking control of the area above and below ground.
* China aims to join the ranks of the world's automotive powerhouses by 2030, with stronger advantages across the entire industrial chain of intelligent connected new energy vehicles (NEVs), according to a five-year industry development plan released Friday.
* The second El Alamein International Airshow concluded in the northern Egyptian city of El Alamein on Thursday after three days of displays and exhibitions, with Egypt saying a number of deals and cooperation agreements were signed during the event.
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday that the global economy has been resilient despite six months of war between the United States and Iran, but uncertainty remains high.
* The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that it will raise the key interest rates by 25 basis points, marking its second rate hike this year amid rising inflationary pressures.
* Average diesel price rose to 6 USD per gallon (3.79 liters) in the United States on Friday for the first time, according to AAA Gas Prices website.
* Republic of Korea's exports surged in double digits in the first 10 days of September, driven by an exponential growth in semiconductor shipments, customs office data showed Friday. Outbound shipments totaled 34.97 billion USD in the Sept. 1-10 period, up 82.6 percent from the same period last year, according to the Korea Customs Service.
* Australia recorded 710,980 short-term visitor arrivals in July 2026, down 4.3 percent from the same month a year earlier, official data showed on Friday.
* Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda, attracted over 4.84 million visitors from January to August this year, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees, told Xinhua on Friday. That was up from more than 4.65 million a year earlier, he added.
* A report has been received of two vessels involved in an incident 4 nautical miles west of Khasab, Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Thursday.
* Indonesia has recorded 68,919 cumulative cases of acute respiratory infections in areas affected by ash from the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano, health authorities said Thursday.
* At least three people were killed and 14 others injured after an under-construction roof of a church collapsed in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials said Friday.
* Five people were killed and 40 others injured after a Dutch coach crashed in the eastern Swiss canton of Graubunden, police said on Friday.
