* Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday dissolved the National Assembly and scheduled new legislative elections for Nov. 17.
* Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, announced on Thursday that he will not participate in another presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.
* China's defence minister Dong Jun said on Friday that major countries must take the lead in safeguarding global security. Dong made his comments in a keynote speech to the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, China's biggest annual military diplomacy event.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday voiced willingness to work together with China to advance multipolarity and build an international order based on justice and international law.
* President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the West would be directly fighting with Russia if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-made long-range missiles, a move he said would alter the nature and scope of the conflict.
* The chairman of Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, on Friday accused NATO of being a party to military action in Ukraine, suggesting it was already heavily involved in military decision-making.
* Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), made multiple military inspections, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday.
* South Korea condemned the DPRK's unveiling on Friday of its uranium enrichment facility, the country's unification ministry said, adding it will never accept Pyongyang's possession of nuclear weapons.
* U.S. President Joe Biden will host a Quad leaders summit with leaders from Australia, India and Japan on September 21 in Delaware, the White House said on Thursday.
* Russia's FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow whose actions it said showed signs of spying and sabotage work.
* Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday he was confident that the European Commission would reimburse Hungary's costs for protecting the European Union's external border from illegal migration.
* Venezuela on Thursday rejected the new sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department against several Venezuelan officials "in the strongest terms."
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that more pressure should be put on Hamas to accept a new Gaza deal proposal, after the Palestinian militant group said it was only willing to implement a ceasefire free of new conditions.
* High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell on Thursday urged Lebanon and Israel to halt confrontations along their borders and pursue de-escalation.
* Indonesia has launched a cybersecurity skills enhancement program for individuals, business owners, and small enterprises, targeting to reach one million people.
* Peru's government declared three days of national mourning (from Sept. 12 to 14) after former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) died Wednesday from cancer, the state-run daily "El Peruano" said Thursday.
* The Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit concluded its third edition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, focusing on challenges in AI development and the technology's potential benefits for humanity.
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian paid a historic visit to Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region on Thursday, the first by an Iranian president to the area, to discuss strengthening ties and border security.
* The UN Libya mission said on Thursday that the Libyan rival factions did not reach a final agreement in the talks aimed at resolving the central bank crisis that has slashed oil output and exports.
* Ukraine has the potential to export 43 million tons of grain in the 2024-2025 marketing year, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Thursday, citing Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Vitaliy Koval.
* Russia's Gazprom said it would send 42.3 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Friday, in line with recent days.
* The European Central Bank's interest rate cuts support growth, but Europe should get on the road to better productivity, ECB Deputy Governor Olli Rehn said on Friday.
* India's factory activity growth, determined by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 4.8 percent in July, the government data showed Thursday.
* South Korea's finance ministry saw signs of economic recovery for the fifth consecutive month on Friday thanks to robust export and manufacturing production.
* Argentina reduced its energy subsidies in the first seven months of the year by $2.7 billion, Energy Secretary Eduardo Rodriguez Chirillo said on Thursday, as part of a goal to curb the government's fiscal deficit while also working to promote investment in the energy sector.
* Slovenia's economy will expand by 1.5 percent this year, the government's macroeconomic institute UMAR said on Thursday, cutting its February forecast, saying that exports and investments will be lower than seen earlier.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday said it has approved a loan of 320 million USD to support the rehabilitation of roads in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, enhancing safe and all-weather connectivity in rural areas.
* The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is able to raise $600 million to fight a surging mpox outbreak on the continent, the agency's head said on Thursday.
* Morocco on Thursday confirmed its first Mpox case in a man in Marrakech, the health ministry said. The World Health Organization declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency of international concern after the new variant was identified.
* Southern regions of China, including Guangdong Province and the island province of Hainan, have gradually resumed normal work and life following the impact of Super Typhoon Yagi.
* The United Nations has allocated 15 million USD for an urgent response to the devastating flooding that has affected more than 700,000 people in South Sudan, an official said Thursday.
* At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country's capital city, with rescuers moving some of the 3,600 people displaced to safer areas on boats, according to the national fire service.
* Malta endured a warmer and wetter-than-average summer this year, with high temperatures leading to warmer sea conditions, according to a report published by the Meteorological Office on Thursday.
