* Hussein Ali Mwinyi, Tanzania's Zanzibar president and ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) presidential candidate, on Friday called on fellow candidates to conduct peaceful and issue-based campaigns ahead of the Oct. 29 general elections.
* African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has welcomed a recent United Nations General Assembly resolution on advancing cooperation between the UN and the AU.
* The official news agency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Saturday condemned the recent bilateral and multilateral joint military drills held by the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea, saying that "the destruction of the balance of power on the Korean Peninsula and in the region will never be allowed."
* Venezuela on Saturday accused a U.S. Navy destroyer of illegally intercepting a Venezuelan fishing vessel carrying out normal fishing operations in the Venezuelan exclusive economic zone on Friday.
* A U.S. delegation led by Adam Boehler, U.S. president's special envoy for hostage affairs, paid a visit to Afghanistan and held a meeting with Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul, spokesman for the ministry Hafiz Zia Ahmad said Saturday.
* Foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States on Saturday called for a three-month humanitarian truce in Sudan to be followed by a permanent ceasefire, Egypt's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
* The Israeli military struck a high-rise building in Gaza City on Saturday, saying it housed Hamas command and control centres used to target Israeli forces, in the latest of a series of attacks on residential towers in the densely packed Palestinian city.
* At least 45 Palestinian civilians, including 29 from Gaza City, were killed Saturday by Israeli gunfire and shelling in various parts of the Gaza Strip, the official WAFA news agency quoted medical sources as reporting.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi warned Saturday that European powers would "lose it all" if they move to reinstate international sanctions on Tehran under the "snapback" mechanism.
* Egypt on Saturday reiterated calls for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* Yemen's Houthi armed group launched a hypersonic ballistic missile toward Israel this morning, targeting what it described as "sensitive sites" in the Jaffa area in southern Tel Aviv.
* The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed fining Boeing 3.1 million USD over safety violations from September 2023 to February 2024.
* Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Saturday ordered the temporary relocation of the executive branch's headquarters to the city of Latacunga, capital of Cotopaxi province, the government said. In a decree, Noboa said the move aims to "get closer to the people and address their needs on the ground."
* China's railway construction efforts saw steady progress in the first eight months of 2025, with fixed-asset investment rising 5.6 percent year on year, data from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. showed. From January to August, fixed-asset investment in the railway sector totaled 504.1 billion yuan (about 70.98 billion USD), according to the company.
* Fitch Ratings on Friday upgraded Portugal's sovereign credit rating to 'A' from 'A-', revising the outlook from positive to stable. The agency cited Portugal's continued fiscal discipline and substantial debt reduction as key drivers of the decision.
* Sri Lanka's Department of Agrarian Development announced on Saturday that registration is now open for farmers cultivating maize (corn) for the 2025-26 main farming season.
* The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 4.65 million visitors in the first eight months of this year, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees, told Xinhua on Saturday.
* At least 21 people were injured after an explosion caused a partial building collapse in Madrid, capital of Spain, on Saturday afternoon, local authorities said. Emergency services said that three of the injured were in serious condition.
