* The electoral campaign for the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for Oct. 6, officially kicked off on Tunisian soil on Saturday, two days after it began abroad. According to Tunisia's Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), the campaign will continue until midnight on Oct. 4.
* Comoros president Azali Assoumani is "out of danger" after he was injured on Friday in a knife attack by a 24-year-old policeman who was found dead in his cell a day later, officials said on Saturday. The attack occurred around 2 p.m. local time (1100 GMT) on Friday in Salimani Itsandra, a town just north of the capital Moroni.
* Over 60 BRICS media leaders from more than 40 countries joined the BRICS Media Summit opened in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, discussing the role of BRICS media in promoting a multipolar world.
* Russia and Ukraine conducted a major exchange of 206 prisoners on Saturday, 103 apiece, in their second such swap in two days, following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates, officials said.
* Russia's patience regarding a nuclear response to Western actions in Ukraine is wearing thin, warned Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's security council, in a message posted on his Telegram channel on Saturday.
* From a military perspective, Ukrainians should not be restricted in using delivered weapons, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Military Committee Chair Rob Bauer said in Prague on Saturday.
* Two Spaniards, three U.S. citizens and a Czech have been arrested in Venezuela on suspicion of links to alleged plans to destabilize the South American country, a top Venezuela official said on Saturday.
* The United Arab Emirates does not expect to resume talks with the U.S. about a multi-billion dollar deal for F-35 warplanes, irrespective of who is elected to the White House in November, a senior UAE government official said on Saturday.
* Iran's foreign minister said that Tehran was open to diplomacy to solve disputes but not "threats and pressure", state media reported on Saturday, after the U.S. and three European powers imposed sanctions against the country's aviation sector.
* Hamas issued an urgent humanitarian appeal on Saturday to save two million displaced people in the Gaza Strip before winter arrives.
* At least 41,206 Palestinians have been killed and 95,337 others injured in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, the health ministry in Gaza said on Sunday.
* A long-range surface-to-surface missile fired from Yemen struck an unpopulated area near Israel's international airport outside Tel Aviv on Sunday, Israeli sources said.
* Yemen's Houthis claimed responsibility for a ballistic missile attack that reached central Israel for the first time on Sunday.
* A European Union (EU) naval mission said on Saturday that new attempts are underway to salvage an oil tanker ablaze in the Red Sea after attacks by Yemen's Houthi forces.
* Iran launched its Chamran-1 research satellite into orbit on Saturday, its second successful satellite launch this year, state media reported.
* China is expected to see an average of 1.8 million daily cross-border trips around this year's Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, a 21.9 percent increase from the same period last year, official data shows.
* The financial problems faced by the Maldives are temporary and there is no need to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), PSM, the country's state media, said on Saturday quoting the Minister of Foreign Affairs Moosa Zameer.
* Trade between Afghanistan and Central Asian countries reached nearly 700 million USD over the past five months, the local media Tolonews reported on Saturday.
* Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has unveiled a series of investment reports showcasing progress in creating a more favorable environment for investment and business in the country, the Tanzania Investment Center (TIC) said on Saturday.
* Global rating agency Fitch has reaffirmed Malta's A+ credit rating with a stable outlook, highlighting the country's strong economic performance. But the agency also pointed out potential fiscal risks on the horizon.
* Sri Lanka Cabinet approved a proposal to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to study the effectiveness of a new treatment model to tuberculosis, according to the government's information department on Saturday.
* Nigeria's army has rescued 13 hostages who were kidnapped in northwest Kaduna state, following a military operation prompted by a tip-off, a government official said on Saturday.
* Myanmar's flooding death toll rose to 74 as of Friday evening, according to a state media report on Sunday, after heavy rains triggered widespread floods across the war-torn country. Search and rescue operations are ongoing, with at least 89 people missing as of Friday evening.
* Tropical storm Bebinca left the Philippines with six dead and at least two missing, the Philippine government said Sunday.
* At least four people died and thousands of homes were damaged by flooding in eastern Romania on Saturday, officials said, as surging river levels put authorities on alert in much of central and eastern Europe following days of torrential rain.
* One person drowned and 1,600 people were evacuated in Klodzko county in southwest Poland as local rivers broke record high levels causing flooding in several municipalities after days of heavy rainfall.
* A fuel truck explosion on a road in Haiti's southern peninsula on Saturday killed 24 people and left half of the 40 injured survivors with third-degree burns, the government said.
* At least two were killed and 29 others wounded in two passenger trains collision in Zagazig city, Sharkia Governorate, north-east Cairo, Egypt's ministry of health reported on Saturday.
* A wildfire in Spain's northern Catalonia region forced emergency services to order the closure of the main AP-7 motorway and a high-speed rail link, emergency services said on Saturday.
