* China and Germany will co-host a third financial dialogue in Germany on Oct. 1, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday, resuming high-level talks that had stalled for several years due to COVID-19.
* Beijing will hold the regional security dialogue Xiangshan Forum over Oct. 29-31, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday.
* Moscow will closely monitor U.S. steps to deploy weapons systems previously banned by the arms-control Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in Europe, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Wednesday.
* The White House warned on Thursday a partial shutdown of the federal government that could occur this weekend would delay nearly 2,000 long-term disaster recovery projects.
* British defence minister Grant Shapps discussed how to bolster Ukraine's air defences during talks in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president's office said on Thursday.
* UN special coordinator Tor Wennesland on Wednesday expressed his deep concerns over the tensions on Gaza's eastern border with Israel.
* The European Union's migration ministers meet in Brussels on Thursday to discuss how to handle migrants arriving by sea as Italy and Germany worry over increased immigration, with Berlin launching border controls inside Europe's zone of open travel.
* Italy's Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a new policy to strengthen its immigration regulation, potentially removing special age-related protections for young asylum seekers.
* Poland is considering imposing border controls with other countries including Germany, a spokesman for the Polish ruling party said on Wednesday.
* The Czech government has approved a plan to purchase 24 U.S. F-35 fighter jets, it was announced on Wednesday.
* Israel reopened its main crossing point with the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning after closing it for two weeks amid border protests.
* The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is planning to send an official request to the Palestinian Authority to hold municipal elections in Gaza for the first time in 18 years, a Palestinian official said on Wednesday.
* Turkey has agreed to send up to 4 million cubic meters of natural gas daily to Romania via a pipeline starting from Oct. 1, the Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS) announced on Wednesday.
* A total of 42,875 people, who entered Turkey irregularly, were deported between June 1 and Sept. 22, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
* Yemen's Prime Minister Maeen Abdul-Malik Saeed urged the government's military forces Wednesday to remain vigilant against Houthi attacks.
* Burkina Faso's junta on Wednesday said a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security forces and intelligence services, without providing specifics on what had happened.
* Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos announced that two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut have safely returned to the Earth on Wednesday after living for a year in the International Space Station (ISS).
* Japan's lunar transport startup ispace inc 9348.T said on Thursday it would postpone a future moon landing mission by a year to 2026 to better prepare for a commission by U.S. agency NASA, as well as deal with component supply delays.
* China is expected to see an average of 1.58 million daily inbound and outbound passenger trips during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, a roughly 3-fold increase year on year, according to the National Immigration Administration (NIA) forecast on Wednesday.
* German inflation is likely to ease significantly in September based on data from five key German states on Thursday, signalling what could be the beginning of the end for high inflation that has weighed heavily on Europe's largest economy.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday said it has approved an additional financing package of 42 million USD to support the delivery of affordable and high-quality health services in Papua New Guinea.
* The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has maintained its forecast for Ukraine's GDP growth this year unchanged at 1 percent, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Wednesday, citing the bank's latest report.
* Inflation and soaring interest rates have hit the purchasing power of Swedish consumers, meaning that the recession is set to deepen and economic recovery will not start before the second half of 2024, the National Institute of Economic Research (NIER) said on Wednesday.
* Russia's Gazprom GAZP.MM said it would send 42.4 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Thursday, the same volume as on Wednesday.
* Myanmar earned 143.436 million USD from mineral exports over the past more than five months of the current fiscal year 2023-24 through next March, according to the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday.
* Austria's tourism sector registered 3.6 percent more overnight stays this summer than the same period last year, Statistics Austria said on Wednesday.
* Switzerland's glaciers suffered their second worst melt rate this year after record 2022 losses, shrinking their overall volume by 10% in the last two years, monitoring body GLAMOS said on Thursday.
* The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Wednesday highlighted the humanitarian needs in eastern Libya hit by recent deadly floods.
* One person was killed and 162 injured by a powerful explosion on Thursday at a warehouse near Tashkent's airport that sparked a fire and shattered windows in apartment blocks nearby, authorities in Uzbekistan said.
* Torrential rain battered central Greece, flooding streets, homes and businesses in the city of Volos just three weeks after devastating Storm Daniel killed 16 people in the wider region.
