* Moldova is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday, with about 3.3 million registered voters set to elect 101 lawmakers for a new four-year term. According to the Moldovan Central Election Commission, polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) and will close at 9 p.m. (1800 GMT).
* The Electoral Commission of Seychelles announced Sunday that the country will proceed to a runoff presidential election, as no candidate secured more than half of the votes in the first round.
* The threat of war looms large over the Caribbean Sea, with an extraordinary and absolutely unjustified U.S. naval and air buildup, said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on Saturday.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns the continuing military escalation between Israel and the Houthis in Yemen, his spokesman said Saturday.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns the continuing military escalation between Israel and the Houthis in Yemen, his spokesman said Saturday. The secretary-general remains deeply troubled about the risk of further escalation in the region and continues to urge all parties to exercise utmost restraint, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN chief, in a statement.
* At least three people were killed and eight others wounded Saturday night after a shooter on a boat opened fire at a waterfront bar in the city of Southport, the U.S. state of North Carolina, local media reported.
* Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that more than 750,000 residents have fled Gaza City as the military steps up its offensive in the enclave.
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday the United States is the main obstacle to reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, as U.N. sanctions lifted under the pact were set to be reimposed later in the day.
* The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced Saturday that it had achieved significant victories in its fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in western Sudan's Kordofan region.
* Cambodia has seen significant progress in women's education, economic empowerment, health, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention, and leadership over the past 30 years, said Cambodia's Minister of Women's Affairs Ing Kantha Phavi.
* China is expected to see about 2.36 billion passenger trips nationwide during the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday starting Wednesday, the Ministry of Transport said Sunday.
* More than 11 million students go to school in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education, Qari Mansoor Ahmad Hamza, has said.
