* Australia said on Sunday it would send additional police to the Solomon Islands to boost security for the Pacific Games in November, keeping them there until June to assist with a general election.
* The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two long-range strategic cruise missiles at dawn on Saturday, in a simulated tactical nuclear attack drill designed to send a warning against another round of U.S.-South Korea joint exercises, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday.
* A lawmaker said Sunday that the Philippines has earmarked 14 billion pesos (247 million USD) next year to continue developing access roads and bridges to tourist destinations across the country.
* Zimbabwe's President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to be sworn in on Monday for his second term in office, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa announced Saturday evening.
* Nigerian President Bola Tinubu Saturday directed the recall of all career and non-career ambassadors of the West African country from their duty posts worldwide.
* Israel has submitted an official request to the United States to purchase a third squadron of F-35 stealth combat aircraft, the Israeli Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
* Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons announced on Sunday that they would stage a hunger strike to protest a decision to cut the frequency of their family visits.
* Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Saturday stressed his government's support for the country's Anti-Terrorism Force during a graduation ceremony for new members of the force in the city of Misurata.
* Iraqi authorities on Sunday lifted a curfew imposed the day before in the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq after calm was restored there.
* Iran and Iraq held a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday for a joint railway project near the common border in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported.
* A lawmaker said Sunday that the Philippines has earmarked 14 billion pesos (247 million USD) next year to continue developing access roads and bridges to tourist destinations across the country.
* Russia's Gazprom said that it would ship 41.5 million cubic metres of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Sunday, a volume in line with recent days.
* Myanmar's border trade surged 23.46 percent year-on-year to over 3.93 billion USD in the first nearly five months of the 2023-24 fiscal year, the Ministry of Commerce's figures showed on Saturday.
* Eritrea and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have vowed to strengthen their partnership to support the country's growth and place it on a more sustainable development path in the coming years.
* Sri Lanka's meteorology department forecasted on Sunday that the wind speed may increase to 60-70 km per hour in the coastal areas of the island and requested naval and fishing communities to be alert.
