* Hamas announced on Wednesday that it is ready for a comprehensive ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, including a prisoner-for-hostage swap and the end of the ongoing conflict.
* Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness was elected to a third term after a general election held on the island on Wednesday, according to preliminary results released by the country's electoral office.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that U.S. forces will remain stationed in Poland and the number could even increase, dismissing speculation about troop withdrawals.
* U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced Wednesday that the United States will terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuelan nationals.
* Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's remarks on West Bank "annexation" made on Wednesday flagrantly violate international law, escalate regional tensions, and challenge the global will for the two-state solution, Jordan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* Iranian and British security officials held talks on Wednesday about the future of nuclear negotiations and the possible return of United Nations sanctions, Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh in Cairo to discuss the Gaza war and developments in the occupied West Bank, Egypt's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
* Egypt and Sudan on Wednesday voiced rejection of any unilateral measures regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on the Nile River, reaffirming that their water security is one and indivisible.
* The European Commission on Wednesday proposed moving forward with two major trade agreements for approval, aimed at expanding the European Union's global trade network to offset U.S. tariffs and strengthening its presence in Latin America.
* China's Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday that it has decided to impose anti-circumvention measures on certain optical fiber imports originating in the United States, effective from Thursday.
* Cambodia attracted a fixed-asset investment of 7.2 billion USD in the first eight months of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 50 percent, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said in a report on Thursday.
* Indonesian Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman said Wednesday he was optimistic the country's rice production would rise to 33 million tonnes this year, a key level for achieving self-sufficiency. The target surpasses last year's production of 30.62 million tonnes.
* Malaysia's upstream oil and natural gas segment recorded positive development in the second quarter of 2025, with crude oil and condensate production amounting to 45.2 million barrels and natural gas reaching 640.9 billion cubic feet, official data showed Wednesday.
* Myanmar earned 1.06 million USD from exporting over 700 tons of honey from April to July this year, an official from the Apiculture Division under the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department told Xinhua on Thursday.
* Global innovators have convened this week for the G20 Research and Innovation Working Group (RIWG) Hackathon to tackle one of the world's most pressing challenges: reducing disaster risk in the context of accelerating climate change.
* France's data protection authority on Wednesday fined Google for failing to comply with regulations on online trackers. The CNIL announced it was imposing a fine of 325 million euros (378.9 million USD) on the U.S. tech giant, according to a statement on its website.
* Slovenia's inflation is projected to decline in the coming months and move closer to the European Central Bank's target of 2 percent next year, Bank of Slovenia Deputy Governor Primoz Dolenc said on Wednesday.
* The National Bank of Poland (NBP) announced on Wednesday that it has cut interest rates by 25 basis points, lowering the benchmark reference rate to 4.75 percent from the previous 5.00 percent.
* The Finnish economy is edging back toward growth, but uncertainty will delay a stronger recovery until 2026, Danske Bank said in its latest economic outlook published on Wednesday.
* Türkiye's annual inflation eased to 32.95 percent in August, marking the fifteenth consecutive month of decrease, official data showed Wednesday.
* Pakistan's merchandise exports declined 12.49 percent year-on-year in August, falling to 2.42 billion USD, official data showed.
* The credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Mongolia's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at "B+" with a stable outlook.
* At least 60 people were killed and dozens rescued after a boat capsized in Nigeria's north-central Niger State, local authorities said on Wednesday.
* Typhoon Peipah is expected to approach western Japan, including Kyushu, and could make landfall later this week, the weather agency said Thursday, warning of heavy rain mainly along western Japan.
* China's Ministry of Water Resources on Wednesday activated a Level-IV emergency flood control response in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, in anticipation of heavy rainfall.
* A total of 130 people have been poisoned in the eastern Afghanistan Khost province, provincial government spokesman Mustaghfir Gurbaz said Thursday.
