* Vanuatu's new prime minister, Sato Kilman, will "revisit" a security pact signed with Australia, he said in an interview with Australian state broadcaster ABC on Tuesday, a day after he came to power in a vote by lawmakers.
* Zimbabwean president-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in Monday for his second five-year term in office at a ceremony attended by regional leaders and other foreign dignitaries.
* Albanian Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Socialist Party Edi Rama announced on Monday the reshuffle of his cabinet during a national assembly of his party, replacing six ministers.
* Russia seeks to build relations in the Asia-Pacific region based on principles of equality, mutual benefit, and respect for each other's legitimate interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
* The world is losing the race to meet its climate change goals, the president of the upcoming COP28 climate summit said on Tuesday, as African presidents gathered in Kenya to discuss how to fund the continent's environmental agenda.
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday for talks on the revival of the Black Sea grain deal.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Moscow would return to the Black Sea grain deal as soon as its requirements are met.
* Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said in Zagreb on Monday that his country has been supporting Montenegro's entry into the European Union (EU) for years and will continue to do so.
* Cyprus, Greece and Israel agreed on Monday to intensify cooperation on an energy corridor from the Eastern Mediterranean to Europe, leaders of the three countries said after meeting in Nicosia.
* The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday said about 4.8 million people have been displaced inside and outside Sudan due to the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since mid-April.
* The global trade finance gap grew to a record 2.5 trillion USD last year from 1.7 trillion dollars in 2021, as continued constraints reduced the capacity of banks to deliver trade financing, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) survey released Tuesday.
* The Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States, a central African regional bloc, decided on Monday to suspend Gabon's membership following the military coup in the country last week.
* Israel opened its new embassy in Bahrain on Monday, days ahead of the three-year anniversary of a U.S.-brokered deal in which the kingdom agreed to normalize relations with Israel, Bahrain News Agency reported.
* Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday called on political blocs to initiate a dialogue to resolve the presidential election impasse in September.
* The Israeli authorities said on Monday that it will suspend exporting goods from the Gaza Strip, starting Tuesday, until further notice, according to Palestinian sources.
* The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organizations on Monday appealed for 1 billion USD to provide essential aid and protection to more than 1.8 million people fleeing the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
* India's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 early Tuesday successfully underwent the second earth-bound manoeuvre, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The operation was carried out by ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC).
* China has allocated 200 million yuan (about 27.86 million USD) to some regions affected by typhoons and floods, the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday.
* Denmark plans to contribute 1.6 million Danish kroner (230 million USD) to Africa's Green Climate Fund from 2024 to 2027, doubling the sum registered during the 2020-2023 period, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
* The United Arab Emirates will give $4.5 billion to Africa's clean energy initiatives, COP28 President-Designate Sultan Al Jaber said on Tuesday.
* South Korea's economy grew 0.6% in the second quarter from the previous quarter, revised central bank data showed on Tuesday, unchanged from its advance estimate.
* Brazil's financial market upgraded the country's economic growth forecast for 2023 from 2.31 percent to 2.56 percent, the Central Bank of Brazil said on Monday.
* Business activity in Britain's services sector fell last month for the first time since January as higher interest rates reduced consumer and corporate demand, a survey showed on Tuesday, although the drop was less than initially estimated.
* Thailand's headline inflation inched up in August as energy prices rose despite stable food prices, official data showed on Tuesday.
* Australia's central bank held interest rates steady on Tuesday for a third month, but warned again that further tightening might be needed to bring it to heel in a reasonable timeframe.
* Year-on-year inflation in the Philippines ended its downtrend in August, accelerating to 5.3 percent from 4.7 percent in July, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday.
* Over 200,000 Sri Lankans have left for foreign employment so far this year after registering with Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, a minister said on Monday.
* Thousands of people evacuated their homes as Typhoon Haikui made landfall in China's southeastern Fujian province early on Tuesday, after battering Taiwan for the past two days.
* Torrential rains have flooded homes and roads in Greece and a man died after a wall collapsed in the bad weather, the fire brigade said on Tuesday.
