* Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) in New Delhi on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to international economic cooperation and pledged to take concrete steps to foster global growth.
* African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki on Saturday hailed the decision to grant the continental body permanent membership in the Group of 20 (G20).
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi hailed on Saturday the admission of the African Union (AU) as a full member to the Group of 20 (G20), said the Egyptian presidency in a statement.
* Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with China's Premier Li Qiang and discussed deepening ties between the two countries on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi on Saturday.
* India announced on Saturday the launch of a global biofuel alliance at a G20 summit in New Delhi to boost the use of cleaner fuels.
* Saudi Arabia and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a protocol that aims to build an intercontinental green corridor, Saudi state media reported on Saturday.
* Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced on Saturday the signature of a memorandum of understanding to create an economic corridor that will include India, Europe and the Middle East, Saudi state TV reported.
* Morocco's deadly earthquake prompted Algeria, which cut ties with its neighbour two years ago, to put aside the countries' bad relations and open its air space to aid flights.
* Azerbaijan's defence ministry said on Saturday that Armenian forces had fired on its troops overnight, and that Azerbaijan army units took "retaliatory measures".
* The number of people arriving in Ethiopia due to the conflict in Sudan has reached 78,598, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
* Finland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM) has initiated legislative changes to ensure the better monitoring the employment status of non-EU work permit holders.
* Cambodia exported 401,699 tonnes of milled rice in the first eight months of 2023, earning a total revenue of 278.6 million USD, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a news release on Saturday.
* Myanmar exported about 222,600 tons of green grams in the first five months of the current fiscal year 2023-24 through next March, earning more than 149 million USD, the Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday.
* Malaysia saw the number of unemployed people in the Southeast Asian country decline further to 579,200 in July, with the unemployment rate remaining unchanged at 3.4 percent as in June, official data showed Friday.
* Britain recorded its hottest day of the year so far on Saturday, the country's national weather service said, with provisional data showing a high of 32.7 degrees Celsius (90.9 degrees Fahrenheit) at Heathrow airport. This year's previous high was 32.6 C, which was reached on Thursday.
* Rescue teams took people out of floodwaters in inflatable boats and in bulldozers on Saturday as they moved into villages hit hardest by a sweeping rainstorm that killed at least 10 people in central Greece this week.
* There are still 66 people missing following the devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui a month ago, Hawaii Governor Josh Green said Friday.
