* Senegal will vote on Sunday in legislative elections that will pit President Macky Sall's ruling party against an opposition coalition energised by food price hikes and fears Sall could run for a controversial third term.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday his government was ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia.
* Russian gas producer Gazprom GAZP.MM said its supply of gas to Europe through Ukraine via the Sudzha entry point was seen at 42.2 million cubic metres (mcm) on Sunday, up from 42.1 mcm seen a day earlier.
* The possibility of the first grain-exporting ship leaving Ukraine's ports on Monday is high, a spokesperson for President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
* Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Saturday called for building "normal relations" between Morocco and Algeria.
* Azerbaijan on Saturday accused Armenia of shelling its positions near the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, which the two neighbours have been fighting over intermittently for 30 years, Tass news agency said.
* The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and Arab League on Saturday called for an end to the escalation in the country during protests against the nomination of Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani for the post of prime minister.
* Hungary has narrowed the scope of eligibility for price-capped fuel and is raising a windfall tax on oil and gas group MOL MOLB.BU in its latest batch of measures to tackle the cost of living crisis and pressures on government finances.
* Pakistan imports fell by more than a third in July after a ban on non-essentials, the finance minister said on Sunday, adding the improved trade situation will reduce pressure on the struggling rupee.
* Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund has been pushed back to September due to the unrest over the past weeks, the Associated Press reported.
* Spain reported its second monkeypox-related death on Saturday, in what is thought to be Europe's second death from the disease and only the third outside of Africa in the current outbreak.
* The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 74 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 32 in Guangxi and 31 in Gansu, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
* After three straight days of reporting over 20,000 new cases a day, India's daily caseload Sunday came down to 19,673, officials said.
* Malaysia reported 4,271 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 4,677,270, according to the health ministry.
* Myanmar issued new health guidelines for incoming travelers via airport effective from Monday, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Saturday.
* The Philippines reported 3,996 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,772,468.
* Las Vegas, one of the driest cities in the United States, got the biggest washout, but throughout the US Southwest, heavy rains and winds welcomed the annual monsoon season, spelling a relief to record drought conditions, leaving residual damage.
* Portugal is experiencing the worst drought as 67.9 percent of its territory was in severe drought, 28.4 percent in extreme drought and the remaining 3.7 percent in moderate drought in June, said the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) on Saturday.
* At least 59 people have been killed in recent flash floods in different parts of Iran, an official from Iran's Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on Saturday.
