Diplomatic Brief: Kenya is 'disappointed' after UN rejects bid to designate Shabaab terrorists and Russian opposition activist Sobol was attacked outside her Moscow apartment and more

Climate Brief: In China, Xinjiang discharges reservoir water to revive Tarim River and in the U.S., Georgia State Governor declares a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Dorian and more

War Brief: UAE warplanes

attacked Saudi-backed government in Aden, and

Syrian regime warplanes kill 13 civilians in

the city of Maarat al-Numanin in Idlib and more

Diplomatic Brief: Kuwaiti aid for flood-hit Sudan is expected to touch down on Friday, and Bosnia and Croatia debate over a radioactive waste site by the border and more

War Brief: In Mozambique, militants beheaded 5 in Macomia, in Chad, clashes between herders, farmers kill 11 in the south and Lebanese troops open fire at Israeli drone that entered their airspace and more

Climate Brief: New Zealand bans tourists from swimming with bottlenose dolphins and cyanobacteria is detected at Pärnu beach of Estonia and more

War Brief: In Somalia, the Kenyan military is accused of 'destroying mobile phone masts' and thousands flee anglophone regions of Cameroon over violence and more

Diplomatic Brief: Ukraine's ex-health minister Bohatyrova detained at Kiev airport on charges of fraud and Burundi is trying to repatriate 200,000 refugees from Tanzania and more

Climate Brief: Global Wildlife Group agrees to near-total ban on shipping African elephants to zoos to the ire of Zimbabwe and Botswana and Namibia considers withdrawal from the Wildlife Convention unless rhino trade is eased and more

Diplomatic Brief: S.Arabia, and United Arab Emirates renew call for south Yemen peace talks, and Kenya joins ranks of oil-exporting countries and more