* No agreement was reached between the United States and Iran in the latest round of talks held in Islamabad, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said in Islamabad on Sunday, as negotiations concluded without a breakthrough despite intensive engagement.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he is not bothered about the outcome of the U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan. Trump insisted that the United States had come out ahead from the war.
* Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that his country will continue to play a constructive role in facilitating engagement and dialogue between Iran and the United States in the days ahead, despite the Islamabad talks failing to reach a deal.
* Israeli warplanes intensified their air campaign across the Nabatieh district in southern Lebanon on Saturday, launching airstrikes that killed at least 13 people and caused widespread destruction across multiple areas, including casualties among emergency and health workers.
* Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who heads the Iranian delegation in the Islamabad talks, said Sunday that Washington was unable to win Tehran's trust during the discussions.
* Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters "strongly" denied Saturday that U.S. vessels had approached or entered the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting a U.S. claim that two warships had transited the waterway. Earlier on Saturday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers -- USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy -- transited the waterway and began mine-clearing operations in the Gulf.
* At least 24 people were killed and dozens wounded in Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon overnight on Saturday, according to local authorities.
* French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday, stressing that the ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations in Pakistan should "pave the way for a lasting de-escalation."
* The Ukrainian armed forces have violated the Easter ceasefire 1,971 times from Saturday, when the truce was agreed upon, until 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) on Sunday, said the Russian Defense Ministry.
* Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem on Sunday, despite repeated condemnations from Arab countries.
* The Iraqi Parliament on Saturday elected former environment minister Nizar Amedi as the country's new president, following a decisive voting session held in the capital Baghdad. Parliament Speaker Haibet al-Halbousi officially announced Amedi as the winner after he secured 227 votes in the runoff vote.
* Polling stations opened at 7:00 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) on Sunday in Benin for an election to choose the country's next president. According to the Autonomous National Electoral Commission, nearly 8 million Beninese are registered to vote across more than 17,000 polling stations nationwide and abroad.
* Thailand's new cabinet on Saturday approved a comprehensive package of relief measures to cushion the economic impact and mitigate the risk of stagflation linked to the tensions in the Middle East.
* Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, will visit China from April 12 to 14, at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Sunday.
* Russia's space industry remains confident despite longstanding challenges, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday ahead of Russia's Cosmonautics Day.
* The Netherlands has approved U.S. electric carmaker Tesla's supervised self-driving system, making it the first European country to permit the technology on public roads.
* Energy facilities and the East-West pipeline affected by recent attacks have recovered and restored operational capacity, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy said on social media on Sunday.
* Greece's Blue Bird Airways became the first foreign airline to resume flights to Israel following the closure of Israeli airspace. The airline relaunched service with a flight from Athens International Airport, which landed at Ben Gurion Airport southeast of Tel Aviv on Sunday.
* A total of 4,496 South Africans were admitted to the United States as refugees from Oct. 1, 2025, to March 31, accounting for nearly all refugee arrivals during the period, South African media outlet Independent Online reported on Saturday, citing data from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.
* Sri Lanka's overall literacy rate has risen to 97.4 percent by 2024, with the gender gap in literacy closing, according to the country's report of the Census of Population and Housing 2024.
* Earth's glaciers lost about 408 gigatonnes of ice in 2025, contributing roughly 1.1 millimeters to global sea-level rise, an international study reveals. The World Glacier Monitoring Service study involving an Australian scientist found that 2025 was the sixth-worst year for glacier loss since records began in 1975, according to a recent statement from Australia's Monash University.
* Metro Manila has been shrouded in thick haze for days due to a landfill fire, local media reported Sunday. The fire broke out on April 10 in Navotas City, spreading smoke across multiple cities and severely affecting air quality. Air Quality Index (AQI) readings on Saturday classified air conditions as "unhealthy" to "acutely unhealthy," according to local media.
