* The European Union (EU) will hold an extraordinary videoconference on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, according to Italy's ANSA news agency on Saturday.
* Portugal's Navy said on Saturday that it is stepping up joint sea and land patrols along the country's southern border with the Maritime Police and the National Republican Guard (GNR).
* Ukrainian drone strikes killed two people and damaged industrial and civilian sites across Russia's Volga River region overnight, officials said Sunday, as Kiev expanded attacks deep inside Russian territory. Russia's Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 635 Ukrainian drones.
* The Russian container ship Yanina has sunk following an attack by Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea, and all 17 crew members aboard have been rescued, the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom announced Saturday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has agreed to hold off fresh attacks against Iran.
* Iran's Acting Defense Minister Seyed Majid Ebn Al-Reza said Sunday that Tehran perceives every "enemy" threat as "real and noteworthy," rejecting any characterization of them as mere psychological warfare.
* Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday and expressed concern over his plans for massive new strikes against Iran, U.S. online news outlet Axios reported.
* The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Islamic Jihad Movement (PIJ) on Saturday stressed the need to compel Israel to halt its "aggression" and fully withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday it killed several Hezbollah militants overnight in southern Lebanon. In a statement, the IDF said the incident occurred in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area within the security zone held by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon. It did not specify the number of militants killed.
* Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), Switzerland's national airline, resumed service to Israel on Saturday, as a flight from Zurich arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv.
* Iraq signed a one-year agreement with Türkiye on Saturday to transport and load Iraqi crude oil through the Iraq-Türkiye pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said.
* The Philippine government issued a labor advisory to ensure the protection of children under 15 years old in public entertainment, local official media reported on Saturday.
* Oman's oil production increased 10.6 percent and natural gas production rose 6.7 percent in the first half of 2026 from a year earlier, according to data released Saturday by the country's National Center for Statistics and Information.
* Somalia, alongside UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), officially signed and launched the national Breast-milk Substitutes (BMS) Regulations on Saturday to strictly regulate formula marketing and safeguard child health nationwide.
* The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the largest ever recorded in the country, surpassing the 2018-2020 epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday.
* The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture has risen to 38, while more than 9,200 people remain in evacuation shelters, local authorities said Sunday.
* Five people were killed and 41 others remained missing after the Mutiara Santosa 2 caught fire in the Java Sea north of Madura Island in Indonesia's East Java province, the National Search and Rescue Agency said Sunday. A total of 225 people had been evacuated, the agency said.
* Blistering heat blanketed the western United States on Saturday, with temperatures hovering near record highs, increasing the risks of heat-related illness and wildfire.
* Thirteen people were killed Saturday after a small plane crashed in a farmland area about 6 km from the city of Nazca in Peru's southern Ica region, local media reported. According to preliminary reports, the victims included 11 tourists as well as the pilot and co-pilot.
* At least one person was killed and 36 other members of a family were hospitalized after eating poisonous vermicelli in Rojhan area of Pakistan's Punjab province, rescue officials said Sunday.
