* A fire broke out early Sunday at an oil depot in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi after a Ukrainian drone attack, the regional emergency response headquarters said.
* Tens of thousands of Australians marched across Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge on Sunday to protest the ongoing war and famine in Gaza. The protest, organized by advocacy network the Palestine Action Group, went ahead on Sunday afternoon despite heavy rainfall.
* The Palestinian government on Saturday urged the international community to increase pressure on Israel to reopen Gaza's border crossings fully, as Israel said fresh aid packages continued to be airdropped throughout the strip.
* Hamas affirmed on Saturday its refusal to disarm until the establishment of the State of Palestine, in response to statements by U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
* Iran has lifted all remaining restrictions on its airspace that were imposed at the onset of its 12-day conflict with Israel, the country's Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) announced Saturday.
* Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, recorded a milestone of 20,000 entry and exit China-Europe freight trains since its service launch in 2013, said the China Railway Hohhot Group Co., Ltd. on Sunday.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday announced a sweeping plan to expand the country's railway network, including major projects in the Arctic, as part of a broader effort to strengthen Russia's position as a key logistics hub across Eurasia.
* U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy on Friday announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will cancel two grants totaling over 26 million USD for a planned high-speed rail that would link Baltimore, Maryland and Washington.
* Yemen's rial surged to 1,800 per USD in government-held areas Saturday, rebounding from nearly 2,900 two weeks ago, prompting authorities to launch nationwide price controls. Banking sources in Aden confirmed the currency recovery, the strongest in months, sparking citizen hopes for lower food costs.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Saturday inaugurated the grease refinery unit in the country's largest refinery complex of Baiji Refinery in Salahuddin province, following the full rehabilitation of its production units previously damaged after terrorist sabotage.
* Northwest China's Gansu Province has upgraded its mountain torrent alert from yellow to orange on Sunday morning, according to the provincial water resources department and meteorological administration.
* More than 27,500 homes in the east coast Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) were without power because of damage from heavy rain, strong winds and snowfall, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Saturday evening.
* An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted 121 km E of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia at 0537 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 40.8 km, was initially determined to be at 50.53 degrees north latitude and 157.83 degrees east longitude.
* The Krasheninnikov Volcano on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted for the first time in recorded history, local authorities said on Sunday.
