* Syrian opposition fighters announced a curfew in Damascus on Sunday, effective from 4 p.m. (1300 GMT) to 5 a.m. local time, following their capture of the Syrian capital that led to the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad's government.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Sunday that its troops have entered the buffer zone between Israel and Syria after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's government.
* A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Sunday said China is closely following the development of situation in Syria and hopes that stability will be restored as soon as possible.
* The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left office and departed the country after giving orders there be a peaceful handover of power.
* Egypt has called on all parties in Syria to preserve the capabilities of the state and national institutions, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Sunday, following the surprise ousting of President Bashar al Assad by rebels.
* South Korean National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik said Sunday it would be a "blatant violation of the Constitution" should the prime minister and ruling party jointly exercise presidential power.
* Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore on Saturday appointed Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as the country's new prime minister.
* Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation's presidential election after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat on Sunday.
* U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end "the madness", prompting President Volodymr Zelenskiy to say that there could be no peace without guarantees.
* The Kremlin said on Sunday that Russia was open to talks on Ukraine after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called for "an immediate ceasefire and negotiations".
* French President Emmanuel Macron held a trilateral meeting on Saturday afternoon with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. The meeting occurred before the inauguration ceremony of the restored Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, to which dozens of heads of state and government were invited.
* Bolivia is committed to regional integration as a full member of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), President Luis Arce said Friday. The 65th Mercosur Summit in Montevideo, Uruguay, "holds very special significance" for Bolivia, Arce told his regional counterparts during a plenary session held at the Mercosur building.
* The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Saturday that it will provide weapons worth 988 million USD to Ukraine over a relatively longer term to enhance its military capabilities amid the conflict with Russia.
* Denmark and Egypt signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Saturday, aiming to strengthen ties in migration, trade, and green transition. The agreement was signed by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and visiting Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.
* More than 1,000 Syrian army personnel entered Iraq on Saturday through the Qaim border crossing in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.
* Iran's embassy in the Syrian capital was stormed by rebels on Sunday following their capture of Damascus and the fall of Iran-allied Bashar al-Assad, Iranian state TV reported.
* The Lebanese Army said on Sunday that it has deployed reinforced units to the northern and eastern borders in response to the current situation in Syria.
* Hundreds of civilians are estimated to have been killed or injured, and at least 370,000 people have been displaced over the week of fighting in northern Syria, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
* British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Cyprus on Tuesday as part of a regional tour, the island's presidency said on Sunday.
* Twelve individuals accused of planning a large-scale terrorist attack have been detained in Russia's southern Dagestan Republic, local media reported Saturday.
* Afghan caretaker government's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has issued more than 65,000 work permits over the past eight months, spokesman for the ministry Samiullah Ebrahimi said.
* A total of 970,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their motherland from Iran, Pakistan and Turkey in the past eight months, local media outlet TOLOnews reported Sunday.
* Twenty-two terrorists and six security members were killed in separate military operations in Pakistan, the military said on Saturday.
* Four bodies have been recovered from the rubble of an apartment building in The Hague, the Netherlands, which partially collapsed following a major explosion on Saturday morning, Dutch police confirmed.
* Cambodia approved 389 fixed-asset investment projects worth 6.44 billion USD during the first 11 months of 2024, creating about 305,000 jobs, said a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)'s report on Saturday.
* Serbia's economy grew by an estimated 3.8 percent year-on-year in the first ten months of 2024, placing it among the fastest-growing economies in Europe, according to the country's latest Macroeconomic Analyses and Trends (MAT) report.
