* Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Saturday that he has held separate telephone conversations with Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, calling on both sides to implement a ceasefire starting from 22:00 (1500 GMT) Saturday.
* Cambodia's Ministry of Interior announced in a press release on Saturday that it would suspend all border crossings with Thailand until further notice. The press release said the move was made after the Thai side had committed acts of aggression against Cambodia's sovereignty through indiscriminate attacks, causing civilian casualties and damaging residential areas and infrastructure.
* Thailand's 1st Army Area Command said in a social media post on Saturday that its subordinate troops, in coordination with the Royal Thai Air Force, launched airstrikes against two Cambodian military targets at 16:09 local time, successfully destroying Cambodia's weapons and ammunition depots as well as air defense and communication systems.
* Voting in the Chilean presidential runoff election opened on Sunday, with leftist candidate Jeannette Jara and Republican contender Jose Antonio Kast competing in the runoff. According to Chile's Electoral Service, the voting began at 8 a.m. local time (1100 GMT) and will end at 6 p.m. (2100 GMT) on the same day, with more than 15 million registered voters.
* Iraq's Federal Supreme Court on Sunday ratified the final results of the 2025 parliamentary elections, a key step toward forming a new government. A statement by the highest constitutional judicial body in Iraq confirmed that the election process met all constitutional and legal requirements.
* The campaign for the presidential, legislative, regional and municipal elections scheduled for Dec. 28 in the Central African Republic began on Saturday. Seven candidates are vying for the presidency, including incumbent President Faustin-Archange Touadera, who has been in power since 2016 and is seeking a third term.
* Russian air defenses downed four guided aerial bombs and 290 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day, Russia's Defense Ministry said Sunday. According to the ministry, Russian forces have hit fuel depots and temporary deployment sites of the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 locations.
* Russia conducted intensive overnight raids on Ukraine, destroying multiple military-industrial enterprises and energy facilities, the Russian defense ministry said Saturday.
* The Black Sea should not become "an area of confrontation" between Russia and Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday.
* Russia will take swift retaliatory measures against the European Union's illegal freezing of Russian assets, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned on Saturday.
* At least 12 people have died after a shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday night, said New South Wales Premier Chris Minns. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon declared the attack to be "a terrorist incident."
* At least two people were killed and nine others wounded Saturday afternoon at Brown University in Providence, the U.S. state of Rhode Island, campus officials said. The two fatal victims and eight of the injured were students at Brown University, President Christina Paxson told a news conference on Saturday evening.
* The United States has decided to lift sanctions previously imposed on the Belarusian potash industry, U.S. special envoy for Belarus John Coale said on Saturday.
* Greek farmers on Saturday rejected a government invitation for talks, vowing to escalate protests that have disrupted traffic across the country for a third week.
* South Africa has engaged with the embassies of the Group of 20 (G20) countries following its exclusion from G20-related activities by the United States, according to South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola.
* Iraq and the United Nations on Saturday officially marked the conclusion of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), signaling a shift from crisis-management to a "new chapter" focused on development and sustained partnership.
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that BRICS can help lay the groundwork for "fair and balanced" cooperation at the global level.
* Six peacekeepers from the Bangladesh Army were killed and eight others were injured after attackers targeted a United Nations base in Abyei, Sudan, the Inter Service Public Relations of the Bangladesh Army said in a statement Saturday night.
* Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday dismissed accusations by Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji that Tehran is interfering in Beirut's internal affairs, characterizing the nations' diplomatic ties as "age-old" and enduring.
* Over 200 liters of crude oil have leaked into the sea due to a pipeline leak at the Colombo Port, Sri Lanka's Ceylon Petroleum Corporation said on Sunday. The leak was detected in a pipeline used to unload crude oil from a fuel tanker at the first buoy of the Colombo Port, the company said.
* At least eight people, including six children, have died in a cholera outbreak in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province this week, raising the death toll to 12 over the past three weeks, local health officials said on Saturday.
