* The civilian death toll in Cambodia has increased to 19, as the renewed border conflict with Thailand has entered its 15th day, according to Cambodia's defense ministry.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for dialogue with French President Emmanuel Macron provided there is mutual political will, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti on Friday.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he generally supports the idea of a trilateral meeting involving the national security advisors of Ukraine, the United States and Russia, expressing cautious optimism about the prospect of such a meeting.
* Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro did not rule out the possibility of his country participating in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine after the conclusion of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday that an armed intervention in Venezuela would be "a humanitarian catastrophe" for the region and set a dangerous precedent for the world.
* Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said he is no longer in contact with U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff, noting that their communication channel has been inactive for months.
* Israel's security cabinet has approved the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, bringing the number of settlements legalized or approved over the past three years to 69, an official said on Sunday.
* Cyprus said on Saturday that it has dispatched a new shipment of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as part of ongoing international relief efforts.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday condemned U.S. threats to use military force against Venezuela, saying such actions constitute a blatant violation of fundamental principles of international law and the United Nations (UN) Charter, and would pose a threat to regional and global peace.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met on Sunday in Cairo with Masrour Barzani, prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), to discuss relations and economic cooperation.
* At least ten people were killed on Saturday in a drone strike that targeted a crowded market in the city of Al-Malha in North Darfur State, according to a volunteer group and eyewitnesses.
* China will begin exporting chilled pork to Singapore for the first time, officials and an exporter in Hunan Province in central China said.
* The Philippines' Department of Agriculture on Sunday said the ban on sugar importation will remain in place until December next year, extending protection for local producers amid improving supply conditions.
* U.S. space technology company Blue Origin on Saturday launched a wheelchair user into space, marking a historic first. The New Shepard Mission NS-37 lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas at 8:16 a.m. Central Standard Time (1416 GMT) with a six-person crew.
