* Brazil will host the BRICS leaders' summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 and 7, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira announced Saturday. Brazil took over the rotating presidency of BRICS on Jan. 1 and is leading working groups to prepare the agenda and topics for the summit, which will bring together heads of state and government.
* Cambodia has required users to declare their unmanned aerial vehicles or drones at local police stations after a drone attack plot on the residence of Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen has been foiled.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed during a phone talk to maintain regular contact, including preparations for a potential meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
* Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic declared on Saturday that the ongoing protests in Serbia were an attempted "color revolution" orchestrated by foreign influences but insisted that it had failed and that Serbia had prevailed.
* Six European national health authorities have called for increased European engagement with the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the potential withdrawal of the United States.
* China hopes that the Gaza ceasefire arrangements between Israel and Hamas will be effectively implemented, paving the way for a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar after attending the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
* France strongly condemns on Saturday the offensive of the March 23 Movement (M23) supported by Rwanda in South Kivu, as it advances to Bukavu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
* An Iranian diplomat has confirmed that Tehran is "indirectly" in contact with Damascus, the official news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Lebanese counterpart, Youssef Rajji, on Saturday discussed how to resolve the "snag" in civil aviation between the two countries.
* Japanese police have identified a record 279 people using online casinos in 2024, more than twice the number a year earlier, according to the National Police Agency (NPA).
* The Australian government has announced it will ban foreign investors from buying existing homes in the country for two years. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Clare O'Neil, the minister for housing and homelessness, on Sunday said that the ban will take effect from April 1 and stay in place until March 31, 2027.
* Singapore will increase penalties for speeding violations starting Jan. 1, 2026, in response to a sharp rise in cases last year, Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam announced on Saturday.
* The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) continue to make progress on battlefronts in the capital, Khartoum, as the Rapid Support Forces(RSF) retreat, according to official statements, media reports, and eyewitnesses on Saturday.
* At least 48 people, most of them women, were killed on Saturday when an "illegally operated gold mining site" collapsed in western Mali, according to consistent eyewitness accounts from the area.
* The Libyan Forensic Police announced on Saturday the recovery of 59 unidentified bodies in the southeastern city of Kufra.
* A total of 17 Afghan inmates imprisoned in African countries have been set free and returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, the ministry of foreign affairs reported late Saturday.
* A U.S. navy aircraft made an emergency landing on a small island off Quezon province, east of Manila, the Philippines, due to so-called engine trouble, local police said Sunday. According to the police, the aircraft was forced to land on Balesin Island on Saturday noon after its engine reportedly failed.
