* Center-left Socialist Party candidate Antonio Jose Seguro declared victory in Portugal's second-round presidential election on Sunday. According to data from the interior ministry, 99.2 percent of the ballots have been counted so far, with Seguro winning 66.8 percent of the vote and far-right Chega leader Andre Ventura securing 33.2 percent. Ventura has conceded defeat.
* The Mexican government on Sunday dispatched two navy vessels carrying more than 800 tons of food supplies as humanitarian assistance to Cuba, the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
* Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), visited the Ministry of National Defence on Sunday on the occasion of the 78th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday.
* United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a phone conversation on late Saturday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on bilateral cooperation and regional developments, the UAE's official WAM news agency reported Sunday.
* Israel's security cabinet approved decisions on Sunday to deepen Israel's control over the occupied West Bank and the expansion of the Jewish settlement there, a minister said.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Russian energy infrastructure is "a legitimate target" for Ukrainian strikes because the energy sector provides funds for Russian weapon procurement.
* The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Larijani, will lead a delegation to the Omani capital of Muscat on Tuesday, according to the SNSC-affiliated Nour News.
* Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Sydney Monday morning to begin a four-day visit to Australia that is intended to show support for the Jewish community following a terror attack at Bondi Beach last December, but has also sparked controversy due to Israel's policies toward the Palestinians.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Sunday called for the immediate deployment of an international stabilization force to monitor the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
* Afghan border forces have arrested 1,755 individuals in the past week in the western Herat province for attempting to cross illegally into neighboring Iran, according to a Monday statement from the army's western region command.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met here on Sunday with his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, during which the two sides agreed to further efforts to bolster the security and stability in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea.
* Israeli troops carried out operations in Gaza and Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 8 people. According to an update from the Gaza health authorities, Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians over the past day.
* Pakistan has successfully concluded its first nationwide anti-polio campaign of 2026, vaccinating more than 44.3 million children across the country, the National Emergencies Operation Center said on Monday.
* A total of 7,330 foreigners from various countries and regions were granted Mongolian electronic visas in January of 2026, marking a 42.4-percent increase compared to the same period in 2025, according to the country's immigration agency on Monday.
* Moody's Ratings said Monday that it expects Malaysia's real gross domestic product (GDP) to expand by 4 to 4.5 percent in 2026, on the back of resilient household consumption and fixed capital formation, amid risks from global trade and geopolitical uncertainties.
* Syria's Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management said Sunday its teams continued large-scale response operations late Saturday after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods across several western and northwestern provinces, causing casualties, displacement and widespread damage to civilian areas.
