* India celebrated the 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a parade at New Delhi's historical road "Kartavya Path" connecting the President House and the India Gate.
* The Greek parliament on Saturday failed to elect the country's next president. None of the four candidates secured the required minimum 200 votes out of the total 300 members of the assembly in the first round. 297 members participated in the voting.
* Republic of Korea's prosecution indicted arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol on an insurrection charge, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday. Yoon was put on trial in custody as the suspected ringleader of insurrection, becoming the country's first incumbent president to be formally arrested and indicted.
* The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile test on Saturday under the supervision of its top leader to beef up its defense capabilities amid the latest military provocations by the United States and the Republic of Korea, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
* Ukrainian forces have struck facilities of the Ryazan Oil Refining Company in western Russia for the second time in less than a week, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement on Sunday.
* The Sri Lankan navy has arrested over 50 Indian fishermen so far this year for illegally fishing in Sri Lankan waters, according to the navy. The most recent seizure occurred on Saturday and Sunday, when the navy seized three Indian fishing boats and apprehended 33 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, the navy said in a statement on Sunday.
* China planted 4.45 million hectares of trees and improved 3.22 million hectares of grassland, official data showed Sunday. The country also harnessed 2.45 million hectares of desertified land last year, and the country's forest coverage has exceeded 25 percent, as disclosed at a national video conference on forestry and grassland work.
* Afghanistan's central bank announced that it will inject 25 million USD on Monday in a bid to maintain the stability of the national currency, the afghani.
* Gaza saw the second hostage swap on Saturday as Hamas freed four female Israeli soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners, a part of a six-week ceasefire starting Jan. 19.
* Yemen's internationally recognized government on Saturday condemned the detention of 13 staff members from the United Nations (UN) and international and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Sanaa, describing the move as an escalation of the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis.
* The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Sunday that it has documented 91 incidents of assassinations and retaliatory crimes by armed groups in Syria since the beginning of 2025, many motivated by political or sectarian hatred.
* The death toll from Israeli gunfire targeting crowds of Lebanese trying to return to their homes in southern Lebanon has risen to 11, with 83 others injured, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Sunday.
* Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has expressed concern over the grave situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and called for an "immediate" cessation of all hostilities.
* The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced Saturday the completion of the second phase of a prisoner-hostage exchange between Hamas and Israel, implemented under the initial terms of a ceasefire agreement.
* Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has called on France to pressure Israel to fully adhere to the ceasefire agreement reached with Hezbollah on Nov. 27, 2024, according to a statement from Lebanon's Presidency.
* The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday airlifted 1.4 tonnes of medical commodities and supplies to Tanzania to fight the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in the northwestern part of the country.
