* Malaysia's Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition led by the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) scored a decisive election victory late on Saturday, retaining control of Johor state. The Election Commission announced the final result early on Sunday, although BN's landslide victory was already known based on unofficial counts the night before.
* The U.S. Central Command said on Sunday it has completed the third round of strikes against Iran this week after hitting some 140 targets. The targets included missile and drone launch sites, ammunition dumps, communication equipment and other sites, the command said in a post on social media platform X.
* Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted U.S. bases in Jordan, Qatar and Oman on Sunday in retaliation for U.S. attacks against southern Iranian provinces earlier in the day.
* The U.S.-led Joint Maritime Information Center said on Sunday that despite Iran announcing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the southern route along the Omani coast remains available and has been expanded to accommodate two-way traffic.
* Iran will not enter negotiations with the United States until Washington backs down from its positions, semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday, rejecting earlier media reports that Iran had sought such negotiations.
* Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday urged the United States and Iran to follow the path of de-escalation and exercise restraint, as agreed in the Islamabad MoU in June 2026, the foreign ministry said.
* Oman and Iran have agreed to continue technical and political talks on navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Oman News Agency reported Saturday. The two sides held talks in Muscat on ensuring the safety and freedom of navigation through the strait in light of recent developments, the report said.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan held phone talks on Saturday to strengthen bilateral relations and exchange views on regional issues, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* India on Sunday condemned the attack on the commercial vessel "GFS Galaxy" carrying Indian nationals off the coast of Oman. While 10 Indians were rescued, one was still missing, said the latest media reports.
* Qatar's Ministry of Interior said on Sunday that three people, including a child, were injured after shrapnel fell during interception operations carried out in response to alleged Iranian attacks.
* Yemen's internationally recognized government and the Houthi group have reaffirmed their commitment to a UN-brokered prisoner release agreement, the UN special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said on Saturday, following the collapse of a planned exchange.
* The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm that 3.7 million children under the age of 5 in Afghanistan are at heightened risk of malnutrition, according to a new report issued on Sunday.
* Qatar's Ministry of Transport on Sunday announced a temporary suspension of maritime navigation and all marine activities as a precautionary measure to safeguard public safety.
* Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director-General Jean Kaseya and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus are set to visit the epicenter of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) next week, as part of a joint mission aimed at accelerating outbreak response.
* Tajikistan's industrial production rose 14.1 percent year on year in the first half of 2026, Minister of Industry and New Technologies Sherali Kabir has said. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Kabir said the country's industrial output totaled 33.8 billion somoni (about 3.6 billion USD) during the January-June period, an increase of 4.5 billion somoni from a year earlier.
* A total of 18,437 people affected by the earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 have been moved to shelters, Hector Rodriguez, vice president for social affairs, said Saturday on Telegram. Rodriguez said 94 temporary camps have been set up so far.
* A nine-month-old girl in Cambodia has tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza, marking the country's fifth human case of 2026, the Ministry of Health said in a statement late on Saturday.
* A thunderstorm sweeping across Estonia on Saturday left more than 8,000 households without electricity at the peak of the outage.
