* Israel's ruling coalition announced on Sunday that the general elections for the Knesset, the country's parliament, will be held as originally scheduled on Oct. 27 and will not be brought forward, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported. According to Israeli law, general elections for parliament are supposed to be held every four years.
* Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that it had targeted U.S. bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for U.S. attacks against coastal Iranian provinces earlier in the day.
* Pakistan on Sunday expressed deep concern over the recent escalation in tensions between the United States and Iran, urging all sides to exercise restraint, the foreign ministry said. Pakistan also urged both sides to take immediate steps toward de-escalation and uphold their commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, the ministry said in a statement.
* Oman on Sunday summoned Iran's ambassador to deliver a formal note of protest over drone attacks targeting sites in the governorates of Musandam and Al Wusta, Oman's Foreign Ministry said.
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said Iran insists that arrangements for the future administration of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz must be made through consultations with Oman, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday.
* About 300 drones headed toward the Moscow region over the past 24 hours, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Sunday. Most of these drones were intercepted by air defense systems at long range before reaching the area, the mayor said, adding that 45 drones were shot down as they approached Moscow.
* Three nuclear reactors in France have been shut down and eight others are operating at reduced power amid the ongoing heatwave, local media reported on Sunday.
* More than 4,000 Afghan refugees returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, on Sunday as the influx of returnees from the neighboring countries has gained momentum amid pressure on undocumented foreign nationals to vacate the host nations, reported the official Bakhtar News Agency on Monday.
* Kuwait said Sunday that three northern land border posts were attacked, causing material damage, and a separate hostile drone strike hit an offshore oil rig, injuring one worker and causing material damage.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met with visiting United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Egypt's New Alamein City on Sunday to discuss bilateral ties as well as regional and international issues of common concern.
* 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.
* The General Command of the Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) said on Sunday that its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed several Iranian aerial attacks targeting Bahrain.
* Oman's Maritime Security Center (OMSC) said on Sunday that rescue teams had saved 23 crew members from a commercial vessel that came under attack off the coast of Musandam Governorate.
* South Africa has processed more than 53,000 foreign nationals for deportation or government-facilitated repatriation as it steps up efforts to manage irregular migration, a senior official said Sunday.
* The chiefs of staff of Libya's competing military forces held their first-ever meeting on Libyan soil on Sunday in the central city of Sirte, stressing the importance of unifying the country's military institution as a cornerstone for national stability.
* Europe has made a major mistake by failing to reduce its reliance on imported fossil fuels quickly enough since the 2022 energy crisis, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Fatih Birol has recently warned.
* A record number of passenger trips were made across China in the first half of 2026, with more than 2.3 billion recorded, up 5 percent from the previous year, according to data released by the national railway operator Monday.
* Floods that have swept parts of Bangladesh for about a week have killed 51 people, said a senior official on Sunday. According to the latest daily disaster situation report released by the country's Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, more than 1.02 million people were marooned by floods in seven out of the country's total 64 districts.
* The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported Ebola cases in five provinces, with the nationwide tally rising to 1,873 confirmed cases, including 672 deaths, according to a report released Sunday by the country's health authorities.
* The death toll from the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 4,490, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said Sunday. Rodriguez noted in a daily update on social media that the number of injured remained at 16,740, while the number of people receiving assistance rose to 120,794.
* Cambodia's population is projected to reach approximately 24 million by 2050, growing from 17.3 million recorded in the 2024 census, Prime Minister Hun Manet announced.
* China's National Meteorological Center on Monday renewed an orange alert for rainstorms and a blue one for Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of 2026, forecasting heavy downpours in multiple regions.
* A total of 1,681 people from 435 households have been evacuated after continuous heavy rainfall caused the Belin River to rise above the danger level, inundating low-lying areas of Belin township in Mon state, Myanmar, an official from the Belin Township Fire Services Department told Xinhua on Monday.
* The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) will conduct cloud seeding operations in Isabela province this month as El Nino continues to threaten food production, drying up about 31,000 hectares of rice fields served by the Magat River Integrated Irrigation System, local media reported on Monday.
