* Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday denounced the U.S. embargo's damage to the island's economy.
* The China-Laos Railway that started cross-border passenger services in April had transported 41,735 passengers as of Saturday, when it marked the 100th day of operation.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday condemned the recent desecration of the Quran in Sweden and Denmark in a phone talk.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed trips planned to Turkey and Cyprus after being hospitalized and getting a pacemaker, Israel's N12 news reported on Sunday.
* Afghan caretaker government has termed the reports on the presence of the Daesh or Islamic State (IS) outfit in Afghanistan as baseless and utterly rebuffed them, according to its foreign ministry.
* Uganda on Saturday received 14 former fighters of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group repatriated from the Central African Republic (CAR).
* Indian capital Delhi's territory faces potential flood as the Yamuna River surpassed the danger mark once again on Sunday.
* A provincewide state of emergency has been declared in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Saturday in response to severe flooding, authorities said Saturday.
* A wildfire which has raged on the Greek island of Rhodes for six days forced thousands of tourists and island residents to shelter in schools and indoor stadiums on Sunday after they were evacuated from coastal villages and resorts.
* A total of 1,286 people have sought medical treatment in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan since Tuesday after the province was hit by sandstorms, official news agency IRNA reported Saturday.
* At least 13 people including nine children were killed when a soldier in east Democratic Republic of Congo opened fire on people gathered to mourn his deceased child on Saturday night, the army and a local official said on Sunday.
* Firefighters battled blazes in the southern Italian region of Calabria on Sunday and forecasters warned that temperatures were set to soar again in parts of the country over the next day or two.
