* U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S.-Iran peace deal "is now complete" and he has authorized the toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz and the immediate removal of the U.S. naval blockade against Iranian ports.
* The U.S. naval blockade against Iran will be lifted as of tonight and the immediate and permanent end of the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, is announced, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said early Monday.
* Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday welcomed the announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran, saying it could pave the way for a final agreement and lasting regional peace.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the announcement that the United States and Iran have agreed on a peace deal that provides for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a framework for further negotiations, his spokesperson said Sunday.
* Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that Pakistan will host the official signing ceremony of the deal between the United States and Iran on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland.
* The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Italy welcomed the U.S.-Iran peace deal announced on Sunday in a joint statement. While noting that Iran "must never acquire a nuclear weapon," the major European countries said they are "prepared to lift relevant sanctions in response to clear, verifiable steps by Iran on its nuclear program."
* Russia's federal aviation agency Rosaviatsiya has banned night flights to Iranian airports between June 14 and June 24, during the window from 11 p.m. to 11 a.m. Moscow Time, the agency announced on Sunday evening.
* Romanian President Nicusor Dan on Sunday designated Adrian Vestea, president of the Brasov County Council, as prime minister.
* Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party won the June 7 parliamentary elections with 49.745 percent of the vote, according to final results announced by the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Sunday.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. The two presidents discussed the potential agreement between the United States and Iran, the upcoming visit of U.S. presidential envoys to Moscow, and Kiev's strikes on civilian facilities in Russia, Ushakov said.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he discussed ways to advance peace in the Ukraine crisis during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump.
* Russia said Sunday that its troops struck Ukraine's military infrastructure and shot down 483 Ukrainian drones in the past 24 hours, while Kiev claimed raids on Russian targets.
* A massive demonstration was staged on Sunday afternoon in Geneva to protest against the Group of Seven (G7) summit which will be held in the French town of Evian from Monday to Wednesday. Swiss police had earlier expected that about 50,000 people would participate.
* Secretary of Armenia's Security Council Armen Grigoryan and Azerbaijani Presidential Assistant Hikmet Hajiyev held a working meeting in Armenia on Sunday, resuming high-level contacts on the peace process, local media reported.
* Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that presidential elections would be held in 2027, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported on Sunday.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday strongly condemned Israeli strikes earlier in the day on Beirut, Lebanon's capital.
* Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday strongly condemned Israel's attack on the Dahieh district, south of the Lebanese capital Beirut, earlier in the day.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed Sunday that it has killed senior Hezbollah commander Ali Musa Daqduq in an airstrike south of the Litani River in southern Lebanon over the weekend.
* British Armed Forces intercepted a sanctioned Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker in the English Channel early Sunday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, in what Britain's Ministry of Defense described as the first UK-led operation of its kind.
* Israel's Transport Minister Miri Regev urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to immediately ease congestion at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, where 72 U.S. military refueling planes are parked amid the ongoing conflict with Iran.
* British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced a forthcoming ban on social media for users under the age of 16 at a Downing Street press conference, saying it was needed to protect the wellbeing of children.
* The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN migration agency, said Sunday that it has completed Somalia's Garasbaley housing project, providing improved shelter for 600 vulnerable households.
* Bangladesh's gross foreign exchange reserves rose to 35.63 billion USD on Sunday after the country received more than 1 billion USD in budget support loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the latest central bank data showed.
* Sri Lanka plans to allocate 2 trillion rupees (about 6.6 billion USD) for capital expenditure in the 2027 budget, Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said on Saturday.
* The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 782, including 178 deaths, as the outbreak spread to two more health zones, health authorities said in their latest situation report.
* The El Niño weather phenomenon is expected to cause prolonged dry weather and reduced rainfall lasting into early 2027, the Meteorological Department has warned.
* At least seven people were killed and 33 others injured in separate incidents caused by heavy rain and strong winds in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over the past 24 hours, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
* A plane crashed in the U.S. state of Missouri on Sunday, killing all 12 people on board, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a statement. The crash occurred near the Butler Memorial Airport, roughly 65 miles (106 kilometers) south of Kansas City.
* At least 10 people were killed and one was injured early Sunday in a road crash near Zapotal, a rural area in the coastal province of Santa Elena in southwestern Ecuador, officials said.
* Three Czech citizens were confirmed dead, and another person went missing after a catamaran collided with a sailboat on Sunday off the coastal city of Split, in southern Croatia.
