* Karol Nawrocki, an independent candidate backed by the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, won Poland's presidential runoff election, the Polish National Electoral Commission (PKW) announced in a press conference Monday morning.
* Mexicans went to the polls Sunday to cast their votes in the country's first-ever election for members of the judiciary -- from the federal supreme court to local courts.
* The United States has seriously undermined the consensus reached during the China-U.S. economic and trade talks in Geneva by successively introducing multiple discriminatory restrictive measures against China, China's Ministry of Commerce said Monday.
* Laos' Ministry of Technology and Communications will conduct a feasibility study for a project aimed at developing and delivering artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure services powered by green energy.
* Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Sunday that his government cannot support the European Union's (EU) proposal to completely halt nuclear fuel imports from Russia.
* Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in Primorye Territory has thwarted an attempt to set fire to railway equipment, the TASS news agency reported on Monday.
* Seven people were killed and 104 injured after a bridge explosion derailed a passenger train in Russia's Bryansk region on Saturday, Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz confirmed Monday.
* Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Oncu Keceli said on Monday that the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, held in Istanbul under Turkey's auspices, "did not end negatively."
* Ukraine on Sunday carried out drone attacks targeting airfields in multiple Russian regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
* Uzbekistan has finalized World Trade Organization (WTO) accession talks with Britain, Azizbek Urunov, special representative of the president of Uzbekistan on WTO issues, said on Saturday.
* The European Union (EU) is preparing its 18th package of "hard-biting" sanctions targeting Russia's energy revenues, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.
* United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that he was appalled by the killing and maiming of Palestinians at an aid distribution center in Gaza.
* Mongolia and Turkmenistan have signed several cooperation documents to enhance bilateral ties, according to the Mongolian presidential office website on Monday.
* China's consumer goods trade-in program has generated 1.1 trillion yuan (about 153.1 billion USD) in sales in the first five months this year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday.
* The combined trade volume of Laos' imports and exports amounted to 1.73 billion USD in March, according to a report from the Lao Trade Portal website on Monday.
* Republic of Korea's online shopping rose in single digits in April due to solid demand for food and food delivery services, statistical office data showed Monday. Shopping in cyberspace gained 2.5 percent to 21.69 trillion won (15.7 billion USD) in April compared to the same month last year.
* Indonesia recorded a trade surplus of 160 million USD in April, a sharp decline compared to 2.72 billion USD in the same month last year, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Monday.
* Pakistan's headline inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 3.5 percent on a year-on-year basis in May, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Monday.
* Egypt's startup sector attracted 228 million USD in funding from January to May, marking a 130-percent increase compared to the same period last year, the Egyptian government said on Sunday.
* The Bangladeshi government has unveiled a 7.90 trillion-taka (nearly 65 billion USD) national budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year starting in July. Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday announced the first proposed national budget under the interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Monday affirmed the need to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Monday that its troops had expanded ground operations in the Gaza Strip over the past day.
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday the country would not respond positively to U.S. draft nuclear proposal containing "radical and maximum" demands.
* The delegation of the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee on Sunday reaffirmed its continued efforts to stop the Israeli war in Gaza and launch a process to secure the Palestinian people's right to an independent, sovereign state on their national territory.
* Hamas said on Sunday that it affirms its readiness to begin indirect negotiations over the Gaza ceasefire immediately. In a press statement, Hamas expressed its appreciation for the continued efforts by Qatar and Egypt to broker a ceasefire agreement.
* The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian interim authorities resumed a large-scale prisoner exchange in the northern city of Aleppo on Monday, signaling renewed efforts to ease tensions following weeks of disrupted coordination.
* Sudan's new Prime Minister Kamil Idris said Sunday that the priorities of his government are to achieve national security and restore the state's authority, among others.
* Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced on Sunday that a consultative forum bringing together political and civil society leaders will be held in the capital, Mogadishu, on June 15 to help forge unity, strengthen peace and advance reforms in the country.
* Egypt and Qatar pledged on Sunday to continue intensive efforts to facilitate a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, based on a proposal put forward by U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani met on Sunday with visiting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on bilateral ties and regional developments.
* A flight operated by the Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai landed at Damascus International Airport on Sunday, marking the resumption of direct commercial flights between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Syria after a year-long hiatus, Syria's state-run SANA news agency reported.
* The Ethiopian Airlines launched its new passenger flight service to Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Sunday evening. The new route will operate four times weekly and be served by Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, the airline's chief operating officer, Retta Melaku, told a launching event.
* Egypt launched a national awareness campaign against single-use plastic bags on Sunday. Egypt's Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad said the initiative aims to achieve a just green transition, underscoring the government's commitment to reducing plastic use.
* Namibia has reduced its export levy on skins and hides to bolster the country's vital livestock industry and foster local value-addition.
* Libyan authorities said Sunday that they arrested 50 illegal migrants from different African countries in the desert near the village of Nasmah, some 230 km south of the capital Tripoli.
* Hungary's Paks Nuclear Power Plant reported on Monday that the output of its Unit 4 reactor dropped by 160 megawatts at 8:13 a.m. local time (0613 GMT) following a malfunction in its control system equipment.
* Pakistan has confirmed its 11th case of wild poliovirus this year after the virus was detected in a child from the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination said in a statement on Monday.
