* U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that the Iranians have agreed to invite the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors back into their country. Vance made the remarks after the first session of U.S.-Iran talks concluded at central Switzerland's Buergenstock resort.
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is expected to pay a one-day official visit to Pakistan on Tuesday, official sources told Xinhua on Monday.
* Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Monday welcomed the progress achieved during high-level technical talks between the United States and Iran in Burgenstock, Switzerland, reaffirming Pakistan's commitment to facilitating dialogue and promoting regional peace and stability.
* Switzerland said on Monday that it welcomes the "constructive progress" made during talks between Iran, the United States and the mediators that continued throughout Sunday night at the Buergenstock resort in Switzerland.
* U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that the Strait of Hormuz is open and crude oil and natural gas are flowing through.
* Israel's military chief Eyal Zamir said Sunday that the ceasefire declared in Lebanon the day before is "fragile," according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
* Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Sunday that any Israeli military presence on Lebanese territory is unacceptable, stressing that the Lebanese army is the "only party authorized to protect national sovereignty."
* Independent candidate Abelardo De la Espriella, associated with the far-right Defenders of the Homeland movement, led the presidential runoff election on Sunday and is set to become Colombia's next president for the 2026-2030 term, according to preliminary results released by the National Civil Registry.
* The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) on Sunday declared the ruling Prosperity Party the winner of the country's seventh general election, clearing the way for it to form a new government.
* Thailand has formally accepted Cambodia's notification to enter into compulsory conciliation proceedings under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) regarding their long-standing maritime boundary dispute, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
* Flights in several airports in Moscow have resumed after being temporarily suspended over potential drone attacks in the early hours of Monday, authorities said. Nearly 60 drones heading for Moscow were shot down, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a post on Telegram.
* Ukraine has signed a contract with Germany for the purchase of 600 air defense missiles, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview published late Sunday.
* Egypt and Türkiye have concluded a joint multi-day air military exercise conducted across several Egyptian airbases, the Egyptian military announced Sunday.
* Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro announced on Sunday the creation of a sovereign wealth fund to enable state intervention in strategic sectors, including energy, banking, communications and airport infrastructure.
* A total of 52,561 Afghan families have returned to Afghanistan from neighboring Pakistan over the past three months, the official media Bakhtar News Agency reported on Monday.
* Foreign investment in China has seen both inflows and outflows in recent years, but inflows have exceeded outflows overall, a commerce official said on Monday. China's actual use of foreign investment has generally stayed above 100 billion USD in recent years, though with some fluctuations.
* Cambodia signed a 162.7-million-U.S.-dollar loan agreement with Japan on Monday to fund the third phase of the Southwest Phnom Penh Irrigation and Drainage Rehabilitation and Improvement project, according to the Cambodian foreign ministry.
* The Indonesian government has offered discounts for trains, passenger ships, ferries, and flights to support public mobility during the school holiday period, Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi has said.
* Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas on Monday announced a structural overhaul targeted at lifting the country's long-term annual economic growth potential to 3 percent from 2.7 percent by 2030.
* Republic of Korea's exports surged in double digits in the first 20 days of June due to soaring demand for locally-made semiconductors, customs office data showed Monday. The outbound shipment jumped 60.4 percent from a year earlier to 61.99 billion USD in the June 1-20 period, according to the Korea Customs Service.
* Sri Lanka's exports grew 6 percent in the first four months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, despite global economic pressures caused by conflicts in the Middle East, a senior Export Development Board official said Sunday.
* Libya's total oil output reached about 1.49 million barrels per day (bpd) on Sunday, the highest level since 2013, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Facebook.
* An explosion ripped through a factory in Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City late on Sunday, injuring at least 54 people and leaving 18 others unaccounted for, Qatar's interior ministry said Monday.
* Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have topped 1,000, a new mark in an outbreak that remains active and continues to grow. The DRC Health Ministry said Sunday that the country has recorded 1,003 confirmed cases, including 254 deaths, since the outbreak was declared in mid-May.
* Extreme weather is increasingly threatening seal pups and seabird chicks during critical early life stages, according to new research in southeast Australia.
