* The Republic of Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday nominated Han Seong-sook as prime minister, the presidential office announced. Han, a former chief executive of the Republic of Korean internet giant Naver, has served as Minister of SMEs and Startups since the launch of Lee's administration.
* Voting began on Sunday in Armenia's parliamentary elections, with more than 2.48 million registered voters eligible to cast ballots at 2,005 polling stations across the country. Polling stations opened at 8:00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) and will close at 8:00 p.m. local time.
* The U.S. military said it shot down two Iranian drones after they allegedly threatened traffic in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. CENTCOM said on Friday that U.S. forces had intercepted multiple ballistic missiles and drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf neighbors.
* Russian air defense forces downed 339 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a 13-hour period, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
* Ukraine's state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom on Sunday accused Russia of attacking its spent nuclear fuel storage facility near the disused Chornobyl power plant.
* Bangladesh and Turkey have agreed to establish a ministerial-level joint committee as part of efforts to deepen bilateral political and defense ties. The decision was announced following a meeting between Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Dhaka on Saturday.
* Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that the government is pursuing a comprehensive strategy to strengthen food security, improve food safety and enhance agricultural productivity in the country.
* Myanmar exported 305,821 tons of rice and broken rice in the first two months of the current fiscal year 2026-27, which began in April, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation on Sunday. The Southeast Asian country earned about 93 million USD from the exports during the period, the federation said.
* Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu announced that 454,000 USD will be allocated annually from the Maldives Green Fund to support environmental protection and conservation initiatives across the archipelago, reported state media PSM News Saturday.
* At least five Palestinians were killed and more than 10 others injured Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a Hamas police post in al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian medical and security sources.
* The U.S. military said it shot down two Iranian drones after they allegedly threatened traffic in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel will "soon" take control of 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, despite the terms of an ongoing fragile ceasefire.
* At least 14 people, including three Lebanese army personnel, were killed in Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
* Hamas announced on Saturday the start of its meetings in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, with Palestinian factions and mediators to discuss the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the future of the Gaza Strip.
* Lebanon on Saturday launched the redevelopment of Rene Mouawad Airport in northern Akkar region's Qlayaat, with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam arriving aboard the first aircraft to land at the facility, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
* The World Bank Group has approved a new Country Partnership Framework for 2026-2030 and four development projects worth 285 million USD to support recovery in conflict-affected Yemen, the internationally-recognized government announced Saturday.
* Kuwait resumed air traffic operations at 6:15 a.m. local time (0315 GMT) on Saturday after a two-hour closure of its airspace as a precautionary measure, the country's civil aviation authority said.
* Eleven people have been killed in a conflict between farmers and herders in Chad on Saturday, local media reported. The violence erupted in several villages in the Kim sub-prefecture of Mayo-Kebbi East province after a herd of livestock ravaged a farm.
* The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday handed over medical supplies to Zambia to help strengthen the country's preparedness and response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
* Rwanda has put in place preventive, surveillance, and treatment measures to respond to any potential Ebola outbreak in the country while safeguarding public health and economic activity, a senior government official said.
* An outbreak of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been confirmed in Dundgovi province in southern Mongolia, the provincial governor's office reported on Sunday.
