* U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media Saturday that he has ordered the U.S. Military to launch "decisive and powerful military action" against the Houthi militia in Yemen.
* Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed to defend Hungary's sovereignty and resist external control, describing the European Union (EU) as an empire seeking domination, like past foreign powers.
* U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that retired lieutenant general Keith Kellogg, who was appointed as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia in late November, will shift his focus to Ukraine.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday ruled out any territorial concessions to Russia as a potential step towards a ceasefire, the UNIAN news agency reported.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday signed an order on the makeup of a delegation tasked with interacting with international partners on peace efforts. According to the order published online, Andriy Yermak, head of Zelensky's office, has been appointed to lead the delegation.
* British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reaffirmed his commitment to securing lasting peace in Ukraine as Britain hosted a virtual meeting with more than 25 political leaders on Saturday morning.
* Indonesia will host the 19th high-level parliamentary meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states in May, the state-run news agency Antara reported on Saturday, quoting lawmaker Mardani Ali Sera.
* Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa's expelled ambassador, has been given 72 hours to leave the United States.
* Hundreds of staffers at Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other outlets received a weekend email that they will be barred from their offices and should surrender press passes and equipment, local media reported Saturday. The cuts followed an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, which listed U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as part of "unnecessary" federal bureaucracy.
* Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada's plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets from the United States, local media reported Saturday. The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost of about 85 million USD each.
* The Maldivian government has contracted the development of waste management centers on 109 islands as part of its efforts to address waste management challenges, PSM News, the Maldives' state media, reported on Sunday.
* The Global Environment Facility approved 9.98 million USD to combat climate change and protect natural resources in Afghanistan, the country's National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) said in a statement on Sunday.
* The Palestinian Ministry of National Economy on Saturday issued an urgent appeal to the United Nations and international community, calling for pressure on the Israeli government to immediately stop using starvation and deprivation as tools of war against the Gaza Strip.
* Israel's military said it had carried out a drone strike early Sunday in southern Lebanon, killing at least two Hezbollah fighters.
* The death toll from U.S. overnight airstrikes on Houthi sites across northern Yemen has risen to 31, with at least 101 others wounded, Al Jazeera reported Sunday.
* The Hamas movement has stipulated that the release of an Israeli prisoner with U.S. citizenship and the delivery of the bodies of four other hostages is contingent upon the opening of the Rafah Crossing, the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip and an extension of the ceasefire for approximately two months.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani held Saturday a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, during which they discussed bilateral relations and the situations in the Middle East.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp on Saturday held a phone conversation to discuss bilateral ties and developments in West Asia.
* Yemeni security forces on Saturday detained 194 migrants from the Horn of Africa who were attempting to enter the country illegally via the coast of southeastern Shabwa province, the Yemeni Interior Ministry said.
* Algeria's National People's Army foiled a major drug smuggling attempt from Morocco on Friday, seizing 2.51 tonnes of processed cannabis, the Ministry of National Defense announced on Saturday.
* Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan plan to increase their bilateral trade turnover to 10 billion USD by 2030, said the Uzbek Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade.
* Myanmar held the Yangon Investment Forum 2025 in Yangon on Saturday to boost investment in the region, the state-owned daily The Mirror reported on Sunday.
* Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday welcomed Moody's upgrade of Greece's credit rating to investment grade, marking the final step in restoring the country's status across all three major international rating agencies.
* Afghanistan's international trade in goods reached 295 million USD during the Persian calendar year 1403, the country's Ministry of Commerce and Industry reported Sunday.
* SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft carrying four crew members docked with the International Space Station (ISS) early Sunday, a step closer to bringing home stranded NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore after nine months in space.
* Bahrain's first homegrown satellite, "Al Munther," was launched into space on Saturday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States, Bahrain's National Space Science Agency (NSSA) confirmed.
* At least 34 people died as of Saturday night as dozens of violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and gust-driven wildfires continue battering the central and southern United States on Saturday.
