* Afghanistan's Minister of Defense Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid has said that the country has no desire to escalate hostilities with Pakistan and prefers a peaceful resolution through negotiations.
* In a changing and turbulent world, China-Russia relationship has stood rock-solid against all odds, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday.
* China and the United States should commit to a spirit of mutual respect, hold the bottom line of peaceful coexistence, and strive for the prospect of win-win cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday. Wang made the remarks at a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the national legislature.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military has destroyed 42 Iranian navy ships and paralysed Iran's communications over the last three days.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday night it had struck several fuel storage complexes used by Iran's military forces in Tehran. The attack was carried out by the Israeli air force using precise intelligence, it added.
* Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday it has launched the 28th wave of its attacks against targets in the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Beersheba, as well as the Al-Azraq airbase in Jordan, using a new generation of its missiles.
* Israel partially resumed its outbound flights at the Ben Gurion International Airport on Sunday for the first time since the joint U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran began on Feb. 28.
* The Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Sunday that its air defense systems had intercepted 16 ballistic missiles and 113 drones launched toward the country earlier in the day.
* Kuwait's armed forces said on Sunday that they had intercepted multiple missile and drone attacks targeting the country, while a drone strike hit fuel storage tanks at Kuwait International Airport.
* At least 40 people were killed and an unspecified number wounded early Sunday in Israeli airstrikes targeting dozens of homes, government institutions and shops in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese security and official sources.
* China calls for an immediate stop to military operations in the Middle East to prevent further escalation and avoid the spillover of the conflict, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.
* Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova called on Azerbaijan and Iran to exercise restraint and avoid taking hasty actions following a drone attack on Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave, the ministry's website said on Saturday.
* Hundreds of Cypriots staged a peaceful protest in central Nicosia on Saturday, calling for the removal of two British military bases and urging the government to keep the island out of the widening Middle East conflict.
* Three Indonesian crew members were missing after a UAE-flagged tugboat caught fire and sank in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, Antara News Agency reported on Saturday, citing a statement from Indonesia's Foreign Ministry.
* Sri Lankan authorities have transferred 22 Iranian sailors rescued after the sinking of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena to the Sri Lanka Air Force base in Koggala, in the Southern Province, after they were discharged from Karapitiya Hospital, officials said on Sunday.
* The first group of Thai nationals, totaling 62 people, left Iran and reached Türkiye on Saturday, with another group scheduled to travel on March 10, according to Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
* Pakistani security forces killed 13 terrorists in a series of intelligence-based operations conducted across the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Sunday.
* At least 40 people were killed and 59 others injured in drone strikes targeting two local markets in the cities of Abu Zabad and Wad Banda in West Kordofan State in Sudan, according to a medical source, an eyewitness, and a local community body.
* Malaysia's Ministry of Transport said on Sunday that the search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which was resumed in 2025, concluded the second phase on Jan. 23, 2026, with no findings.
* The death toll from flooding triggered by heavy overnight rainfall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has risen to 28, police said on Sunday, as rescue teams continue searching for survivors in several parts of the city.
