* Pakistan and India announced on Saturday that they agreed on a ceasefire. The announcement came following four days of military strikes on each other.
* Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday, in what Pakistani security sources described as a breach of a recently announced ceasefire agreement between the two countries.
* Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday expressed the hope that Pakistan and India will peacefully resolve all outstanding issues, including the equitable distribution of water resources and the longstanding dispute over Jammu and Kashmir.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Sunday the resumption of direct negotiations with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul. In a statement to journalists at the Kremlin, Putin said Russia remains committed to serious negotiations with Ukraine to address the root causes of the ongoing conflict and lay the groundwork for a lasting and stable peace.
* Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Saturday that Kiev is ready for a "full and unconditional" 30-day ceasefire with Russia starting Monday.
* Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Saturday that the country and its European allies are ready for a "full and unconditional" 30-day ceasefire with Russia starting on Monday.
* Pakistan has fully reopened its airspace for all types of flight operations, the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) said on Saturday.
* China hopes for and supports an early ceasefire between Pakistan and India, and is willing to continue playing a constructive role in this regard, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday.
* The Liberal Party of Canada gained one more seat after a judicial recount on Saturday, sitting at 170 seats in the House of Commons currently, just two shy of a majority government.
* Voting in parliamentary elections kicked off across Albania on Sunday. A total of 3.7 million eligible voters, including those living overseas, will cast ballots to elect 140 parliament members from 11 political parties and coalitions.
* Bahrain and Syria have discussed expanding cooperation in various sectors, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani said on Saturday during the first official visit by Syrian leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa.
* Iran will not back down on its nuclear rights in the negotiations with the United States, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday, one day ahead of their fourth round of the indirect talks in Oman.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday said in a statement that its Air Force attacked about 60 terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip over the past day.
* The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) warned on Saturday that the Gaza Strip is facing a water crisis and "dying of thirst" due to the near-total collapse of water and sanitation services amid the ongoing conflict with Israel.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met in Cairo on Saturday with visiting Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh on efforts to restore the Gaza ceasefire and reconstruction plans for the enclave.
* Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi held a phone conversation with his Swedish counterpart Maria Malmer Stenergard on Saturday, urging Sweden to act "seriously" against whoever was behind a fire attack in April on the Iranian embassy near Stockholm.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani ordered the immediate repatriation of 500 military trainees from Pakistan, citing concerns for their safety amid the escalating tension between India and Pakistan, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said Saturday.
* The Sudan People's Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO), led by First Vice President Riek Machar, on Saturday claimed to have recaptured several towns near the borders with Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
* Sri Lankan police arrested 356 individuals in a 24-hour anti-narcotics operation that concluded Saturday morning, a spokesperson said.
* A total of 122 Afghan nationals who were freed from Pakistani prisons have returned to their homeland, the state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan reported on Saturday.
* International ratings agency Fitch Ratings (Fitch) has affirmed Latvia's credit rating at the current "A-" level, maintaining a stable outlook, Fitch said in a statement released on Friday.
* The death toll has risen to 15 with over 20 others being injured when a bus plunged off a cliff in Kotmale, located in Sri Lanka's Central Province on Sunday morning, police said.
