* Leo XIV was officially inaugurated as the pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday. On May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church during the papal conclave. He has taken the papal name Leo XIV.
* Tens of thousands of people gathered in central The Hague, the Netherlands, on Sunday for a large-scale demonstration condemning Israel's military actions in Gaza. Protesters called on the Dutch government to take stronger measures against Israel and demand an end to the violence.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday called for reaching an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid into the war-torn enclave during a meeting with a visiting U.S. official.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday a decision to lift the blockade on Gaza to allow the entry of limited aid, as international criticism mounts over the severe humanitarian crisis in the enclave.
* Israeli military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said on Sunday that the army would continue its newly launched ground operation in Gaza until it "breaks" Hamas's militant ability.
* Yemen's Houthi group announced Sunday that it would conduct military operations against Ben Gurion Airport and other unspecified Israeli airports within hours, in response to Israel's escalation of attacks in Gaza and recent strikes on Yemen.
* Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that reaching an agreement with the United States is possible if it refrains from applying coercion on Tehran.
* Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Saturday announced the decision to reopen the embassy in Damascus, the official MAP news agency reported.
* The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Sunday announced the establishment of a truce committee jointly with the country's Presidency Council, which serves as the supreme commander of the Libyan Army.
* Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has expressed "deep concern" over the recent deadly armed clashes in Tripoli, the capital of Libya.
* The UAE National Guard rescued 16 people on Sunday during two maritime operations off the country's coast, according to local media reports.
* China's job market remained generally stable in April, with the surveyed urban unemployment rate dropping on a month-on-month basis, official data showed on Monday.
* The Indian government has imposed restrictions on imports of certain goods, including ready-made garments, from the neighboring Bangladesh through land routes, officials said Sunday. However, it stated these products will only be allowed to be imported through the seaports of Nhava Sheva and Kolkata.
* The highest economic policy-making body of the Bangladeshi government has approved a 2.3 trillion taka (nearly 19 billion USD) Annual Development Program (ADP) for the next fiscal year 2025-26 (July 2025-June 2026).
* The Mongolian banking sector's net foreign assets declined by 49.9 percent year-on-year to reach 4.9 trillion Mongolian tugriks (1.37 billion USD), local media reported on Monday, citing data from the National Statistics Office (NSO).
* Uganda Airlines, the East African country's national passenger carrier, on Sunday launched direct flights from Entebbe International Airport to London Gatwick Airport as the East African country seeks to boost trade.
* Eight people have been rescued from floodwaters in the Australian state of New South Wales amid heavy rainfall. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Monday morning issued a severe weather warning for parts of five NSW regions over 100 km north of Sydney.
* Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul began on Sunday installing road barriers to contain an outbreak of avian influenza at a commercial farm in the municipality of Montenegro.
* Mount Lewotobi in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province erupted multiple times on Sunday, prompting the country's Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center to issue its highest aviation alert.
