* The United Nations Security Council will focus its work in May on revitalizing the authority of the UN Charter and the role of the United Nations, advancing the political settlement of the Middle East issue, and promoting the stability and development of African countries, Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations and president of the Security Council for May, said Friday.
* Russian air defense systems shot down more than 300 Ukrainian drones across several Russian regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had struck two vessels belonging to Russia's so-called "shadow fleet."
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States plans to withdraw "a lot further" than the 5,000 troops from Germany that the Pentagon had said earlier this week.
* The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said Saturday it was working with the United States to understand Washington's decision to withdraw troops from Germany, amid fresh tensions between the United States and Germany over the Middle East crisis.
* German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday that the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany was "foreseeable" and called on Europe to take greater responsibility for its own security.
* The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Pakistani police has arrested 21 suspected terrorists linked to proscribed outfits during intelligence-based operations across the eastern Punjab province, officials said on Saturday.
* Iran has submitted a 14-point counterproposal to the United States calling for a permanent end to hostilities and a full withdrawal of U.S. forces from the region, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Saturday. The plan was delivered through Pakistani intermediaries in response to a nine-point U.S. proposal, said Tasnim.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday evening he will soon review Iran's latest proposal on ending the war in the country, but said he "can't imagine that it would be acceptable."
* The U.S. military has forced 48 vessels to redirect during the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports as of Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command said Saturday.
* Iran's army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said on Saturday the country's armed forces are controlling the Strait of Hormuz, and no friendly or hostile vessel can transit the waterway without their permission.
* Iran's Education Minister Alireza Kazemi said Saturday that in-person classes cannot be held under current conditions, citing the ongoing war.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has briefed Asian and European counterparts on Tehran's latest proposal to end its conflict with the United States.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Friday that the war against Iran has cost the United States 100 billion USD so far.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday said in a statement that it had struck around 50 Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon over the past day.
* The General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced Saturday the full resumption of normal air navigation operations in UAE's airspace and the lifting of all precautionary measures.
* The Yemeni Coast Guard said Saturday that an oil tanker was boarded and taken under control by unidentified armed individuals off the coast of Shabwa before being steered toward the Somali coast.
* Jordan's armed forces carried out strikes early Sunday, targeting sites used by drug and arms smugglers along the kingdom's northern border with Syria, the army said in a statement.
* Senegal is ready to support Mali in efforts to restore peace and stability following recent attacks in the neighboring country, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has said.
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced a comprehensive 10-year national strategy aimed at protecting family structures and reversing declining birth rates.
* Uzbekistan has exported no gold in the first quarter of 2026, marking six consecutive months of suspended external sales of the precious metal, according to new data from the National Statistics Committee.
* Sixteen people were killed and 21 others injured when a six-wheeled vehicle carrying bamboo overturned in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on Saturday, according to the Myanmar Fire Services Department.
* Sri Lanka has reported 25,082 dengue cases so far in 2026, a senior health expert from the National Dengue Control Unit said on Saturday.
