* Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot said Saturday he intends to form the broadest possible government, citing what he called a parliamentary majority from Tuesday's election. Eisenkot's opposition bloc won just 48 seats in the 120-member parliament, compared with 53 seats for the coalition bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
* Repeat voting in Serbia's Oct. 25 snap parliamentary elections began on Sunday at 53 polling stations, according to the Serbian Republic Electoral Commission (RIK).
* The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday tested a cluster-bomb warhead to be tipped on tactical ballistic missiles, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday.
* A two-day meeting of Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers ended in Atlanta, the U.S, on Saturday without a joint communique, as participants failed to reach consensus on major global geopolitical and economic security issues amid the Ukraine crisis and the U.S.-Iran conflict.
*Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Saturday that it had received information from the United States about preparations for a possible terrorist attack in Moscow and was taking relevant measures, local media reported.
*The humanitarian mission in the Ukraine-Russia frontline town of Oleshky has concluded, and the evacuated Ukrainian citizens arrived in Ukrainian-controlled territory on Saturday, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. All evacuees will receive the assistance they need, Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
* A total of 779 people were arrested across France during a new round of protests on Saturday against the rising cost of living, French television channel BFM TV reported Sunday, citing figures from the French Interior Ministry.
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday condemned attacks on civilian vessels as unacceptable and warned that the Ukraine conflict is spilling over into the Black Sea, following talks with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul.
* Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz signed a decree Saturday declaring a national state of emergency to address the impacts of El Nino. Paz said he signed the decree to tackle drought affecting several regions of the country and prepare for potential flooding in the coming months.
* A total of 139 people were arrested during a protest outside the U.S. embassy in the Nine Elms area of south London on Saturday in support of the banned group Palestine Action, the Metropolitan Police said. Police said the majority of those arrested were detained for expressing support for a proscribed organization.
*Libyan Presidential Council head Mohamed Menfi and authorities in eastern Libya on Saturday welcomed UN Security Council Resolution 2835, which extends the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for 12 months.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that Tehran currently has no plans to meet with US officials, while consultations with Qatari and Pakistani mediators continue over Iran's conditions for resolving the crisis, Qatar's Al Jazeera reported Saturday.
* The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday announced that Tehran had designated Britain's Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) as "terrorist and hostile" entities over the British government's anti-Iran actions over the past year.
* At least eight Palestinians, including five police officers, were killed Sunday in two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, according to local and Palestinian medical sources.
* More than 30 bodies believed to be those of suspected bandits were recovered several days after Nigerian security forces repelled an attack in Bukkuyum town in the country's northwestern Zamfara State, police said Sunday.
* At least 25 people were killed and 22 others injured in intercommunal clashes in a border area between Chad's western provinces of Hadjer-Lamis and Barh el Gazel, authorities said late Saturday.
* Thousands of people gathered in Serbia's northern city of Novi Sad on Sunday to mark the second anniversary of a railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people and left one seriously injured. Participants in the commemoration walked toward the railway station and laid flowers and wreaths in memory of the victims.
* Yemen's government forces, supported by the Saudi-led coalition, said Saturday they had made new gains against the Houthis in the northern province of Al-Jawf, as intensified military operations continued across several fronts.
* Qatar Gas Transport Company said Sunday that its liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Al Mayeda was struck by unidentified objects while transiting the Arabian Gulf on Friday evening, with no injuries or environmental damage reported.
* Over 1,400 people in Albay province in the northern Philippines have been evacuated since Friday after the Mayon Volcano erupted, according to local officials.
