* Representatives from the United States, Ukraine and European countries met in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday to discuss ways aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
* The White House said on Sunday that the United States and Ukraine drafted an "updated and refined" peace framework during talks in Geneva, Switzerland. Both sides agreed to continue to work on joint proposals in the coming days, according to a joint statement released by the White House. And final decisions under this framework will be made by the presidents of Ukraine and the United States.
* After further talks with the Ukrainian delegation, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday evening declined to reveal any details of the day's discussions in Geneva between the United States, Ukraine, and European partners on a 28-point peace plan.
* The Royal Navy has intercepted a Russian warship and a tanker off the British coast in a shadowing operation in the past fortnight, local media quoted Britain's defense ministry as saying on Sunday.
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Sunday that he was "very concerned" about U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean Sea and planned to talk with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, to prevent conflict with Venezuela.
* Russian drones struck two districts in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, late Sunday, killing four people and injuring 13 others, regional governor Oleg Synegubov said Monday on the social platform Telegram.
* A U.S. MQ-9 drone deployed in the Republic of Korea crashed off the coast of Gunsan, about 180 km south of the capital Seoul on Monday, local newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported. There were no civilian casualties or property damage, and the cause of the accident is under investigation, the report said.
* Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had thwarted an attempted railway sabotage in the Altai Territory and killed two perpetrators who opened fire during their arrest, TASS news agency reported on Monday.
* Four Palestinians were killed on Monday in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said. Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli artillery fire near the so-called "yellow line," which designates areas under Israeli control, in the al-Shaaf neighborhood, east of Gaza City, according to the sources.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel struck the Lebanese capital of Beirut in an attempt to kill Haytham Ali Tabatabai, whom Netanyahu described as Hezbollah's de facto chief of staff.
* Leading Iraqi Sunni Muslim parties agreed on Sunday to form a "National Political Council" to coordinate their strategy in the new parliament, seeking to unify their stance as Shiite factions move to form the next government.
* Israel said on Sunday its forces had killed Haytham Ali Tabatabai, a senior Hezbollah military commander, in an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs that killed at least five. Hezbollah has yet to comment on the Israeli claim.
* A Hamas delegation, led by Khalil al-Hayya, is in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the transition to the second phase of the Gaza peace plan, as well as recent security escalations in the Strip, according to an Egyptian security official.
* Syrian authorities imposed a curfew in central Syria's Homs on Sunday and deployed security forces after the killing of a Bedouin couple triggered retaliatory attacks and widespread unrest in the city.
* A majority of Slovenian voters on Sunday rejected a law that legalizes assisted dying, the State Electoral Commission said. According to preliminary results of the national referendum, 53.4 percent voted against the law, while 46.6 percent supported it. Voter turnout reached almost 41 percent.
* China will start building national emerging-industry development demonstration bases, with the goal of establishing about 100 industrial-park demonstration bases and 1,000 enterprise-type demonstration bases by 2035, according to a circular released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a policy-based loan of 50 million USD to strengthen Cambodia's financial sector and digital infrastructure, the bank said on Monday.
* Singapore's core inflation rose to 1.2 percent year on year in October, up from 0.4 percent in September, according to official data released Monday. In a joint statement, the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Monetary Authority of Singapore said the increase was driven by higher inflation in services, food, and retail and other goods, as well as a milder decline in electricity and gas prices.
* Dubai, one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), approved its budget cycle for the 2026-2028 fiscal years on Sunday, setting total expenditure at 302.7 billion AED (about 82.4 billion U.S. dollars) and projected revenues at 329.2 billion AED.
* Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Sunday confirmed the rescue and recovery of at least 89 victims abducted earlier last week in the country's central region.
* Namibia has confirmed an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) after lab tests established the presence of the CCHF virus in a patient who was hospitalized on Nov. 18 and died the day after in Windhoek, the capital.
* The average number of influenza patients reported at designated medical institutions across Japan has hit warning levels at the fastest pace in 10 years, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. During the week from Nov. 10 to 16, 145,526 flu patients were reported across roughly 3,000 institutions, averaging 37.73 people per facility and surpassing the warning level of 30, the ministry said.
* Bangladesh reported 778 new dengue cases and eight new deaths on Sunday, taking the tally to 90,264 and the death toll to 364 so far this year, the Ministry of Health said. According to the data, 20,402 dengue cases were recorded so far in November, after 22,520 in October.
* The Israeli Health Ministry said on Sunday that an 18-month-old boy has died of measles, raising the death toll from an outbreak that began in early April to 10. Most of the victims were previously healthy, unvaccinated infants.
