* Kemi Badenoch was elected the new Conservative Party leader of the United Kingdom (UK) on Saturday, becoming the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK.
* Amid growing competition in artificial intelligence (AI) development, experts attending the 2024 Beijing Forum have emphasized the need to enhance the collaboration between China and the United States in the field of AI.
* The foreign ministers of Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held strategic consultations in Moscow on Friday, reaffirming their commitment to fully implementing the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, which has formally elevated their traditionally friendly relations to a new level, according to a statement issued by Russia's Foreign Ministry on Saturday.
* South Korea, the United States and Japan held joint air drills involving the U.S. strategic bomber on Sunday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
* The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) wrapped up in Cali, Colombia, early Saturday with a landmark acknowledgment of Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities' essential role in protecting biodiversity.
* Indian government Saturday said it has protested "in the strongest terms" Canada's allegations against its federal home minister Amit Shah, terming them as "absurd and baseless".
* Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared that the worst of the country's inflation crisis is over. Speaking at an event in South Australia on Sunday, Anthony Albanese said Australians have reason for optimism with new data showing inflation is at its lowest level over three years.
* The International Monetary Fund will begin its review of Egypt's loan programme on Tuesday, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Sunday at a press conference with IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva.
* Security personnel in Afghanistan have seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition in the eastern Khost province, the provincial police office said in a statement.
* Israeli forces stepped up bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Sunday killing at least 23 people, Palestinian medics said, with over half the deaths in northern areas where the army has waged a month-long campaign it says is to prevent Hamas from regrouping.
* Israeli warplanes struck the Al-Qaa Jousieh border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for the second time in a week on Saturday, Lebanese military sources said.
* More than 187 suspected terrorists were killed and 262 others arrested by the Nigerian military in various anti-terror operations across the country in the past week, local authorities reported.
* At least 18 people were killed and five others injured in two separate attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur State, western Sudan, on Saturday, according to a medical group and a government official.
* Egypt's population reached 107 million, the population clock of the country's statistics agency showed on Saturday. The population of the most populous Arab country has increased by 1 million since Feb. 8, 2024, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics.
* Croatia recorded 20.5 million tourists and 106.6 million overnight stays from Jan. 1 to Oct. 31, a 3-percent increase in arrivals and a 1-percent rise in overnight stays compared to last year, Croatian Minister of Tourism and Sport Tonci Glavina said on Saturday.
* Nearly 2,000 Sri Lankans have lost their lives in road accidents from January 1 to October 25, Police Spokesman Nihal Thalduwa told journalists on Saturday.
* Heavy rain lashed parts of western Japan on Saturday, suspending train services and triggering risks of flooding and landslides in some parts.
