* Nominations for candidates seeking to contest the 222 seats making up the lower house of the Malaysian parliament as part of the country's general election proceeded smoothly on Saturday.
* The Australian government has announced it will bid to co-host the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in 2026 with Pacific nations.
* Russia, which met India's minimal oil requirements till March this year, emerged as the country's biggest oil supplier in October surpassing traditional sellers Saudi Arabia and Iraq, India's private news network Zee News reported on Sunday.
* Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday to discuss macro-financial aid for Ukraine and further sanctions on Iran, Zelenskiy said.
* India has allowed sugar exports between Nov. 1 and Oct. 31 next year up to a limit, an order issued by the federal government stated Saturday.
* Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the need to gradually liberalize the country's service sector to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), the President's Media Division (PMD) said in a statement on Sunday.
* The Portuguese and Spanish governments announced Friday the decision to present the financing plan for the "Green Energy Corridor" with France before Dec. 15 as the European Commission required.
* The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that 10.2 million USD are required for public health-related response to the ongoing cholera outbreak in Lebanon.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Saturday called on the United States to prove its "real will" in the negotiations aimed at the revival of 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, according to the Foreign Ministry's website.
* COP27 delegates agreed on Sunday to discuss whether rich countries should compensate poorer nations most vulnerable to climate change at the United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
* Britain's government is facing significant and difficult decisions on taxes and spending in an effort to plug a budget shortfall, cabinet office minister Oliver Dowden said on Sunday, declining to comment on possible measures.
* Iran's Revolutionary Guards tested a new satellite-carrying rocket on Saturday, state media reported, a move the United States called "unhelpful and destabilising".
* Bahrain will continue to build its relationship with Israel after former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies triumphed in Israel's general election, the diplomatic adviser to Bahrain's king said on Saturday.
* Haitians on Saturday hoped for a quick return of fuel supplies after police broke up a gang blockade that for two months had left the economy without gasoline or diesel and triggered a humanitarian crisis.
* Algeria's hydrocarbon exports rose about 77% year on year to $42.6 billion for the January-September period, state news agency (APS) cited energy minister as saying on Sunday.
* Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Co (KIPIC) said on Sunday the first phase of Al-Zour refinery has started commercial operations, according to state news agency (KUNA).
* Thirty people were injured in the Republic of Korea's capital Seoul Sunday night after a passenger train detailed, according to Yonhap news agency.
* About 64,100 people were killed by snakebites each year in India, compared to a global total of 78,600, the local newspaper The Hindu reported Sunday citing an international study.
* A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Sunday, but did not trigger a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
* Iran on Sunday unveiled an upgraded version of the Bavar-373 (Belief-373) surface-to-air missile system with a range of more than 300 km, official news agency IRNA reported.
