* U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for re-election, nine days before Israel's parliamentary elections. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he was giving Netanyahu his "Complete and Total Endorsement" in the upcoming election.
* Gatherings and demonstrations throughout the French city of Marseille will be banned from noon to 8 p.m. local time Monday (1800 GMT), the police prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhone in southern France said in a post on X.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he stands ready to run in presidential elections if a vote is held before the conflict with Russia ends, the Ukrinform news agency reported Monday.
* The 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) opened on Sunday in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, with countries set to conduct the first global review of collective progress in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he had a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump's representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to discuss the next steps in diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine crisis.
* Multiple Russian regions came under drone attacks from Saturday night to Sunday morning, with Russian air defense forces shooting down over 1,000 Ukrainian drones overnight, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
* Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi on Sunday called on Russia to play an active role in urging Iran to halt attacks on GCC states, respect freedom of navigation and engage in dialogue based on good-neighborliness and respect for sovereignty.
* The Israeli government on Sunday approved a cut of 2.6 billion shekels (about 840 million USD) from most ministries' 2026 budgets to fund "urgent defense procurement," Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported.
* China has decided to impose export controls on items including tunnel boring machines, and to optimize and adjust export control measures on dredger-related items, with the rules set to take effect on Nov. 18, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.
* Singapore has set aside 118 million Singapore dollars (about 92.23 million USD) for research into producing chemicals from biological materials, the largest public funding commitment of its kind to date, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said on Monday.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty called for "respect for Gulf security" during a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Monday.
* The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced early Monday that a "violating" oil tanker suffered a blast within the preceding hours after hitting a naval mine south of the Strait of Hormuz.
* Syria and the World Bank Group have agreed to establish a multi-donor trust fund to support the country's economic recovery and reconstruction, the Syrian foreign affairs authority announced Sunday.
* Lebanon and Oman signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation in sustainable agriculture, fisheries, and food security, and expand trade opportunities for Lebanese agricultural products, Lebanon's National News Agency reported Monday.
* Iran on Sunday warned that any further "miscalculation" by the United States and Israel would trigger a more severe response from Iranian armed forces, as Tehran announced plans to establish a regional authority to oversee digital data flows amid escalating tensions.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said Sunday that he and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud discussed current regional developments and the importance of de-escalation.
* The Israeli military said Monday that it killed a cell commander and two other Palestinian militants of Hamas in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip over the weekend.
* At least 25 soldiers were killed and more than 30 others injured on Monday after three missiles struck a government military training base in Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwa, a government military official and a local medical source told Xinhua.
* Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius called a meeting of the National Security Commission for Monday after a drone crashed in the northern region and damaged a civilian vehicle on Sunday, public broadcaster LRT reported.
* New Zealand's imports from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) rose 15 percent to 16 billion NZ dollars (about 9.06 billion USD) in the year to September, driven largely by higher fuel imports, official data showed on Monday.
* Malaysia's inflation rate stood at 1.9 percent in the third quarter of 2026, unchanged from the rate recorded in the previous quarter, official data showed on Monday. Separately, Malaysia's inflation eased to 1.8 percent in September 2026 from 1.9 percent in August, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said in a statement.
* Sri Lanka earned 2.245 billion USD from tourism during the first nine months of 2026, according to data released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The figure was slightly lower than the 2.473 billion dollars recorded during the corresponding period of 2025, the central bank said.
* Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday called for greater breast cancer awareness and improved healthcare for women, urging families and communities to encourage early detection and timely treatment.
* The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has reaffirmed its continued support to Kenya following the confirmation of four additional Ebola cases, bringing the country's total caseload to seven.
* An infant was among six people killed after a speedboat carrying migrants collided with a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Monday, Greek authorities said.
* A major weather change has caused heavy rainfall in large areas of northeastern and eastern Spain, causing one death over the weekend.
