* Grenada will hold general elections on Nov. 5, according to a release on its government's Gazette. The notice issued Saturday also set Oct. 15 for the formal submission of candidate nomination documents.
* The United List, led by Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, took a large lead in the country's parliamentary election, preliminary results released Sunday morning showed. According to the Central Election Commission, with about 93 percent of the votes counted as of 6:35 a.m. local time (0335 GMT), the United List had secured 35.44 percent of the vote, followed by Latvia First with 13.22 percent and Sovereign Power/Alliance of Young Latvians with 11.73 percent.
* Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), oversaw an intermediate-range strategic missile launch drill early Saturday morning, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday.
* A Russian strike hit a second bridge in the Ukrainian capital on Saturday, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The attack damaged the road surface and the trolleybus overhead wiring at the Northern Bridge, Klitschko wrote on Telegram.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a new federal task force to coordinate the government's efforts on artificial intelligence (AI).
* A preliminary Israeli investigation found that the co-pilot who attacked the captain of a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight last week acted alone, Israel's Channel 12 reported on Sunday. Citing sources familiar with the investigation, the channel reported that investigators believe the co-pilot acted as a "lone wolf."
* Yemen's Houthi group said Sunday it launched ballistic missiles and drones at two Saudi Aramco facilities, including the Khurais oil complex southeast of Riyadh, marking a fresh escalation in the rapidly intensifying cross-border hostilities between the two sides.
* Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, announced from the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday the start of a large-scale military campaign to retake remaining Houthi-held areas, marking a major escalation in the country's conflict.
* Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday the country is still ready to achieve a "just and honorable" solution through diplomacy, but it will give a "more crushing" response if the "enemies" once again resort to military actions.
* African leaders have urged self-reliance and joint actions to address shared challenges and advance sustainable development across the continent at high-level gatherings hosted in Egypt's New Alamein.
* Iran's Army has decided to work on increasing the range of its missiles following the war with the United States and Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
* The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+, will keep their oil output level unchanged for the second consecutive month in November, OPEC said in a statement on Sunday.
* Around 325 million barrels of oil have been released from strategic reserves, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Saturday. It represented over 80 percent of the 400 million barrels originally pledged from the collective action announced by the IEA in March.
* Sri Lanka's expenditure on fuel imports rose sharply during the first eight months of 2026, reaching 4.07 billion USD, according to a report by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka dated Sept. 30, local media reported Sunday.
* Afghan power company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), announced on Saturday that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Tajikistan's Pamir Energy Company to supply electricity to border districts in northern Badakhshan province.
* Mongolia has planted a total of 140 million trees across the country since launching a national tree-planting campaign in 2021, according to the presidential press office on Sunday.
* Indonesia reopened the Senaru hiking route to Mount Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara after a forest fire that had closed the route was declared extinguished, the Mount Rinjani National Park Agency has said.
* Authorities in northeastern Spain restricted non-essential travel and suspended most commuter rail services on Saturday as extreme rainfall threatened flooding, while flash floods in central-eastern Spain killed one person and forced the evacuation of around 90 people.
* The U.S. Coast Guard said it was searching for a missing plane with six people on board off Nantucket, an island in the state of Massachusetts, early Saturday.
