* The Czech Republic's opposition ANO party, led by former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, has won the country's parliamentary election, according to official results from a nearly complete vote count released on Saturday. With over 99 percent of voting districts counted in the election, ANO garnered 34.5 percent of the vote, while the ruling center-right SPOLU coalition came in second place with over 23.3 percent.
* Malawian President Peter Mutharika issued a warning against corruption in his inaugural speech after being sworn in on Saturday in Blantyre, the country's second-largest city.
* Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Italy and hold the 12th Joint Meeting of the China-Italy Government Committee and then travel to Switzerland and hold the 4th round of China-Switzerland Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue from Oct. 7 to 12, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced Sunday.
* The U.S. Treasury Department is considering making a one-dollar coin featuring President Donald Trump to mark the country's 250th anniversary of independence next year, the department has said.
* Russia's air defense systems shot down over 300 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
* The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group on Saturday backed Hamas's response to U.S. President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan for Gaza.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh discussed over the phone the latest developments in the U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza on Saturday, Egypt's foreign ministry said.
* More than 3,000 people gathered in downtown Lisbon on Saturday to show solidarity with Palestinians and demand the release of three Portuguese citizens detained by Israel after attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.
* The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has announced its decision to "immediately suspend all professional and bilateral relations" with the Israeli Medical Association (IMA), citing grave concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and alleged breaches of international medical ethics.
* The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has surpassed 67,000, Gaza's health authorities said on Saturday.
* A Latin American regional bloc of 10 member states on Friday condemned "the recent illegal incursion of U.S. combat aircraft" detected near the Venezuelan coast. The incursion, detected only 75 km off the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, has drawn criticism from Venezuela.
* A total of 137 activists, including 36 Turkish nationals who had been detained by Israel for taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, an aid mission bound for Gaza, were flown to Türkiye on Saturday.
* Mongolia exported 18,100 tons of meat and meat products in the first eight months of 2025, a 10.9 percent decrease compared to the same period last year, the country's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry said on Saturday.
* The death toll from the collapse of a school building in Indonesia's East Java province has risen to 37, regional rescue authorities said Sunday. About 25 people remain missing, and the death toll is expected to rise.
* Authorities in the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra sounded an alert as Cyclone Shakhti intensified into a severe cyclonic storm Saturday.
* A strong storm hit the Baltic Sea in northern Poland on Saturday, overturning a boat during the 74th Blue Ribbon of the Gulf of Gdansk regatta, the Polish Press Agency reported.
* Rain-induced landslides have left 14 people dead and 8 others missing in Nepal, police said on Sunday.
