* A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement on Sunday.
* Russia launched 87 attack drones and four missiles overnight targeting Ukrainian territory, Ukraine's air force said on Sunday.
* Thousands of protesters took to the streets in major cities around the world on Saturday demanding an end to bloodshed in Gaza and the wider Middle East ahead of the first anniversary of the deadly Hamas attack on Israel.
* France will host an international conference this month to help drum up humanitarian aid for Lebanon and strengthen security in the southern part of the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit out at France's President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday for saying that shipments of arms to Israel used in the conflict in Gaza should be stopped as part of a broader effort to find a political solution.
* Israel will retaliate against Iran for the missile attack launched by Tehran when the time is right, a military spokesman said on Saturday, adding that two air bases struck in the attack remained fully operational and no aircraft were damaged.
* A senior Iranian military official warned that any "unconsidered action" by Israel would provoke a "harsh and destructive" response from Iran, semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Saturday.
* At least 24 people were killed and 93 others wounded when Israeli airstrikes targeted a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday morning, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said.
* Iran's Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said Saturday it has set up an emergency settlement camp and a field hospital at the Lebanon-Syria border to shelter the displaced and injured Lebanese.
* Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad landed on Kharg island, the oil ministry's news website Shana reported on Sunday, amid concerns that Israel could target Iran's largest oil terminal there.
* The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a Shiite militia group, claimed responsibility on Saturday for missile and drone attacks on sites in northern and southern Israel.
* Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille embarked on a trip to the United Arab Emirates and Kenya on Saturday to seek security assistance in the aftermath of one of deadliest gang attacks in the Caribbean nation in recent years.
* Russia's Gazprom GAZP.MM said it would send 42.1 million cubic metres of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Sunday, a volume in line with that of recent days.
* Nearly 300 people, mostly rural farmers, have been killed in lightning strikes in Bangladesh this year. A total of 297 people including 242 men and 55 women died due to lightning strikes during the period from February to September this year.
* The Croatian government has pledged comprehensive support to neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as the death toll from devastating rain-triggered flash floods climbs to 19.
* The United States government completed an initial shipment of vaccine doses and therapeutic drugs for Marburg disease to Rwanda on Oct. 4, Thierry Roels, U.S. CDC Country Director in Rwanda told Reuters on Saturday.
* Sudan's health ministry said on Saturday it has received 1.4 million doses of cholera vaccine from international organizations, as the country grapples with an outbreak that has infected over 20,000 people.
