* Guinea's presidential election has been scheduled for Dec. 28 this year, according to a decree issued by the president and announced on national television Saturday evening.
* The fourth plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held in Beijing from Oct. 20 to 23, according to a decision made at a CPC Central Committee Political Bureau meeting on Monday. The meeting discussed major issues related to the formulation of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for national economic and social development.
* Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with the Foreign Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Choe Son Hui in Beijing on Sunday, noting that maintaining, consolidating and developing bilateral relations has always been a steadfast strategic guideline of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government.
* China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have adopted a new joint action plan on environmental cooperation for the 2026-2030 period, an official said on Sunday.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Moscow, but the decision rests with the U.S. side, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday. Peskov told Russia's TASS news agency that the invitation extended by Putin to Trump remains on the table.
* Any aggression against Russia "will be met with a decisive response," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in his address to the general debate of the UN General Assembly on Saturday. He said Western countries have increasingly threatened the use of force against Russia while accusing Moscow of nearly planning to attack NATO and European Union countries.
* At least four people were killed and 40 others injured in a massive Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine that lasted more than 12 hours, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday.
* U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that the White House is considering a plan for European NATO allies to purchase U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and transfer them to Ukraine, but the final call rests with President Donald Trump.
* Denmark will prohibit all civilian drone flights nationwide from Monday to Friday to safeguard a European Union (EU) leaders' meeting in Copenhagen and reduce the burden on police amid a surge in suspicious drone sightings, the Danish government said Sunday.
* After a virtual meeting with several EU defense ministers, the European Commission on Friday voiced its support for developing a "drone wall" along the bloc's eastern borders to strengthen Europe's defense capabilities, following a series of unidentified drone incursions.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that the "snapback" mechanism for sanctions against Iran was a trap. The mechanism was included in UN Security Council Resolution 2231 that endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, following direct negotiations between the Iranian foreign minister and then U.S. secretary of state at the time, Lavrov told reporters.
* The United Nations confirmed on Sunday that sanctions against Iran have been reactivated.
* Egypt on Sunday dispatched a large humanitarian aid convoy carrying nearly 3,000 tons of urgent relief supplies to the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) said in a statement. It is the 43rd convoy sent under an initiative launched by the ERC on July 27 as an Egyptian mechanism for providing aid to Gaza.
* Hamas denied on Sunday receiving any new proposals from mediators regarding a ceasefire in Gaza.
* Israeli warplanes struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the Israeli military and Lebanese sources said, marking the latest flare-up along the Israel-Lebanon border despite a ceasefire reached last year.
* Iran stands ready to support Lebanon at all levels, Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said here Sunday in a meeting with Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem.
* Yemeni pro-government forces launched a large-scale operation on Sunday against hideouts of al-Qaeda's Yemen branch in the southern province of Abyan, a military official said.
* China's state-owned and state-controlled enterprises saw their performance improve during the first eight months of 2025, official data showed on Monday. The combined operating revenue of these firms increased by 0.2 percent year-on-year to 53.96 trillion yuan (about 7.59 trillion USD) during the period, improving compared to the January-July period, according to the Ministry of Finance.
* The Australian government released the final budget outcome for the 2024-25 financial year on Monday, with a final deficit of about 18 billion Australian dollars (about 11.8 billion USD), lower than previously forecast.
* Tropical storm Mitag and super typhoon Ragasa, which battered the Philippines this month, have caused an estimated 1.38 billion pesos (around 24 million USD) in damage and losses to the country's agricultural sector, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Sunday.
* Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) announced Sunday that the country's crude oil exports generated revenue of more than 7 billion USD in August.
* The Republic of Korea (ROK)'s elderly population rate surpassed 20 percent for the first time this year, becoming a super-aged society, statistical office data showed Monday. The number of ROK people aged 65 or older totaled 10,514,000 in 2025, accounting for 20.3 percent of the total population, according to Statistics Korea.
* At least four people were killed and eight others injured on Sunday after a shooter targeted a church and set the building aflame in Grand Blanc, the US’s Michigan, authorities said. The incident occurred early Sunday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a small community northwest of Detroit.
