* The Main Board of Serbia's ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) unanimously decided on Saturday to nominate President Aleksandar Vucic as the party's lead candidate and candidate for prime minister in the upcoming parliamentary election.
* The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a non-binding resolution that encourages the use of the Equal Earth cartographic projection in maps worldwide to replace the Mercator projection widely used so far, which distorts the sizes of continental landmasses.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin had substantive, constructive and extremely frank talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in a trusting atmosphere in Moscow, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said early Sunday morning. Ushakov said the discussion on extremely serious issues took place in a working-format setting and informally over dinner.
* Ukraine is ready to observe a ceasefire in airstrikes against the Russian cities involved in the negotiation process, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday. "From now through the end of Saturday, as well as on Sunday and Monday, Ukraine is ready to refrain from strikes on Moscow," Zelensky said on X after a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
* U.S. forces struck three Iranian crude oil carriers, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Saturday on social media. Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) fired ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships patrolling regional waters, CENTCOM said in a statement, adding that no American personnel were harmed.
* Iran's aerospace forces attacked an aircraft carrier and a destroyer of the U.S. military with several ballistic missiles within the preceding hours after the vessels harassed Iranian ships and participated in the naval blockade against the country, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Sunday.
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday he would defend Brazil's Pix payment system in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Washington has cited the platform in its tariff dispute with Brazil.
* The Israeli military is preparing to reduce its forces in southern Lebanon, with a partial withdrawal and the creation of a narrower "security zone" along the border, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported Saturday.
* Pakistan's security forces killed 21 terrorists in multiple engagements in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from Sept. 3 to 5, the military said on Sunday.
* Tanzania on Saturday handed over 52 tons of medicines and medical supplies worth 220 million Tanzanian shillings (about 88,000 USD) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak.
* The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion following a traffic accident in western Iran on Saturday has risen from 11 to 12, with the number of injured rising to seven, state-run IRIB news agency reported Sunday.
* The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of heavy downpours in Tokyo and six other prefectures through Monday, citing the combined effects of a typhoon and a seasonal rain front.
* Two people were killed and two others were injured after a small plane crashed Saturday in Fresno, a city in U.S. state of California, authorities said.
* Two Greek Air Force pilots were killed on Saturday after a fighter jet crashed during the Athens Flying Week international air show at Tanagra Air Base, Greek national broadcaster ERT reported.
