- Democratic Republic of Congo said on Sunday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases had increased to 515 after 27 new samples tested positive in the previous 24 hours.
- Iran"s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Sunday that regional governments were “not in a position to demand reparations”, responding to what he said were reports that the US could use Iranian assets to compensate regional allies for war-related damages.
- At least 21 Iraqis were killed and 19 others injured when a passenger bus crashed and caught fire near the southern city of Nassiriya on Sunday, police and health officials said.
- The White House is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.
- The grieving parents of an 11-year-old girl whose death has sparked outrage in France over failures to protect children on Sunday joined thousands of people for a silent march in her memory.
- Israel struck Beirut for the first time since the US announced a truce plan for Lebanon, and an Iranian lawmaker threatened to retaliate, putting talks to end the wider war into new jeopardy.
- China has been angered by Japan and the Philippines saying last month they would begin formal talks on delimiting their maritime boundary, viewing that as involving waters off Taiwan.
- Over a million people filled the streets near one of Madrid's main squares on Sunday to join Pope Leo for an outdoor Mass, likely to be the largest event of his week-long visit to Spain.
- An American student who disappeared while on a family vacation in Japan was found dead outside Kyoto, his mother wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday.
- Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases had increased to 488.