Hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin Mary on Monday gathered at the sanctuary of Fatima in Portugal to pray for newly-appointed Pope Leo XIV and global peace.

Bangladesh’s Election Commission has suspended the registration of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, effectively barring the party from contesting the next national elections.

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said that he would seek to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the sidelines of the G7 meetings in Canada next week to discuss foreign exchange.

The Trump administration welcomed 59 white South Africans it granted refugee status in the U.S., having deemed them victims of racial discrimination, while drawing criticism from Democrats and stirring confusion in South Africa.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was sworn in for a second term.

Poland’s government has summoned the Russian ambassador and vowed to shut down the country’s consulate in the city of Krakow after concluding Russian sabotage caused a huge fire in a shopping centre.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was almost certain to be elected mayor of his home city by a landslide, unimpeded by his detention at the International Criminal Court on charges of murder as a crime against humanity.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will not attend the Arab League Summit in Baghdad this weekend.

Global stock markets surged on Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to slash their steep tariffs on each other for at least 90 days, tapping the brakes on a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies that had fed fears of a global recession.

The prime minister of junta-ruled Guinea announced a new date of December 2025 for elections, seeking to reassure investors in a speech at an African business forum.

US President Donald Trump says they have achieved a “total reset” in relations with China after both countries agreed to reduce tariffs on each other’s goods for 90 days.

A UN-backed assessment says Gaza’s population of around 2.1 million Palestinians is at “critical risk” of famine and faces “extreme levels of food insecurity” as an Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid continues.