U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a defence cooperation pact signed with Papua New Guinea on Monday would expand the Pacific island nation’s capabilities and make it easier for the U.S. military to train with its forces.

Russia said it was battling a cross-border incursion by saboteurs who burst through the frontier from Ukraine.

Hundreds of people rallied in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday to protest arch-rival India’s decision to host a G20 tourism meeting in its part of the disputed Himalayan region, said a government official.

The Biden administration rebuked Israel over an order that allows Jewish settlers.

China Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has summoned the Japanese ambassador.

The transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine would raise the question of NATO’s involvement in the conflict.

Flights serving the eastern Sicilian city of Catania were halted on Sunday after an eruption from nearby Mount Etna spewed volcanic ash onto its runways, airport authorities said.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that it was time to reform both the Security Council and Bretton Woods to align with the “realities of today’s world”.

Seven young activists protesting against climate change climbed into the Trevi Fountain in Rome on Sunday and poured diluted charcoal into the water to turn it black.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a summit with Pacific Island leaders in Papua New Guinea.

An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude struck off the northern California shore on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), causing no reported damage or injuries.

Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said.