- NBC News' Molly Hunter and former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker break down the latest efforts from the Trump administration to end the Ukraine-Russia war as Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Saudi Arabia to prepare for talks with Russian officials.
- Israeli forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon near the border after Tuesday’s deadline for their full withdrawal.
- Pope Francis is sick with a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract, the Vatican said Monday.
- A New Zealand tourism campaign called “Everyone Must Go” is drawing derision at a time when New Zealanders themselves are leaving the country in droves.
- Europe's leaders will hold emergency talks in Paris to align positions after the Trump administration excluded Europe from talks with Russia on the Ukraine war.
- China accused the United States of a “serious regression” in its position on Taiwan, after the State Department updated the Taiwan section of its website.
- Israel's security Cabinet was to meet Monday to discuss the second phase of the ceasefire deal with Hamas, while Netanyahu voiced support for Trump's Gaza plan.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has paid his respect at a family mausoleum to mark the birthday of his late father and former leader Kim Jong Il, state media KCNA said on Monday, pledging to continue the “sacred struggle” for prosperity and security.
- South Korea’s data protection authority said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country over data privacy concerns.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy indicated he hadn't been invited and warned that his country “will never accept deals made behind our backs.”
- BAMAKO, Mali — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the accident occurred.
- A 23-year-old man stabbed five passersby in southern Austria on Saturday in what police said was a random attack that left a 14-year-old dead and four others injured.