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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said an oil tanker exploded and caught fire after striking sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement, carried by Fars News Agency on Monday, did not specify when the incident occurred, and the circumstances could not be independently verified.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said an oil tanker exploded and caught fire after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, while US President Donald Trump said Washington was open to reaching an agreement with Tehran, without announcing the start of new talks or setting terms.

Fighting continued between Yemeni government forces and the Houthi Ansar Allah group on several fronts, alongside airstrikes on positions along the western coast. The United Nations confirmed that the number of displaced people had risen to 150,000, as the humanitarian impact of fighting that shifted front lines in Taiz and Hodeidah governorates widened.

The presidents of 10 Belgian universities called on the government to allow 13 Palestinian students and researchers to leave Gaza after they received scholarships and study visas, accusing it of making the matter part of bargaining within the governing coalition amid disagreement over whether their reception is linked to asylum and migration policies.

Preliminary results from Sweden’s parliamentary election showed the four opposition parties leading with 176 seats, compared with 173 seats for the parties forming or supporting the conservative government. The outcome remains undecided pending completion of the vote count and the final allocation of seats in the 349-member parliament.

The International Organization for Migration said 93,864 people had recently been displaced across Yemen as the conflict intensified since the beginning of September, with large numbers concentrated in Taiz and Lahj governorates. The organization called on donors to provide urgent support for shelter, water and sanitation services for displaced families.

The World Food Programme has warned that it may sharply reduce aid in Sudan in the coming weeks because of funding shortages, as around 20 million people face acute hunger. The programme reaches between 4 million and 5 million people each month, but has only one-third of the funding it needed compared with last year.

Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council member Othman Mujali visited on Monday the positions of the Fifth Military Region in Hajjah province and inspected naval and coast guard forces and islands off Midi. During a meeting with commanders, officers and soldiers, he affirmed that the battle to restore state institutions would continue and called for maintaining readiness and morale.

Israeli forces carried out a blast in al-Qantara in southern Lebanon as Benjamin Netanyahu announced that targeting Hezbollah’s infrastructure would continue. The developments came amid intensified airstrikes after Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 13 people, including six children, were killed in Kfar Rumman, while a medic was killed in a separate strike.

U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said the United States has weapons stationed in orbit to protect its forces and space capabilities and counter threats. The secretary did not disclose the nature of the weapons, while Russia has previously warned that Western space-weapons programs could lead to an arms race.

David Petraeus, the former director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, said passengers on his train were evacuated after drones were heard over Ukraine’s Yahodyn station on Sunday morning, before a drone exploded on a nearby locomotive. Ukrainian Railways suggested that a diplomatic train that had left the station early may have been the intended target.

Reciprocal drone attacks killed and injured people in Russia and Ukraine, while Moscow said it had shot down 399 Ukrainian drones overnight and Kyiv said it had intercepted 85 of 108 Russian drones. The Kremlin confirmed that the Russian military would continue its operations in Ukrainian territory.

At a summit in northern Finland, 12 European countries called on the European Union to adopt a more strategic and proactive role in the Arctic, citing what they described as a long-term Russian threat and the repercussions of previous remarks by US President Donald Trump about bringing Greenland under US sovereignty.

Several Palestinians were injured in a drone strike carried out by Israeli forces on the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, amid gunfire and shelling elsewhere in the Gaza Strip. Gaza’s Health Ministry warned of a humanitarian disaster threatening the medical system after fuel supplies to 13 non-governmental health institutions were halted.

The Blue Nile State government said Sudanese army defenses repelled a drone attack launched by the Rapid Support Forces on Damazin, with no casualties reported. Witnesses said they heard explosions and ground-based anti-aircraft fire and saw a drone fall near the city’s airport, as fighting and displacement expand across the state.

Kyiv said it shot down or disabled 85 Russian drones during a nighttime attack, while Moscow said its defenses destroyed 1,025 Ukrainian drones within 24 hours. As the strikes continued, the Kremlin welcomed calls to stop targeting civilian infrastructure and China and India’s contribution to efforts to resolve the conflict.

Indonesian rescue teams are continuing to search for 129 people missing after a ferry capsized in the Java Sea, in an accident that left 6 people dead and 108 others rescued. High waves and strong winds are hampering teams’ access to the vessel, as preparations are made to deploy divers and underwater drones.

Russia’s Federal Security Service said it had found Western small arms and containers holding the banned chemical chloropicrin in parts of Donbas, while the Russian Defence Ministry said it had targeted a fuel station in Kyiv and bombed trains and military supplies in several Ukrainian regions.

Tehran summoned the Austrian chargé d’affaires on Monday after Austria denied entry to Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, to attend an International Atomic Energy Agency meeting in Vienna. Iran’s Foreign Ministry described the visa decision as unjustified and accused the United States of pressuring the Austrian government.

Israel’s ambassador to Ethiopia announced his country’s support for Addis Ababa’s efforts to secure access to the Red Sea, while two Egyptian military experts warned of the move’s implications for regional security. The experts linked the initiative to possible political and security arrangements involving Somaliland, stressing Cairo’s opposition to using the access point for military purposes.

Pastoral settlement outposts in the West Bank rely on tents, small herds and a limited number of settlers to exert influence over large areas. Israeli rights groups say the model receives financial and security support, restricting Palestinians’ access to grazing areas, water and farmland and threatening the livelihoods of Bedouin and pastoral communities.

North Korea said Saturday’s launches were part of joint live-fire drills involving five military units. The exercises included attack drones, cruise missiles and tactical ballistic missiles, while Seoul said short-range missiles traveled about 250 kilometers toward the sea.

Sudanese Army Chief of Staff Yasser al-Atta accused Ethiopia of exploiting the war to seize border agricultural areas and support the Rapid Support Forces. He said Khartoum had satellite imagery, intelligence and evidence extracted from drones shot down by the army, accusing Addis Ababa of allowing operations to be carried out from its territory.