Macron vows legal action against perpetrators of violence in France protests
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday vowed legal action against those responsible for violence during protests across the country on Saturday.
"Those who destroyed must pay. Those who looted must reimburse," Macron said in a televised address, pledging judicial proceedings over offenses committed during the violence.
He voiced support for law enforcement officers, elected officials and shopkeepers affected by the violence, adding that Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu would chair a crisis unit Monday to mobilize "the fastest possible assistance" and support those affected.
6 injured as Houthi projectile hits residential area in S. Saudi Arabia: civil defense
Six Saudi citizens were injured and three houses and three vehicles damaged after a projectile launched by Yemen's Houthi group struck a residential area in Najran, southern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Civil Defense said Sunday.
The civil defense said emergency teams responded to the incident, stressing that attempts to target civilian objects constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.
Meanwhile, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that 10 people were killed and 23 others injured in an alleged Saudi airstrike Sunday on a house in Yemen's northern province of Saada, most of them women and children.
Iran says its 7-day plan to reopen Hormuz Strait still on table
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that Tehran-proposed seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is "still on the table."
Araghchi made the remarks in an interview with Iran's official news agency IRNA on the sidelines of the 52nd Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
He said Iran's conditions for ceasing hostilities and reopening the strait were "completely clear" and had been submitted to the United States under the seven-day plan.
Ebola outbreak spreads to 8th province in DR Congo
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread to an eighth province, with new cases confirmed in Nord-Ubangi Province in the north, according to the latest health ministry report released Sunday.
Two men in their 20s were reported infected in the Wapinda health zone, one of whom has died. The report did not specify the source of infection.
As of Friday, the country had recorded 9,415 confirmed cases, including 4,536 deaths, since the outbreak began in May, representing a case fatality rate of 48.2 percent.
Zelensky, U.S. envoys discuss peace process
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he had a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump's representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to discuss the next steps in diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine crisis.
The talks focused on the results of a recent meeting between the Ukrainian and U.S. negotiating teams in Florida, Zelensky said.
He added that representatives from both countries remain in constant communication and are preparing the next steps in diplomacy.■
