French PM Lecornu announces new cabinet

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Sunday evening unveiled the lineup of his new government, comprising a total of 34 ministers, according to the Presidency.

Key appointments include Laurent Nunez as minister of the interior, Jean-Pierre Farandou as minister of labor, Monique Barbut as minister of ecological transition, Edouard Geffray as minister of national education, and Catherine Vautrin as minister of defense.

Roland Lescure was reappointed as finance minister. Jean-Noel Barrot remains in office as minister of foreign affairs, while Gerald Darmanin has retained his post at the Ministry of Justice.

UN says its humanitarian scale-up in Gaza underway

The UN humanitarian scale-up in the Gaza Strip is well underway, with cooking gas entering Gaza for the first time since March, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Sunday.

More tents for displaced families, frozen meat, fresh fruit, flour and medicines crossed into Gaza throughout the day on Sunday, OCHA said in a press release.

The United Nations and its partners distributed hundreds of thousands of hot meals and bread bundles, both in the south and the north, the office said.

Netanyahu says Israel's military campaign "not over" despite Gaza ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the country's military campaign "is not over," on the eve of the planned release of all living Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian detainees under the next stage of the newly implemented Gaza ceasefire with Hamas.

In a televised address, Netanyahu hailed the planned release of the 20 remaining living hostages as a "historic event."

"Wherever we fought, we won," he said. "But the campaign is not over yet," he added, without giving further details.

Iran's FM says Tehran ready for "fair, balanced" talks with Washington

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Tehran is ready for a "fair and balanced" negotiation with Washington.

In a televised interview with state-run IRIB TV, Araghchi elaborated on Iran's position on resuming talks with the United States over its nuclear issue and the removal of sanctions.

Araghchi said if the United States presented a plan capable of safeguarding Iran's interests, Tehran would definitely consider it.

"Our stance towards the United States has always been clear," he said. "If they are ready to negotiate on an equal footing to safeguard common interests, on the basis of mutual respect ... and be prepared for a fair and balanced negotiation, we will also be ready for such a negotiation."

Kremlin says Russia ready for settlement in Ukraine, blames Europe, Kiev for reluctance

Russia remains ready for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, but European countries and the government in Kiev have shown reluctance to do so, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media Sunday.

"Russia has continued to state that we are ready for a peaceful settlement. And we also hear that Trump, after all, has been consistently talking about the need to sit down at the negotiating table. From this, we conclude that he still maintains his political will," Peskov told the Russia-1 TV channel.

However, Peskov said the Europeans and Kiev are showing no willingness to move in that direction.