Geopolitics beyond the usual borders.
The European Union failed to agree new sanctions against Russia after France and Luxembourg blocked the plan; EU sanctions need approval from all 27 member countries.
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have calmed their escalating tariff dispute into a truce ahead of a planned summit between the US and Chinese leaders.
Poland's president and prime minister say Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning a direct attack on a NATO member country, along with hidden, deniable attacks (called 'hybrid attacks') on countries near Ukraine.
The US Congress has passed a bill targeting countries that buy large amounts of Russian oil, and sent it to President Trump to sign into law.
Yemen's Houthi movement said it is now targeting Mecca, Islam's holiest city, prompting Saudi Arabia to declare a 'red line' and raise its highest alert in the ongoing Red Sea conflict.
NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that flew into airspace over Lithuania, a NATO member country in the Baltic region.
A cargo ship was hit near Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that much of the world's oil passes through.
Yemen's Houthi rebels say they attacked a Saudi military base on Sunday, as fighting with Yemen's government resumed, killing hundreds and forcing tens of thousands from their homes.
Saudi Arabia shut its East-West pipeline, a route that lets Gulf oil avoid the Red Sea, after a drone launched from Iraqi territory hit it.
After the UN nuclear watchdog referred Iran to the UN Security Council, following a vote the United States won, countries tried to restart the Council committee that enforces sanctions on Iran.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, voted to send Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council for possible enforcement action, after the United States won a vote on its board.
Britain's new sanctions blocking trade in goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank (Palestinian land Israel has built Jewish communities on) have started.