The five nations of the G5 Sahel block – Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad and Niger – established a new military force, which will work in cooperation with French troops.
Qatar may face additional sanctions by four other Arab states, as the deadline for accepting their demands is to expire on Sunday.
The British government reported on Sunday that the cladding of around 181 high-rise buildings had failed safety tests in the wake of the massive fire in Grenfell Tower on June 14.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, an official Kuwaiti source said on Sunday the country's banks were not planning to withdraw investments and deposits from Qatar.
In a response to the video posted online by a militant group linked to al Qaeda, the French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to eliminate kidnappers of a French citizen.
According to the state police, a roadside bomb explosion claimed lives of two people and injured six others near the capital city of Somalia.
On Sunday, 20 people charged with killing police officers in Kerdasa in August 2013 have been sentenced to death by an Egyptian court.
With the beginning of anti-globalisation protests in Hamburg ahead of the G20 summit, Angela Merkel said leaders would have to focus on economic growth, not their own prosperity.
Lebanese state media reported a fire that tore through a Syrian refugee camp in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, had claimed lives of at least three people.
Syrian media reported on Sunday at least seven people had been killed in three car bomb blasts in Damascus, the first suicide bomber attack since March.
According to Yemeni residents, two men supposedly linked to al Qaeda died in a drone strike on the outskirts of a town in Abyan province.
According to Bild am Sonntag, the German discounter Aldi North is set to invest more than €5B in its groceries around the world.
On his Twitter, the US President lashed out at 20+ states refusing to hand over sensitive voter data to his commission created to investigate supposed voter fraud.
Ukraine accused Russia's security services of being behind the recent cyberattack that hit major firms starting in Ukraine and spread worldwide.
The demands by Saudi Arabia and its allies were designed to undermine Qatar's sovereignty, the country's Foreign Minister said.
The UN refugee agency pressured the EU to help Italy cope with thousands of refugees flooding its shores.
The China Securities Commission handed out fines totalling $938.8M in the first half of the year, up 149% year-on-year, to punish market violations.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin urged Qatar and its neighbouring countries to solve the ongoing crisis by making political and diplomatic efforts.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond will urge British companies not to use the looming Brexit as an excuse to delay investment, and advise to seek out contracts beyond the EU.
A suicide bomber has blown up a vehicle in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing and injuring a large number of people, according to local media.
Voters in Tokyo headed to the polls on Sunday to elect new representatives for the Metropolitan Assembly and deliver their verdict on the PM Shinzo Abe's ruling party.
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi disclosed on Sunday that the registration of 100K companies was cancelled by the government due to suspicious transactions.
The former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was released from a prison near Tel Aviv on Sunday after spending 16 months for corruption.
List of demands to Qatar to stop funding terrorism is non-negotiable, the Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir says.