Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon fired about five rockets at Israel, setting off sirens around Tel Aviv but causing no casualties, according to Israeli authorities. Local residents reported hearing explosions in the sky over Israel.

The Israeli military on Monday stated that "approximately five projectiles" were launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon, around 100 km from the border. Several rockets were intercepted, while others landed in open areas.

Eli Bin, director-general of Magen David Adom, Israel's national emergency pre-hospital medical and blood services organisation, reported that no injuries have been confirmed, news agency reported.

Hungary has formally requested an exemption from the European Union (EU)'s asylum and migration regulations, Minister for European Union Affairs Janos Boka announced in a Facebook post.

The request was made through a letter addressed to European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on Monday.

In the letter, Boka stated that Hungary seeks to restore stronger national control over its migration policy, citing national security concerns and the need to curb illegal migration as primary reasons for the exemption. The request comes in the context of a potential future amendment to EU treaties, news agency reported.

A jury at a district court in the US has found that tech major Cognizant allegedly discriminated against non-Indian workers in the Silicon Valley, asking for punitive damages against the company.

According to multiple reports, the jury verdict against Cognizant came in a class-action lawsuit that claimed that the tech firm abused the H-1B visa process which is intended for workers with specialised skills.

The class-action lawsuit claimed that “Cognizant ousted many non-Indian workers” by first taking them off projects and “benching” them without work, then keeping them benched until firing them in accordance with a company policy, reports Siliconvalley.com.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi visited the Jdeidet Yabous crossing on the border between Syria and Lebanon.

"I'm at the Syrian/Lebanese border, where a quarter of a million people have crossed since September 23, when Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon escalated," Grandi said on Monday on the social media platform X, adding that more than 1.2 million people have currently been displaced in Lebanon, news agency reported.

He noted that local authorities, the Syrian Red Crescent, the United Nations, and other partners "are working 24/7 with UNHCR to ensure a humane and efficient welcome" for those arriving in Syria.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that they had killed and wounded several Israeli soldiers in an attack in Gaza City.

According to a press statement from the Al-Qassam Brigades on Monday, their members successfully targeted a group of ten Israeli soldiers with an anti-personnel bomb, resulting in casualties in the area.

The statement also noted that the brigades observed a helicopter landing for evacuation but did not provide further details about the incident, news agency reported.

In a separate announcement, the brigades claimed they had targeted an Israeli armoured personnel carrier with a "Yassin 105" missile in the Tuwam area, north of Gaza City.

At least ten miners died while five others sustained injuries when a pit where they were conducting mining activities in central Zambia's Mumbwa district collapsed.

On Monday, Charity Munganga Chanda, the Central Province Police Commissioner, said the accident happened in the early hours of Monday when an unknown number of people went to conduct mining activities at the pit, news agency reported.

"During the course of their mining activities, the earth collapsed on them. Rescue efforts led to the recovery of six miners with injuries, while nine died on the spot. Unfortunately, one of the six injured miners later succumbed to his injuries," she said in a statement.

As new theatres of conflict emerge, India has called for “global action” to match the ambitious commitment to fight terrorism made in the Pact for the Future by world leaders in their summit.

India appreciates “the strong message condemning terrorism in the Pact,” Permanent Representative P. Harish said on Monday.

“On this, we would like to stress that ‘Global Action’ must now match ‘Global Ambition’,” he said.

Stressing the need for urgent, unified action, he said that terrorism “continues to be a serious threat to global peace and security, while areas such as cyber, maritime and space, emerge as new theaters of conflict”.

At least seven people were killed and 59 others wounded in an artillery strike by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a displaced persons camp in El Fasher, western Sudan's North Darfur state, a local health official confirmed.

The attack on the Abu Shouk camp spanned two days, with two fatalities on Sunday and five more on Monday, according to Ibrahim Khatir, director-general of North Darfur's health ministry.

Speaking to news agency by phone, Khatir said 20 people were injured in Sunday's bombardment, followed by 39 on Monday.

The Sudanese Doctors Network, a non-governmental organisation, condemned the shelling of civilian areas, stating it has "further worsened the suffering of the displaced and civilians, who are already enduring dire conditions under the siege imposed on the city."

A 100-kilometre railway in Egypt's North Sinai began trial operations, restoring train service to the region for the first time in more than half a century.

The Al-Fardan-Bir al-Abd line, featuring newly renovated stations, marks the first phase of a broader project aimed at modernising and expanding rail connectivity across the Sinai Peninsula., reports news agency.

The Egyptian Ministry of Transport and Industry announced plans to extend the line to approximately 500 kilometres, linking Al-Fardan to Taba.

"Operating this line will ease the movement of people and goods from Sinai to other governorates, foster the development of new urban communities and industrial zones, and support economic projects in North Sinai," said Egypt's Minister of Transport and Industry, Kamel al-Wazir, at the inauguration ceremony.

A group of 44 Jordanians was evacuated from Lebanon aboard a plane from Jordan's military forces.

The evacuation plane, operated by the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, initially arrived at Lebanon's Rafic Hariri International Airport on Monday morning, delivering humanitarian aid, reports.

Upon the plane's arrival at Jordan's Queen Alia International Airport that evening, Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi stated that this group represented the largest number of Jordanians in Lebanon seeking to return home amid escalating regional conflicts.