Brazil on Monday announced that Indonesia had become a full member of BRICS, a bloc of developing economies increasingly seen as a counterweight to the West.
Two Druze rebel groups from south Syria's Sweida province Monday said they were ready to join a national army after Islamist-led opposition fighters toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month.
The US Defense Department said Monday it had resettled 11 Yemeni detainees from its Guantanamo prison to Oman, leaving 15 people still held at the controversial American base in Cuba.
The US Department of Defense has added tech giant Tencent and battery manufacturer CATL to a list of companies it says are affiliated with Beijing's military.