Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that Lebanon supports returning to the 1949 armistice agreement with Israel.The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria and were part of the end to the hostilities of Israel's 1948 war. In the agreement made with Lebanon, Israel consented to withdraw from the area that it occupied in southern Lebanon, and an armistice line was created that followed the former international boundary between Lebanon and Palestine, according to Israel's Foreign Ministry. This is a developing story. Amichai Stein contributed to this report.

Hamas has agreed to the release of additional hostages in two stages, as well as to provide up-to-date information on the remaining hostages, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday night.Mediators are currently in the final stages of drafting the ceasefire agreement, with the US striving to reach an agreement before the end of this month, according to Al Arabiya.The discussion on expelling Hamas's top leadership from Gaza has been postponed to a later date, and Al Jazeera also reported that the US would pressure Israel to accept the new proposal.

The European Commission will announce a more detailed strategy to phase out Russian oil and gas imports next month, it said on Monday, after twice delaying the plan.The EU has pledged to quit Russian fossil fuels by 2027 in response to Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but the Commission has delayed publishing its "roadmap" for how to do so. The plan was initially due last month.The Commission will now publish the roadmap on May 6, an agenda published on Monday showed.

US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday that his administration is looking at semiconductors and the electronics supply chain as part of upcoming national security tariff investigations.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck south of the Fiji Islands on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said.The quake was at a depth of 174 km (108.12 miles), USGS added.