- North Korea said Monday it has conducted submarine-launched cruise missile tests, days after its leader Kim Jong-un ordered his troops to be ready to repel its rival's frantic war preparation moves.
- Iran's top diplomats claimed Sunday that a prisoner swap was near with the U.S., though he offered no evidence to support his assertion. The U.S. immediately dismissed his comments as a cruel lie.
- Real Madrid will side against Barcelona in the legal proceedings that the rival is facing over its payments of millions of euros over several years to a company that belonged to the vice president of Spain's soccer-referring committee, Madrid said Sunday after an urgent board meeting.
