1. UN peacekeepers in Lebanon urged immediate de-escalation as hostilities rumbled on at the Lebanese-Israeli border.

2. Ukraine has banned use of the Telegram messaging app on official devices used by state officials, military personnel and critical workers.

3. Some Japanese companies in China have offered to send their staff and their families back home after a 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.

4. Iran did not include mobile launchers with the close-range ballistic missiles that Washington last week accused Tehran of delivering to Russia for use against Ukraine.

5. Oil refiners in Asia, Europe and the United States are facing a drop in profitability to multi-year lows.

6. More interest rate cuts are set to come in Switzerland and Sweden after the Federal Reserve rate move.