The Brief

Yemen's Houthi rebels have captured Mayun Island in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and are now advancing on government strongholds in Marib and Taiz while also launching new attacks on Saudi Arabia, with Yemen's government vowing to send more forces to the Red Sea coast after conceding a "painful" defeat that included the loss of the port city of Mokha.

Saudi Arabia shut down a major Red Sea pipeline after an attack that Iraq's government confirmed originated from its territory, blaming Iran-backed militias. Separately, an Iranian vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz and an Iranian cargo ship attack killed one person and wounded four. Oman has said talks between Iran and Gulf states over the Hormuz tensions have been postponed "in the interests of consensus."

More than 2,000 Yemenis have fled across the strait to Djibouti as the Houthis continue to expand their reach along the coast.

Indonesian rescuers have recovered six bodies and rescued 107 people after the passenger ship Virgo Transport 8, carrying more than 240 people, lost contact with its operator in the Java Sea amid bad weather.

Ships and helicopters continue searching for roughly 130 people still missing from the vessel.

Exit polls in Sweden's general election initially showed former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's center-left bloc with a lead of 51.3%, but as counting continued the race narrowed, with Sweden's election authority projecting the blocs nearly tied.

A partial count still projects Andersson's opposition bloc winning a one-seat majority over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's center-right coalition, which would pave the way for her return to office pending coalition talks — a contrast to expectations earlier in the campaign that the populist right could enter government for the first time.

President Trump renewed calls for Ukraine to stop targeting Russian refineries and diesel supplies, saying the strikes are contributing to a global fuel shortage, as both Russia and Ukraine kept up large-scale drone attacks that killed and injured civilians overnight into Sunday.

Russia struck a Ukrainian train near the Polish border shortly after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European officials had left the station; Russia said four people were killed in Ukrainian strikes elsewhere as both sides continued trading drone attacks. Poland and Ukraine have accused Russia of "escalation" over the strike near the border.

Turkish police detained dozens of people in raids targeting gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ+ activists, according to the BBC.

Human rights groups have accused the government of using a family-values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.

World leaders gathered in India for the annual BRICS summit, which brought together representatives from 28 countries including the presidents of China and Iran, according to NPR.

The United States was notably absent from the gathering.