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At least 11 people – including a three-year-old child – have been killed in a mass shooting at a hostel in South Africa, BBC reported. 

Fourteen others were wounded when gunmen stormed the venue in Saulsville township, west of the capital Pretoria, early on Saturday.

At least three unknown gunmen began firing "randomly" at a group of people who were drinking, police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said, according to BBC.

Russia continued its air strikes on Ukraine overnight, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a "very constructive" phone call with Donald Trump's negotiating team following three days of talks in Florida, BBC reported. 

Early on Sunday the mayor of Kremenchuk, a major industrial hub in central Ukraine, said the city had been repeatedly struck in a "massive" attack. No deaths have been confirmed so far.

Meanwhile, Russia said it had shot down 77 Ukrainian drones in several locations, according to BBC. 

Madhes Province Chief Minister Krishna Prasad Yadav expanded his cabinet on Sunday.

Chief Minister Yadav formed a three-member Cabinet immediately after Province Chief Surendra Lav Karna administered the oath of office and secrecy to him.

Janamat Party Parliamentary Party leader Mahesh Prasad Yadav has been appointed as the Minister for Finance.

Similarly, Jangilal Ray Yadav of the Nepali Congress and Kanish Patel of the CPN-UML were sworn in as ministers without portfolios.

Newly appointed Chief Minister of Madhes Province Krishna Prasad Yadav is preparing to seek a vote of confidence from the Province Assembly (PA) on December 10.

The ruling seven-party coalition that met today decided to seek a vote of confidence, informed Ram Ashish Yadav, the Janata Samajbadi Party's Chief Whip in the PA.

Yadav from the Nepali Congress, who was appointed Chief Minister on December 5, is preparing to form the Council of Ministers today.

Nepal and India are holding a meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Petroleum and Gas Cooperation in New Delhi on Monday. 

Joint Secretary Shiva Ram Pokharel of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies will lead the Nepali delegation in the meeting, while a Joint Secretary from the Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will lead the Indian delegation.

The JWG was set up in 2017 to strengthen cooperation between the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and to widen collaboration in the petroleum and gas sector. 

The meeting comes at a time when Nepal is seeking progress on multiple cross-border energy projects, including the handover of the second phase of the Motihari–Amlekhgunj petroleum pipeline and new initiatives to expand bilateral petroleum infrastructure.

Ministry officials say Nepal will push for the formal handover of the second phase of Motihari–Amlekhgunj petroleum pipeline, which was completed in October last year but has yet to be transferred to Nepal. 

The first phase of the pipeline, handed over in 2018, currently supplies diesel, petrol and kerosene to Amlekhgunj, from where fuel is distributed to major hubs including Kathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar and Bhairahawa. The pipeline now accounts for nearly 70% of Nepal’s nationwide fuel imports.

The meeting is also expected to review the status of several projects, including the proposed Siliguri–Charali pipeline, the Charali storage facility and the planned Amlekhgunj–Chitwan pipeline. The storage facility in Chitwan will be built with Nepali investment and Indian technical cooperation.

Officials say Nepal will also push for the Motihari-Sarlahi gas pipeline. It will also brief India on new domestic storage projects under development, including depots being built on NOC land in Rupandehi.

Nepal is additionally exploring the possibility of receiving aviation turbine fuel (ATF) through the cross-border pipeline, according to Indian media reports.

India is the sole supplier of petroleum products for Nepal. NOC currently imports diesel, petrol, kerosene, ATF and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the India Oil Corporation (IOC).

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has presented the Annual Report 2024/25 to President Ram Chandra Paudel.

NHRC Chairman Tap Bahadur Magar submitted the Annual Report to the President amid a program organized at the Office of the President, Shital Niwas, today.

The report has been presented before the Head of State in accordance with the provision that the Commission must submit an annual report to the President as per Article 294 of the Constitution of Nepal, the Office of the President stated.

The Westerly wind has its partial influence in the country at present, said the Meteorological Forecasting Division. The weather is partly cloudy in all provinces of the country. 

Fog has occurred at a few places of the Tarai region in Koshi, Madhes and Sudurpaschim Provinces while haze has occurred in the rest of the Tarai and some parts of the Kathmandu Valley.

It will be partly cloudy in most parts of the country towards the afternoon today.

Similarly, tonight, the weather will be partly cloudy in the hilly areas of Koshi, Karnali, and Sudurpaschim, as well as Gandaki Province, while the rest of the Tarai region will mainly experience clear weather.

There is a possibility of light rain and snowfall in a few areas of the mountainous region of Gandaki Province.

The price of gold has dropped by Rs 1, 100 per tola in the domestic market on Sunday.  

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow metal is being traded at Rs 252, 200 per tola today.  It was traded at Rs 253, 300 per tola on Friday.

The price of silver, however, has increased by Rs 55 and is being traded at Rs 3, 605 per tola.