* U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he called Russian President Vladimir Putin and began the arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a location to be determined.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump voiced support for continuing direct negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in a phone call, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and seven European leaders at the White House on Monday, with a focus on resolving the Ukrainian crisis. Trump first held a bilateral meeting with Zelensky.
* German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are expected to meet within two weeks.
* European Council President Antonio Costa said on Monday that he has called a video conference of the members of the European Council to discuss Ukraine, following meetings in Washington.
* Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said on Monday that Croatian soldiers will not take part in "other people's wars," referring to the conflict in Ukraine.
* Ukraine on Monday confirmed its forces carried out an overnight strike on the Nikolskoe oil pumping station in Russia's Tambov region.
* Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday stressed the importance of efforts to consolidate and expand the momentum of China's economic recovery and positive development trajectory, and of efforts to accomplish the country's annual economic and social development goals.
* Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), visited the destroyer Choe Hyon on Monday. Kim learned about the course of the integrated operation test of the weapon system, and the training and life of the sailors on the destroyer, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday.
* Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Monday that he has decided to mobilize 4.5 million civilian militias nationwide to thwart U.S. threats of war against his country.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her country is exploring ways to boost energy independence and reduce its reliance on the United States.
* China and India on Monday agreed to maintain momentum of bilateral ties. The consensus came from talks between visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
* South African President Cyril Ramaphosa received a briefing on Monday from his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over a recent meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. On August 15, Putin and Trump concluded a high-stakes summit in Anchorage, the U.S. state of Alaska.
* UN humanitarians on Monday welcomed Israel's decision to lift the shelter ban in Gaza but warned that plans to intensify military operations will have a horrific impact on people already deprived of basics needed for survival.
* Tanzania's Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Monday released the official timetable for the 2025 general elections, announcing that early voting will take place on Oct. 28, followed by the main election day on Oct. 29.
* Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid during a meeting with a visiting U.S. congressional delegation, the Royal Hashemite Court said in a statement.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani called on Monday for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and rejected any reoccupation of the territory, according to a statement from the Egyptian presidency.
* Australia's foreign affairs minister said on Tuesday that Israel's decision to revoke the visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority (PA) was "unjustified."
* Gaza-based health authorities announced on Monday that the death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the coastal enclave since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to more than 62,000, amid worsening humanitarian and health conditions.
* The Iraqi military on Monday said the withdrawal of the U.S.-led international coalition forces from Iraq is "one of the achievements of the government."
* The Israeli army established on Monday a new military post in the border region of southern Lebanon, as an Israeli drone strike wounded four people, according to Lebanese security and health sources.
* The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, has renewed a bilateral currency swap agreement with the Bank of Thailand.
* Chinese and Kyrgyz companies inked 10 cooperation agreements spanning logistics, energy, agriculture and other priority sectors at a Kyrgyzstan-themed event during the 15th Kashgar-Central and South Asia Commodity Fair, which will conclude on Wednesday.
* Norway's 2 trillion USD oil fund said Monday that it will exclude six more Israeli companies from its investment portfolio after an ethics review found their operations in the West Bank and Gaza.
* The average retail price of rice at supermarkets across Japan rose to 3,737 yen (about 25.26 USD) per 5 kilograms in the week through Aug. 10, official data showed. The data was up 195 yen from the previous week, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
* Belarus' gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.3 percent year on year in the first seven months of 2025 at constant prices, the country's statistical committee said Monday in a press release.
* Mongolia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.6 percent year on year in the first half (H1) of 2025, according to data released by the country's National Statistics Office (NSO).
* Incessant rains continued to batter India's financial hub Mumbai and its nearby areas on Tuesday, even as over 250 flights were either delayed or cancelled, trains ran late, and vehicular traffic was adversely affected amid intense waterlogging on roads and streets.
* China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Tuesday initiated a Level-IV emergency response for flood control in Beijing and neighboring Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province, in anticipation of heavy rainfall.
* Mount Lewotobi in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province erupted multiple times on Monday, triggering the highest flight warning, according to the country's Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center.
