* Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Sunday a broad cabinet reshuffle of 19 ministers that included those for defence, foreign affairs and the economy, ahead of a presidential election on Oct. 6.
* Chinese Premier Li Qiang has emphasized the need to foster an open environment for technical innovation and support foreign firms and research institutions to invest in China, when talking about advancing the robot industry through closer global collaboration.
* The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) oversaw on Saturday a drone performance test organized by the Drone Institute of the Academy of Defence Sciences, the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday.
* Ukraine's top presidential official called on Kyiv's allies to allow long-range attacks on Russia with Western-supplied weapons after Moscow staged a massive strike on Ukraine on Monday morning.
* Ukraine's foreign ministry said on Sunday Belarus is concentrating a significant number of forces and equipment at the border with Ukraine under the pretext of military drills.
* United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "deeply concerned" by the escalation between Israel and Hezbollah and calls for both parties to immediately return to a cessation of hostilities, his spokesperson said on Sunday.
* Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel's military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger attack, in one of the biggest clashes in more than 10 months of border warfare.
* British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Sunday that further escalation in the Middle East "must be avoided at all costs" following a heavy exchange of fire between Israel and Lebanon.
* Iran does not seek to increase Middle East tensions, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani, adding that its response to the killing of the Hamas chief in Tehran would be "definite and calculated".
* Talks over a possible Gaza deal ended without agreement in Cairo, with neither Hamas nor Israel agreeing to several comprises presented by mediators, two Egyptian security sources said on Sunday.
* Hamas said on Sunday that its delegation demanded Israel be bound by what was agreed upon on July 2, based on what was stated in U.S. President Joe Biden's speech and the UN Security Council resolution.
* Jordan on Sunday warned that heightened escalation between Israel and the Hezbollah could lead to a "regional war" that would threaten stability.
* Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Sunday that improving Syria-Turkey relations requires mutual respect for sovereignty and a true commitment to addressing the root causes of their tensions.
* At least 21 people, including 11 children, were killed by drone strikes on Sunday on the town of Tinzaouaten in north Mali, near where the army suffered a heavy blow last month, Tuareg rebels said.
* Russian gas producer Gazprom GAZP.MM said it would send 42.1 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Monday, the same volume as on Sunday.
* Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved an expansion of 3.4 billion shekels ($923 million) in the 2024 state budget to help fund evacuees until the end of the year, the Finance Ministry said.
* The Brazilian government announced Sunday that it is sending military aircraft to combat wildfires ravaging Brazil's southeastern state of Sao Paulo.
* Flash floods and mudslides across Thailand brought by monsoon rains have killed 22 people and injured 19, authorities said on Monday, warning some provinces of further risk, with 30,000 households affected.
* Nineteen people have been confirmed dead, and seven others were injured after flash floods and landslides struck Indonesia's eastern North Maluku province on Sunday, damaging houses and infrastructure, a senior official said on Monday.
* At least 20 people have died and more than 5.2 million have been affected in Bangladesh by floods caused by relentless monsoon rains and upstream river water, officials said on Sunday.
* Typhoon Shanshan could make landfall in western Japan as early as Wednesday, Japan's weather agency warned on Monday, urging residents, particularly those along the Pacific coast, to prepare for strong winds, high waves, and heavy rainfall.
* Thousands of people in the Australian state of Victoria have been left without power following damaging storms. As of Monday morning, there were 24 unplanned outages in the electricity network affecting 2,800 homes and businesses in northern and eastern Victoria after severe weather swept across the state on Sunday evening, according to energy company AusNet Services.
* An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 jolted 72 km West of Pangai, Tonga, at 12:29 local time (0029) on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
* Militants in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province killed 23 passengers after offloading them from several vehicles on Monday, official sources told Xinhua.
