* Thai and Cambodian officials have arrived in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, for the General Border Committee meeting, as part of efforts to resolve the conflict between the two countries.
* Russian air defense forces repelled a large-scale drone attack targeting Volgograd region's transport and energy infrastructure overnight, regional authorities said Monday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that two nuclear submarines have arrived "where they have to be," two days after he ordered their deployment.
* Indonesia's free medical screening program has reached 16 million people since its launch on Feb. 10 this year, according to Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Monday.
* The Australian government has committed additional funding for humanitarian assistance efforts in Gaza. Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and International Development Minister Anne Aly on Monday announced that Australia will provide an additional 20 million Australian dollars (12.9 million USD) to organizations delivering food, medical supplies and other lifesaving support in Gaza.
* The Pakistani leadership reaffirmed the commitment to strengthening bilateral ties with Iran during meetings with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, official statements said.
* Afghanistan's National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) has announced that 4,046 Afghan citizens residing abroad received remote identification services during the past month, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported Sunday.
* More than 3,200 Boeing fighter jet workers across the United States went on strike on Monday after rejecting a labor deal with the company the day before.
* Jordan, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday announced that they have delivered more aid into the Gaza Strip through airdrop missions and humanitarian aid convoys.
* Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem on Sunday sparked regional condemnation and raised concerns over escalating tensions.
* Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) on Sunday approved the establishment of the country's defense council presided over by President Masoud Pezeshkian, the SNSC-affiliated Nour News reported.
* At least 75 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to the Gaza Civil Defense.
* Hamas said on Sunday that it is ready to comply with a request from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to deliver food and medicine to Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip.
* Syria's interior authorities on Sunday accused Druze armed factions in the southern province of Sweida of violating a ceasefire agreement by launching coordinated attacks on internal security forces, reigniting violent clashes in the already tense region.
* South Africa is enhancing security at ports of entry by introducing measures such as the use of drones and traceable stamps, an official from the Border Management Authority (BMA) said on Sunday.
* The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) confirmed on Sunday that its troops, backed by Somali government forces, killed more than 50 al-Shabab militants during a fierce fighting in Bariire town in southern Somalia on Friday.
* The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) confirmed on Sunday that its troops, backed by Somali government forces, killed more than 50 al-Shabab militants during a fierce fighting in Bariire town in southern Somalia on Friday.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bangladeshi government Sunday signed a 150 million USD loan agreement to improve technical and vocational education and training (TVET), aiming to enhance access to decent employment and boost the country's global market competitiveness.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Monday that it is continuing the expansion of its local currency bond program. The move enables its members to access local currency financing at competitive rates while simultaneously mitigating borrowers' currency risks, thereby supporting more efficient and inclusive development, the ADB said.
* The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, announced the decision on Sunday to increase oil output by 547,000 barrels per day (bpd) in September.
* China's machinery industry maintained steady and positive performance in the first half of the year, reporting stable growth in production and sales, the China Machinery Industry Federation (CMIF) said on Monday.
* The Iranian parliament's economic commission passed a motion at a meeting on Sunday to remove four zeros from Iran's national currency the rial, the official news agency IRNA reported, quoting commission chairman Shamseddin Hosseini.
* The Maldives has registered a 43 percent increase in fish export in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, state-run PSM News reported on Sunday, quoting data from the Maldives Monetary Authority.
* The death toll from a smuggling boat sinking off the Yemeni coast has climbed to 54, with dozens still missing, local health officials told Xinhua Sunday.
* Authorities in Beijing upgraded the rainstorm alert on Monday after heavy downpours wreaked havoc in the Chinese capital over the past week.
* The simultaneous activity of six volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is a highly unusual phenomenon, which scientists are calling a parade of eruptions, reported by TASS news agency.
