* Russia-Ukraine hostilities have escalated over the Black Sea and its coastal areas, authorities said Monday. Ukrainian drones have targeted multiple Russian resort cities along the Black Sea coast, while Russia has struck Ukrainian vessels transporting military supplies.
* Two people were killed and dozens injured in the latest wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's Kherson and Belgorod regions, local authorities said on Monday.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Olha Stefanishyna, according to a decree published by the presidential office on Monday.
* Thailand has received more than 26.8 billion USD in investment applications for semiconductor and advanced electronics projects over the past three years, the country's investment promotion agency said on Monday, as manufacturers spread production away from established hubs.
* A coalition of 25 U.S. states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, arguing that President Donald Trump exceeded his legal authority by imposing sweeping new tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners, according to a court document.
* A Turkish cargo vessel was attacked by drones about 30 nautical miles off Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, injuring four crew members, three of them Turkish nationals, Türkiye's Ihlas News Agency reported Monday.
* A cargo vessel has reported that it had been hit by an unknown projectile off the coast of Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said late Monday. According to a UKMTO advisory, the incident occurred earlier on Monday in waters about 20 nautical miles northeast of Al Khasab, Oman, near the eastern entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.
* Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar held a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Monday, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* The so-called "Board of Peace" said on Monday that its "high representative for Gaza" Nickolay Mladenov met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the process of decommissioning weapons in the Gaza Strip and the transition to civilian governance.
* A senior Israeli government official said Monday Israel will maintain its military positions in Gaza, after the country was urged to halt deadly strikes on the Palestinian enclave.
* Palestinian officials on Monday accused Israel of undermining efforts to implement the Gaza ceasefire agreement while accelerating settlement expansion and military measures in the occupied West Bank.
* UN humanitarians said Monday that weekend attacks in Gaza reportedly killed dozens of people and damaged a medical storage facility amid feared medical supply shortages.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the weekend casualties reportedly included children and other civilians.
* Jordan on Monday dispatched a humanitarian aid convoy to Syria carrying prefabricated mobile housing units as part of its continued efforts to support Syrians affected by the humanitarian situation.
* Brazil's financial market lowered its inflation forecast for this year from 5.12 percent to 5.03 percent, signalling improved expectations for price trends, the Central Bank of Brazil said Monday.
* Türkiye's annual merchandise exports reached 278.6 billion USD as of July, while exports for the month rose to 25.6 billion dollars, the highest level ever recorded for July, Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on X on Monday.
* Solar energy became Portugal's largest domestic source of electricity generation for the first time in July, national grid operator REN reported Monday. According to REN, solar energy supplied 19 percent of Portugal's total electricity consumption, while renewable sources collectively met 53 percent of national demand in July.
* The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 6,125, according to an official update released Monday by National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez.
* China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) on Tuesday continued to issue a yellow alert for rainstorms and a blue alert for severe convective weather, as multiple regions of the country are set to face extreme weather in the following 24 hours.
* Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Tuesday warned of waves of up to 4 meters in parts of the country's waters as two tropical cyclone seeds developed east and west of the Philippines.
* A polar blast brought snow, hail and freezing temperatures to parts of New Zealand on Tuesday, forcing road closures, shutting schools and disrupting ferry services.
* Guatemala's disaster reduction agency on Monday evening declared a nationwide orange alert as eruptive activity at the Fuego volcano continued to intensify.
