* South Korea's ruling People Power Party leader on Monday announced his resignation in a televised press conference after President Yoon Suk-yeol was impeached by the parliament last Saturday.
* Bangladeshi interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus Monday said it may be possible to hold the next national elections at the end of 2025 or the first half of 2026.
* Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she would lead the government responsibly until the end of its mandate as parliament debates a budget aimed at supporting the euro zone's third-largest economy while trimming its debt.
* The Philippine Senate on Monday ratified a reciprocal access agreement with Japan that would allow their militaries to visit each others' countries.
* Norway's government said on Monday it will provide 2.7 billion crowns ($242.38 million) to strengthen the Ukrainian navy.
* Russia has evacuated some of its diplomats out of the Syrian capital Damascus while its embassy continues to function, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
* European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday she had instructed the bloc's top diplomat for Syria to go to Damascus and make contact with the country's new government.
* The new administration in Syria should be given a chance to govern following their constructive messages, and Turkey stands ready to provide military training if such help is requested, Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler said.
* Israeli troops killed at least 20 Palestinians, most of them in the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday airstrikes and other attacks on targets that included a school sheltering displaced Gazans, medics and residents said.
* China's job market remained generally stable in the first 11 months of 2024, as the surveyed urban unemployment rate on average edged down on a year-on-year basis, official data showed on Monday.
* The Greek Parliament approved the 2025 state budget on Sunday, projecting a 2.3 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2025, slightly higher than the 2.2 percent estimated for 2024.
* Russian gas producer Gazprom GAZP.MM said it would send 42 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Monday, down from 42.4 mcm on Sunday.
* The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Sunday that it requires 1.42 billion USD in 2025 to ramp up humanitarian operations in Somalia, where 5.98 million people are in need of assistance.
* At least one person died after two Russian oil tankers were damaged in the Kerch Strait near the Black Sea due to bad weather conditions, the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations said Sunday.
