* Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced his resignation on Monday, stating that he will step down on Wednesday. The decision comes as the country's parliament is set to convene on Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time to discuss a motion to suspend President Iohannis.
* Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday presided over a State Council executive meeting that outlined measures to boost domestic consumption and approved an action plan to stabilize foreign investment in 2025.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he did not think the Palestinian people whom he wanted to drive out of the Gaza Strip should return to the enclave once the reconstruction there has been completed.
* The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) armed forces are "strictly watching the frequent appearance of the U.S. strategic means on the Korean Peninsula and are ready for using any means to defend the security and interests of the state and regional peace," a spokesperson for the DPRK's Defense Ministry was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the official Korean Central News Agency.
* Relations between Russia and the United States are "on the verge of rupture," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday.
* Thailand is gearing up to establish an international coordination center to exchange information on cross-border human trafficking as part of its efforts to combat transnational and online crimes, a senior Thai police officer said on Monday.
* The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit opened on Monday in Paris, focusing on the discussion of global AI governance. According to the organizer, the two-day summit has drawn representatives from nearly 100 countries and more than 1,000 stakeholders from the private sector and civil society.
* The European Commission on Monday rejected the rationale for new U.S. tariffs on European exports, vowing to protect businesses, workers, and consumers across the bloc.
* India's "enormously high" tariffs block imports, U.S. news channel CNBC quoted Kevin Hassett, U.S. President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, as saying. Hassett made the comment ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Washington this week.
* Canada will respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's 25-percent tariffs on steel and aluminum, a Canadian minister said Monday. Canada is consulting with international partners and examining the details of Trump's tariff orders, Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne said on his social media account.
* An exemption for Australia from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is under consideration, Australian Prime Minister (PM) Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday.
* Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Monday unveiled a letter addressed to Elon Musk, head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, requesting details on U.S. grants provided to Slovak non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media outlets.
* Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), on Sunday, underscored the urgent need to support the agency in maintaining its role as a key player in implementing the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
* Egypt on Monday urged the international community to support a political vision for resolving the Palestinian issue, emphasizing the need to end historical injustices and restore Palestinian rights.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, on Monday night condemned the plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump to relocate Palestinians from Gaza.
* The United Nations Development Programme and the Arab and International Organization to Construct in Palestine on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) valued at 80 million USD to facilitate rebuilding efforts in the Gaza Strip.
* The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group remains a serious global security threat and multilateral cooperation is essential to combatting terrorism effectively, Vladimir Voronkov, under-secretary-general for the Office of Counter-Terrorism, said on Monday during his briefing to the UN Security Council.
* A United Nations (UN) envoy met separately with Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders on Monday, inviting them to an expanded meeting aimed at reviving stalled Cyprus peace negotiations in March.
* Iranian and Turkmen leaders on Monday agreed to promote cooperation between their countries in energy and transportation sectors.
* Syria's interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa said Monday that thousands of volunteers have joined the new Syrian army following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime and the dissolution of its military and security forces.
* Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has set an ambitious target of realizing 814.6 billion USD in investments between 2025 and 2029 to achieve an 8 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate, a minister announced on Monday.
* Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday that investments in Poland will exceed 650 billion zloty (160.3 billion USD) in 2025, calling this estimate "cautious" and suggesting the final figure could be closer to 700 billion zloty.
* Poland's Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski on Monday unveiled a six-pillar development plan aimed at accelerating economic growth through energy transformation, modern technologies, and infrastructure investments.
* Bulgaria plans to invest 1.062 billion Bulgarian leva (0.56 billion USD) to build and upgrade water supply and sewerage infrastructures in 21 agglomerations, according to contracts signed by the government and private sectors on Monday.
* Inflation in Laos dropped to 15.5 percent in January, down from 16.9 percent in December 2024, according to the latest report from the Lao Statistics Bureau.
* Republic of Korea's state-run think tank on Tuesday revised down the Asian economy's growth outlook for this year by 0.4 percentage points. Real gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, was forecast to rise 1.6 percent in 2025, according to the Korea Development Institute (KDI).
* The foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Philippines declined by 19.8 percent year over year in November 2024 to 901 million USD, the Philippine central bank has said.
* Singapore will begin providing subsidies and allow individuals to use their personal medical savings for shingles vaccination, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday.
* The United States has confirmed its first human case with a new strain of the bird flu virus in a diary worker, health authorities said Monday. The infection in Nevada is the state's first and only human case of avian influenza with the H5N1 virus, said the Central Nevada Health District in a release.
* At least 51 people were killed after a bus carrying 75 people plunged into a ravine in Guatemala City on Monday, the firefighters' spokesperson confirmed. The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arevalo, regretted the loss of human lives in the accident and decided to decree national mourning.
* Over 20 people have been rescued from floodwaters after severe thunderstorms hit Australia's largest city Sydney, capital of the state of New South Wales.
