* United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the need to boost investment and affordable financing for developing countries to help them meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
* British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday that he is "ready and willing" to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if necessary.
* The 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) concluded in Munich (Germany) on Sunday amid strained transatlantic relations. During this year's meeting, participants, including around 60 heads of state and government and 150 ministers, discussed key global security challenges such as climate change, European security and regional conflicts.
* The 8th Indian Ocean Conference commenced in Muscat (Oman) on Sunday to explore opportunities and challenges on maritime trade and security, renewable energy, and technological innovation, Oman's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* A U.S. military plane carrying 112 illegal Indian immigrants landed at an airport in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, officials said Monday. This is the third batch of Indians deported from the United States as part of President Donald Trump's campaign against illegal immigrants in his country.
* United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for urgency to put in place a reparatory justice framework to heal historical grievances of the people of Africa and their descendants.
* United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of escalation of conflict in South Kivu Province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other regional security crisis.
* Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, held a phone conversation on Sunday, during which the two sides reaffirmed their support for the two-state solution.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking alongside U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem, said on Sunday Israel and the United States are working "in full cooperation" on issues concerning the Gaza Strip.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II emphasized on Sunday the necessity of immediately starting the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, without displacing the Palestinians from their land.
* King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday reiterated Jordan's rejection of any attempts to annex land and displace Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder discussed on Sunday ways to restore stability in the Middle East.
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Sunday completely rejected recent "baseless and irresponsible" accusations by the Group of Seven (G7) against Iran.
* The Hamas-run media office in Gaza accused on Sunday Israeli authorities of violating the ceasefire agreement by blocking the departure of the 15th group of patients and wounded individuals through the Rafah border crossing.
* Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said on Sunday that Israel must fully withdraw from Lebanon by Feb. 18. He added that it is the responsibility of the Lebanese state to "exert every effort" to ensure that Israel withdraws on time as agreed.
* New Zealand had a net migration gain of 27,100 in 2024, down from a net gain of 128,300 in 2023, which was a feature of New Zealand's history to experience ups and downs in net migration, according to the statistics department Stats NZ on Monday.
* Japan's economic growth slowed to an annualized 0.1 percent in 2024 despite better-than-expected performance in the fourth quarter, government data showed on Monday.
* The Philippine central bank said Monday that personal remittances from overseas Filipinos in 2024 reached a record high of 38.34 billion USD, a 3-percent increase from 2023, representing 8.3 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).
* Indonesia's foreign debt declined to 424.8 billion USD in the fourth quarter of 2024, down from 428.1 billion dollars in the previous quarter, according to Bank Indonesia on Monday.
* Officials and experts on Sunday called for renewed commitments in Africa's fight against malaria, as they warned that the continent's progress against malaria is "in jeopardy" due to a combination of natural and man-made challenges.
* Flood and storms induced by the latest round of harsh weather have lashed the mideastern parts of the United States, claiming at least nine lives, including eight in Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear said Sunday.
