* Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party (PP) has concluded its second congress, electing its leadership and reiterating its commitment to national advancement.
* Equitable economic development is a responsibility that the government must deliver to the people, Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar said on Monday.
* Russia will deploy its Oreshnik missile systems in Belarus in accordance with the agreements reached between the leaders of the two countries, a senior Russian diplomat confirmed on Tuesday.
* European Union leaders held their first-ever defense meeting on Monday, focusing on strengthening military capabilities, hiking defense financing and reinforcing strategic partnerships.
* Nearly 13,800 people lacking proper documentation were denied entry or turned back at Germany's borders since the expansion of temporary border controls in mid-September last year, the country's federal police reported on Monday.
* China will impose additional tariffs on certain U.S. products starting from Feb. 10, said the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Tuesday.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday said she had reached an agreement with her U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to put a month-long "pause" on imposing a 25-percent tariff on Mexican imports and to immediately reinforce secucity along the 3,200-km U.S.-Mexico border to stem drug trafficking.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the tariffs on Canada announced on Saturday "will be paused for a 30 day period" to see whether or not a final economic deal with Canada can be structured.
* Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that the proposed tariffs between the United States and Canada will be paused for at least 30 days.
* Spain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said on Monday that Europe must remain "united" in response to potential U.S. tariffs, warning that protectionist measures could harm both sides.
* Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on the European Union (EU) to remain united as the bloc faces the threat of a trade war with the United States.
* Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Monday that trade wars rarely have winners, as the United States considers imposing tariffs on the European Union (EU).
* Belarus started military drills to check the combat readiness of its army, said the Defense Ministry on Monday.
* Leaders from southern and eastern African countries have resolved to meet for a two-day extraordinary summit from Friday to discuss the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday.
* A Palestinian official announced on Monday that 60 Palestinian prisoners, released by Israel as part of a ceasefire deal and currently in Egypt, will be deported to Türkiye, Qatar, Malaysia, and Pakistan.
* The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned on Monday that the "shocking scenes in the West Bank undermine the ceasefire reached in Gaza and risk a new escalation."
* Jordanian King Abdullah II on Monday stressed the need to step up Arab and international efforts to ensure the sustainability of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and continue the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave.
* Turkey said Tuesday that it will accept 15 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. The National Intelligence Organization will oversee the transfer of 15 exiled Palestinians to Turkey via Egypt in the initial phase, the Turkish presidency said in a statement.
* A Palestinian gunman shot and injured seven checkpoint soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot dead by troops, Israeli authorities said.
* Iran and Iraq on Monday highlighted the necessity to expand bilateral cooperation to ensure security and stability in the West Asia region, the ICANA news agency of the Iranian parliament reported.
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday expressed his country's willingness to strengthen all-out relations with Azerbaijan.
* A source from the political bureau of Hamas said on Monday that the movement is ready to engage in indirect negotiations with Israel to implement the second phase of the ceasefire and a potential prisoner-for-hostage exchange.
* The Palestinian presidency on Monday accused Israel of "ethnic cleansing" in the West Bank.
* Iraq denied on Monday its involvement in purchasing, receiving, or re-exporting Iranian crude oil to help Iran "evade sanctions," emphasizing that its export operations are subject to strict controls.
* Qatar launched on Monday an air bridge from King Abdullah II Air Base in Jordan to the Al-Qarara area in southern Gaza's Khan Younis to provide humanitarian and medical aid for the residents of Gaza, according to a statement released by Qatar's Foreign Ministry.
* Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday the country backs any government supported by the Syrian people.
* At least 67 people were killed on Sunday in an artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur State in western Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced on Monday.
* Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said on Monday that the country will impose a 27-percent tariff on products imported from Mexico to promote domestic production.
* Uzbekistan will create 5.2 million jobs and lift 1.5 million people out of poverty in 2025, amid a series of economic goals, said the president's press service on Tuesday.
* Consumer prices in Italy rose 1.5 percent in January compared to a year earlier, marking the highest annual increase in any single month over the past year, preliminary data released on Monday showed, as higher energy prices continued to exert pressure.
* Saving Australia's priority species from extinction would cost almost 10 billion USD annually for 30 years, a new report has found.
* A New Zealand research is modelling the injection, storage and extraction of 10,000 tons of underground hydrogen at a natural gas storage site in Taranaki of the North Island.
* Singapore recorded 16.5 million visitor arrivals in 2024, a 21 percent increase from 2023, reaching approximately 86.4 percent of the 2019 level, according to data released by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Tuesday.
* India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Monday that its navigation satellite NVS-02 encountered a technical glitch during the orbit-raising manoeuvre on Sunday.
* The Greek government on Monday urged calm after hundreds of earthquakes, the strongest measuring 5 on the Richter scale, shook the volcanic island of Santorini since Jan. 28, sparking concern among locals and visitors.
* A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia's North Maluku province early Tuesday without prompting large waves, the country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said.