* U.S. President Donald Trump, who was inaugurated Monday, signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" hours after taking the oath of office.
* U.S. President Donald Trump late Monday signed an executive order to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord. The move means the United States will pull out of the Paris climate accord for the second time.
* U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that will let the United States withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO).
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to delay the TikTok ban by 75 days "to permit my Administration an opportunity to determine the appropriate course of action with respect to TikTok."
* The Republic of Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will attend the constitutional court hearing of his impeachment trial, scheduled for Tuesday, multiple media outlets said Monday citing Yoon's defense counsel.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday his country is open to dialogue with the new U.S. administration over the Ukraine crisis.
* Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday declared a state of internal commotion in the northeastern Catatumbo region.
* The 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting commenced on Monday in Davos, Switzerland, calling for global cooperation amid global uncertainty.
* Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday urged the European Union (EU) to adapt to global challenges and redefine its role to remain competitive on the world stage.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday said her country "does not have to bow its head" to the United States, and urged the public "to remain calm" as Donald Trump took over the White House for a second term.
* Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Monday rejected the position of U.S. President Donald Trump demanding the return of the Panama Canal.
* The Afghan caretaker government and the United States have exchanged prisoners, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Afghan caretaker government said in a statement on Tuesday.
* Turkey and Slovakia on Monday signed a joint declaration to elevate the bilateral relations to the level of strategic partnership, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
* Stephanie Koury, UN deputy special representative for Libya, on Monday met with Speaker of the Eastern-based House of Representatives Aguila Saleh, where they emphasized the importance of a comprehensive process leading to holding elections in the country.
* Egypt's State Information Service (SIS) said that 323 aid trucks were delivered to the war-torn Gaza Strip on Monday, the second day of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
* Qatar initiated a land bridge to supply the Gaza Strip with 12.5 million liters of fuel during the first 10 days of the ceasefire agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Monday.
* South Africa will champion partnership and progress at the World Economic Forum (WEF), advocating for global cooperation to drive sustainable and inclusive growth, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Austrian interim chancellor Alexander Schallenberg discussed in phone talks on Monday the regional developments, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.
* The leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus held a much-anticipated UN-brokered meeting on Monday, focusing on easing movement across the ceasefire line but stopped short of announcing an immediate agreement on opening new crossing points, the UN mission said in a statement.
* Dozens of Israeli settlers raided Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank Monday night, attacking residents, torching property, and sparking clashes with local Palestinians, according to Israeli sources.
* Yemen's Houthi group has said it will restrict maritime attacks only to Israel-linked vessels, contingent upon the full implementation of the Gaza ceasefire deal, according to the Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOCC).
* The Indonesian government plans to cease fuel oil imports within the next five years, President Prabowo Subianto announced on Monday.
* Cambodia exported garments, textiles, footwear and travel goods worth 13.92 billion USD in 2024, up 23 percent over a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said in a report on Tuesday.
* Indonesia has set a higher target for export, up to 7.1 percent, in 2025 as an effort to boost its economic growth, said an official on Monday.
* The Philippines' overall balance of payments (BOP) posted a deficit of 1.5 billion USD in December 2024, a reversal from a 642-million-dollar surplus recorded in December 2023, according to the central bank.
* Pakistan's exports to Europe in the first five months of the current 2024-25 fiscal year increased by 8.62 percent as compared to the corresponding period of last year, according to officials from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
* Thailand's industrial confidence dropped in December 2024, weighted down by slowing domestic demand and rising agricultural material costs resulting from flooding, data showed on Monday.
* Malaysia's exports rose 5.7 percent year on year to 1.51 trillion ringgit (340 billion USD) in 2024, official data showed Monday. The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) said in a statement that export expansion in 2024 was driven by strong performances in both manufactured and agricultural products.
* Up to 235 million people in the U.S. regions from the Gulf Coast to New England, the Great Lakes and the Midwest are facing risks of major power outages and travel disruptions due to a rare winter storm with heavy snow and ice blasts, U.S. meteorologists warned on Monday.
* Sri Lanka's Irrigation Department reported that over 20,000 Sri Lankans have been affected by natural disasters caused by heavy rains by Tuesday morning.
* Forecasters have issued a heatwave warning lasting several days for almost half of Australia, with a cyclone off the country's west coast driving hot air across the country.
* At least ten people died and 32 others were injured in a fire that erupted at a hotel in Turkey's northwestern Bolu province on Tuesday, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media X.
* More than 9,000 heart failure patients in Singapore are set to benefit from Heartlanders, a new 6.5 million Singapore dollars (about 4.81 million USD) program integrating early palliative care.
* An outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, was discovered in a turkey farm in central Israel, the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security said in a statement on Monday.
* Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed the country's second outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in two years.
