* Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday emphasized the need to safeguard safe, smooth travel for the public during the Spring Festival travel rush, as well as the efficient operations of transport logistics.
* Malaysia has set trade targets for 2025 with a focus on the BRICS group, Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners and emerging markets.
* There has been no indication from Washington on potential contact between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
* Nearly 1,000 people suspected of being in the United States illegally were arrested on Sunday alone across the country, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on X on Sunday night.
* U.S. President Donald Trump won't impose tariffs on Colombia after its government agreed to accept Colombians deported from the United States, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Sunday night in a statement.
* Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday announced 25-percent tariffs on all goods from the United States in a tit-for-tat measure after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Colombia.
* The New Zealand government is relaxing visitor visa rules to allow tourists to work remotely for their foreign employers while visiting New Zealand, in the latest effort to boost tourism and economic growth.
* The Bangladesh navy ship Samudra Joy will participate in the 9th edition of multinational "EXERCISE AMAN-25" from Feb. 7 to Feb. 11 in Pakistan's Karachi.
* Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov exchanged views on regional developments on Monday, according to UAE's state news agency WAM.
* Qais Mohammed Al Yousef, Oman's minister of commerce, industry, and investment promotion, held talks with his visiting Indian counterpart, Piyush Goyal, on Monday to discuss strengthening cooperation in various sectors.
* Lebanon's caretaker government announced Monday that it has agreed to extend the ceasefire agreement with Israel until Feb. 18 as the initial 60-day truce expired on Sunday.
* Kenyan President William Ruto, who is also the champion of the African Union (AU) institutional reforms, said on Monday that conflict continues to deny Africa of its potential, costing the continent an estimated 18 billion USD annually and displacing millions of people.
* Tens of thousands of Palestinians began returning to their homes in Gaza City and the northern parts of the coastal enclave on Monday after 15 months of forced displacement.
* Egypt rejected on Sunday any infringement on the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their displacement from their lands, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* Egypt sent a convoy of 305 trucks of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip on Sunday. The Egyptian Cabinet said in a statement that Egypt's Tahya Misr Fund provided the convoy which includes 4,200 tons of food and humanitarian aid, along with 11 equipped ambulances.
* The first batch of Qatari humanitarian aid arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday as part of an ongoing land bridge initiative to provide aid and relief to the enclave.
* The Iranian army's ground force launched large-scale "security, offensive and mobile" drills in the western province of Kermanshah on Monday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
* Top UN officials expressed concern on Sunday about escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
* The March 23 Movement (M23), a rebel group fighting against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) army, said Monday that it has taken control of Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province and the largest city in eastern DRC.
* Lithuania has urged the European Union to review existing navigation rules and provide financial support following the damage to a Latvia-Sweden fiber optic cable in the Baltic Sea on Sunday, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported Monday.
* Syria has agreed to reduce customs duties on 269 products imported from Turkey, according to Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat on Monday.
* The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 1,313 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week.
* At least 22 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and several others wounded by suspected terrorists in a remote town in the country's northeastern state of Borno, the military said.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a financing package of up to 100 million USD to support Ayala Corporation's contributions to developing an electric mobility ecosystem in the Philippines, the multilateral lender said Monday.
* The combined profit of major industrial enterprises in China exceeded 7.43 trillion yuan (about 1.04 trillion USD) in 2024, down 3.3 percent year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday.
* Wages in the formal sector in Malaysia increased by 5.6 percent year on year, reaching 2,745 ringgit (627 USD) in September 2024, official data showed Monday.
* Singapore's labor market continued to expand in the fourth quarter of 2024, with total employment rising by 8,700, according to the latest Labor Market Report by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) published Monday.
* Myanmar's major city, Yangon, welcomed over 240,000 international visitors in 2024, the official The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Monday.
* Afghanistan initiated its first vaccination campaign in 2025, targeting over 6 million children under the age of 5 from poliovirus, the Ministry of Public Health reported.
* An underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea was damaged early on Sunday, the cable's owner, SJSC Latvian State Radio and Television Center (LVRTC), informed.
* Fiji's Meteorological Service issued a heavy rain warning on Monday for the Northern Division, Yasawa, Lau and Lomaiviti Group, as well as the eastern half of Viti Levu, the largest island of the country.
* At least four people died, and four others were severely injured in a landslide in Mamuju regency, Indonesia's West Sulawesi province, according to the country's disaster authority on Monday.
