* Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara on Sunday for the annual consultation.
* Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), guided the test-fire of the newly-developed submarine-launched strategic cruise missile "Pulhwasal-3-31" on Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday.
* The reopening ceremony of the Chinese embassy in Nauru began on Monday evening in a hotel in the southeastern part of the Pacific island country.
* Pakistan and Iran on Monday said that they respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity and resolved to expand security cooperation, stepping up efforts to mend ties after tit-for-tat missile strikes this month at what they said were militant targets.
* German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi agreed in a phone call the importance of allowing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, a German government spokesperson said on Monday.
* Hamas said on Monday that releasing hostages it is holding would require a guaranteed end to the Israeli offensive in Gaza and withdrawal of all invasion forces, reiterating its position after Israel held a meeting with Qatari and Egyptian mediators.
* Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinian gunmen throughout the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, including four who were spotted preparing to ambush troops near Al-Amal hospital in southern Khan Younis, the military said on Monday.
* Yemen's Houthi group said on Monday that it attacked an American warship in the Gulf of Aden with a missile, according to a video statement released by its spokesman, Yahya Sarea.
* Iran views claims it is involved in an attack that killed three U.S. service members in northeastern Jordan near Syria's border as "baseless", foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday.
* At least 42 people were killed including a UN peacekeeper during clashes Saturday in the Abyei Administrative Area between armed youth of the Twic community of neighboring Warrap state and Ngok Dinka of Abyei, officials confirmed Sunday.
* The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday officially asserted Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger remain integral members of the regional bloc in response to an earlier declaration by the military junta in each respective country, stating their intention to withdraw membership.
* Austria is suspending payments to the United Nations' Palestinian aid agency, UNRWA, pending a full investigation into accusations that its employees were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Austrian foreign ministry said on Monday.
* New Zealand's annual goods exports were valued at 68.7 billion NZ dollars (41.9 billion USD) in the year ending December 2023, down 4.5 percent from the year ending December 2022, according to the statistics department Stats NZ on Monday.
* Mongolia's GDP grew by 6.8 percent in 2023, which "is high growth not only in the region but also in the world," said Minister of Economy and Development Chimed Khurelbaatar on Monday, citing a preliminary estimate.
