* Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides axed his health, justice, defence and agriculture ministers on Monday in a widely expected reshuffle almost a year into his term. The key posts of foreign affairs, finance, energy and interior were unchanged.
* Malaysia's digital drive must be pursued with greater vigor and a more frantic pace to prevent it from falling behind, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday.
* Cambodia made the gross revenue of 4.3 billion USD from the export of agricultural products in 2023, said a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) report on Monday.
* Myanmar exported 953,502 tons of rice and broken rice in the first nine months of the fiscal year 2023-24, earning 462 million USD from the export, according to data released recently by the Myanmar Rice Federation.
* A total of 23,084 Palestinians have been killed and 58,926 have been injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Monday.
* Jordan's King Abdullah said on Monday that Israel had created a whole generation of orphans with its "brutal" war in Gaza, where he said over 30,000 people, mostly women and children, had been killed or were missing as a result of the conflict.
* The Polish government ordered a state-run company that manages more than 7 million hectares of the country's forests to curtail logging in 10 most cherished forest areas, delivering on a campaign promise following elections last October.
* A Thai electric bus operator said on Monday it had sold the first carbon offsets under a new system created by the Paris Agreement to a Swiss fossil fuel group, a major landmark for putting into action the eight-year-old United Nations climate accord.
* Indonesia temporarily grounded three Boeing BA.N 737 MAX 9 planes on Jan. 6, operated by Lion Air, despite different configurations from the plane that had to make an emergency landing in the U.S. last week, the transport ministry said on Monday.
* Zimbabwe produced 30 metric tons of gold in 2023, 15% less than the previous year, official data showed on Monday, as electricity cuts and currency volatility impacted output.
* The death toll has climbed to 168 in Japan's Ishikawa on Monday after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the central prefecture and its vicinity last week, as heavy snow and rain have hampered rescue operations.
* Flooding has displaced 8,563 people in Malaysia as of 6 p.m. local time on Monday, with Johor state being the worst hit.
