* China and the United States are accelerating efforts to implement outcomes from the framework reached during the economic and trade talks in London, an official with the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Monday.
* The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) denounced a joint drill by the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea on Sunday, calling such trilateral military maneuver "main danger factors heightening the level of military tension on the Korean Peninsula and in its vicinity."
* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine to help bolster the country's defenses against Russian attacks.
* French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday an additional 6.5 billion euros (7.6 billion USD) in military spending to be allocated over the next two years, aiming for annual defense expenditure to reach 64 billion euros by 2027.
* German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Sunday that the European Union (EU) must take firm action against the United States if tariff negotiations fail to ease the escalating global trade conflict, according to German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
* Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called on Hamas to hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority (PA). During his meeting with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Jordanian capital Amman, Abbas said that "Hamas will not rule Gaza in the post-war era," the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported.
* Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) said on Sunday that the ongoing indirect negotiations with Israel must lead to an end to the war, full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, opening of the crossings, and reconstruction.
* Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday highlighted the necessity to ensure security in West Asia through the participation of all regional states, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
* Police have discovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province over the past three months, with 58 people arrested, provincial director for counter-criminal activities Mawlawi Abdul Satar Amin said Sunday.
* Britain on Sunday reported that at least four crew members from the Liberia-flagged ship Eternity-C were killed in Red Sea attacks by Yemen's Houthi group last week, with several others still missing.
* At least 18 civilians were killed and 31 others injured in attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on areas in the North Kordofan State in western Sudan, volunteers group said on Sunday.
* Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 4.3 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, slightly higher than the 4.1 percent growth recorded in the first quarter, according to advance estimates released by the Ministry of Trade and Industry on Monday.
* Republic of Korea's jobless claims grew last month due to higher demand in the manufacturing and construction industries, government data showed Monday. The number of new applicants for job-seeking benefits rose 2.4 percent from a year earlier to 86,000 in June, after sliding in single digits in the previous month, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
* Indonesia recorded foreign debt of 435.6 billion USD in May 2025, up 6.8 percent year-on-year, with the annual growth rate slowing from 8.2 percent in April, according to the country's central bank on Monday.
* China's railway construction saw stable progress in the first half (H1) of 2025, with fixed-asset investment expanding 5.5 percent year on year, according to the country's railway operator.
* Bangladeshi taka has become stronger against USD due to strong inflow of remittances and expected higher export earnings. According to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, the dollar has depreciated against the Bangladeshi taka over the past 10 days.
* Tanzania aims to welcome eight million tourists by 2030, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism Pindi Chana said Friday at the launch of Ngorongoro Day during the 49th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair.
* Torrential rains and flash floods have claimed at least 104 lives and left over 200 others injured across Pakistan between June 26 and July 12, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Sunday.
* A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the sea southwest of Indonesia's Southeast Maluku in Maluku Province at 12:49 p.m. local time on Monday, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
