* Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday won a vote of confidence at the House of Representatives, one week after he returned to power. Oli, who is leading a four-party coalition, won the floor test by garnering a two-third majority in the 275-member chamber.
* Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing on Sunday urged all-out rescue efforts after rain-triggered flash floods in southwest China's Sichuan Province left over 30 missing.
* Russian warships conducted training drills in the White Sea to convoy and defend a caravan of ships, state-run TASS news agency reported on Sunday, citing the Russian Defence Ministry, in what it said was routine combat training.
* Russia's air defence systems destroyed 75 Ukraine-launched drones, more than half of them over the Rostov region in the southwest, the defence ministry said on Monday.
* The Philippines is looking to forge reciprocal troops access agreements with Canada, France, New Zealand, and other countries, the defence minister said on Monday.
* Israel will be the United States' strongest ally in the Middle East regardless of who is elected president in November, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday before flying to Washington, where he was due to address the U.S. Congress.
* China's foreign ministry said on Monday Ukraine foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit China from July 23-26.
* Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad on Sunday said Syrian-Russian relations have transcended traditional friendship and moved toward a new level of strategic cooperation.
* International media outlets accredited in Venezuela must respect the nation's electoral process and "tell the truth" during the upcoming presidential elections, Jorge Rodriguez, campaign manager of President Nicolas Maduro, said Sunday.
* The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Pacific Representative Jonathan Veitch said while under-5 mortality rates in the Pacific are generally stable, there are concerning trends as malnutrition remains a significant issue among countries.
* Kenyan President William Ruto vowed on Sunday that his government will not allow violent protests that have led to untold suffering in several parts of the country.
* The African Union (AU) on Sunday opened its sixth mid-year coordination meeting in Accra, the capital of Ghana, calling for the peace and solidarity of the continent.
* In a notable development towards the normalization of Sudan-Iran relations, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council, formally received the credentials of Iran's new ambassador, Hassan Shah Hosseini, in Port Sudan on Sunday.
* The African Union (AU) and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) on Sunday launched the Arab-Africa Financial Consortium (AAFC) to boost financing in developing the continent on the sidelines of the ongoing 6th AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Sunday stressed the urgent need to halt the attacks against Lebanon and Palestine and called for concerted efforts to prevent the escalation of regional conflict.
* Israeli strikes killed at least 16 Palestinians in eastern areas of Khan Younis, Gaza health officials said on Monday, shortly after Israel issued new orders to evacuate some neighbourhoods after what it said was renewed attacks from those zones.
* Israel said it shot down a missile launched from Yemen on Sunday and the Yemeni Houthi movement said it had fired several missiles at the Israeli city of Eilat after Israel's first public strike against the Iran-aligned group a day earlier.
* Aviation leaders will meet at a marque summit outside London on Monday as the industry struggles with supply chain disruptions, aircraft delays and floundering plans to reduce emissions.
* The European Union said on Sunday that it has inaugurated newly constructed facilities at the General Dhagabadan Training Center (GDTC) in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
* With just five days to go until the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, organizers have said they are "ready" for the Games and have promised a clean Seine River.
* The Philippines' poverty rate declined to 15.5 percent in 2023 from 18.1 percent in 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Monday.
* Indonesian rescuers are searching for a cargo ship with 12 people on board that has been missing since last week off the easternmost Papua region, officials said on Monday.
* China's central bank on Monday cut a key short-term policy rate in a surprise move to support the real economy.
* Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Monday that the debt restructuring deal would free up much-needed funds for the immediate needs of Ukraine's defence and recovery.
* The inflation forecast in Sri Lanka for 2024 is revised down as supply-side conditions improved alongside better external buffers and the availability of foreign currency, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its latest forcast.
* New Zealand exports of milk powder, butter, and cheese fell 10 percent to 1.5 billion NZ dollars (900 million USD) in June, compared with the same month last year, which led the fall of the goods exports, the statistics department Stats NZ said on Monday.
* South China's island province of Hainan witnessed rainstorms and gusty winds from Sunday to Monday morning due to Typhoon Prapiroon, the fourth typhoon of the year, according to local meteorological authorities.
* Sweltering heat continues across Japan on Monday with the mercury topping 37 degrees Celsius in some areas in the morning, the country's weather agency said.
