* China on Monday urgently pre-allocated 180 million yuan (about 26.5 million USD) in central natural disaster relief funds to support six provinces in flood control and typhoon relief efforts.
* Indonesia has permanently closed 833 kitchens participating in President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free nutritious meal program for failing to meet hygiene, sanitation and food quality standards, the National Nutrition Agency said Monday.
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that Tehran will not let the United States determine the end of the war. Speaking at a press briefing in Tehran, Baghaei said that some Gulf countries have been involved in the U.S. war on Iran, without giving further details.
* Four U.S. service members have been killed and 207 others have been wounded since the U.S. military resumed hostilities against Iran in July, according to military casualty statistics updated by the Department of Defense on Sunday.
* Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said Monday that an employee of the Russian Embassy had been declared persona non grata and ordered to leave the country within five days.
* Brazil's Foreign Ministry on Sunday recalled its ambassador to Argentina, Julio Bitelli, for consultations on relations between the two countries. Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira made the decision Sunday morning after consulting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
* South Sudan's National Elections Commission (NEC) launched a nationwide voter and civic education campaign on Monday to prepare citizens for general elections scheduled for Dec. 22, as part of efforts to pave the way for the country's first national elections since independence in 2011.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday flew to Washington for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled for Tuesday, according to a statement issued by his office.
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that Tehran summoned the French ambassador to Tehran to protest "interference in Iran's internal affairs" as two French diplomats were briefly detained earlier this month.
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the United States is exchanging messages with Iran through mediators, including Pakistan and Qatar, according to Iranian media reports, citing his remarks in an interview with Austrian broadcaster ORF.
* The Israeli army is establishing two new positions in the border area of southern Lebanon, a Lebanese military source told Xinhua on Monday.
* Yemen's Houthi group said on Monday that it had launched drone strikes on facilities involved in transporting crude oil from eastern Saudi Arabia to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, saying the operations were in response to alleged Saudi drone incursions into Yemeni airspace.
* Saudi Arabia's Defense Ministry said on Monday that its air defenses had intercepted a number of drones launched from Iraqi territory, which attempted to target oil facilities in the kingdom.
* The Israeli security cabinet on Sunday approved the entry of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) into Gaza, despite opposition from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, according to Israeli media reports.
* Syrian interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa said that Syria is working toward a security agreement with Israel, with the participation of several countries, in hopes of paving the way for broader peace while safeguarding Syria's rights.
* South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called on African countries to work together to promote lawful and orderly migration while addressing the underlying factors that drive people to leave their home countries.
* More than 30 people, including children, were killed after unidentified gunmen attacked a community in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna late Sunday, local media reported on Monday.
* Three Yemeni government navy personnel went missing on Sunday after their patrol boat was attacked and destroyed in the Red Sea off Yemen's western coast, a naval source told Xinhua, blaming the Houthi group.
* The 23rd China-ASEAN Expo is scheduled to be held in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, from Sept. 17 to 21, with all preparatory work entering the final phase.
* Cambodia's economy remained resilient despite domestic and global headwinds, National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) Governor Chea Serey said in Phnom Penh on Monday. The central bank projects Cambodia's economic growth will ease to 3.9 percent in 2026, she said, adding that this forecast stems from an estimated 3.5 percent expansion in the first half of the year, to be followed by a modest acceleration to 4.3 percent in the second half.
* Singapore's central bank on Monday slightly increased the rate of appreciation of the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate (S$NEER) policy band, citing persistent external price pressures.
* Afghan and Uzbek traders signed 22 trade agreements valued at about 200 million USD in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, Afghanistan's Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced on Monday. The deals were finalized during an Afghan-Uzbek trade forum, according to a ministry statement.
* Bangladesh and the Maldives have held talks to launch a direct shipping route to boost bilateral trade and connectivity, local media reported on Monday.
* Pakistan's central bank on Monday kept its benchmark policy rate unchanged at 11.5 percent, citing an improved macroeconomic outlook despite persistent risks from global commodity prices and regional geopolitical tensions.
* The suspect in a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack on Saturday in Berlin was shot dead by police on Sunday evening, local police said in a statement.
* The European Union has deployed firefighting aircraft, personnel and equipment to France and Spain as ongoing wildfires have displaced more than 300,000 people and prompted one of Europe's largest evacuation operations, the European Commission said Monday.
* About 500 families affected by recent flash floods in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province have received emergency food and non-food aid, the provincial government said on Monday.
* The sixth-generation fires -- the most extreme and uncontrollable category of forest fire -- are likely to become increasingly common as climate change intensifies, a leading Portuguese wildfire researcher warned on Sunday, citing the ongoing blazes in Spain and France as examples of the phenomenon.
