* Cambodia has decided to postpone a Grade 12 annual exam across the country due to the ongoing border conflict with Thailand, Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said on Sunday.
* China and the Republic of Korea (RoK) should deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and achieve common development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday in a phone call with his RoKean counterpart, Cho Hyun.
* A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Sunday said China will maintain its fair and impartial position and continue close communication with Cambodia and Thailand, actively facilitate talks for peace and play a constructive role for a ceasefire.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin underscored the navy's pivotal role in protecting Russia's sovereignty and national security, as he oversaw its maneuvers, codenamed "July Storm," during Russia's Navy Day celebrations on Sunday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen claimed Sunday that they had reached a trade deal under which the United States would impose a baseline tariff of 15 percent on European Union (EU) goods.
* The Israeli military on Sunday announced a daily 10-hour humanitarian pause in its operations in parts of the Gaza Strip, along with the opening of secure routes for aid delivery, amid growing international pressure over the deepening hunger crisis there.
* Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid began entering the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, according to local Palestinian sources.
* The Sudanese government on Sunday rejected a parallel government declared by a coalition led by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), urging other countries not to recognize it, according to a statement by the Sudanese Foreign Ministry.
* The Afghan security forces have discovered a mass weapon and ammunition cache in southern Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, seizing various types of arms along with a large quantity of ammunition, a statement from the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday.
* Only 20-25 percent of India's 850 million internet users currently indulge in online shopping, and hence the country's e-commerce sector is set for significant growth in the coming years, the global strategy and management consulting firm McKinsey and Company said in its latest report.
* Around 1.5 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, over the past seven months, with the vast majority coming from Iran, local media outlet TOLOnews reported on Monday.
* Russia on Sunday opened a direct air route from its capital Moscow to Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, with the first flight of the air link taking off Sunday evening from the Sheremetyevo airport.
* The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July.
* Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that an official of the United Nations nuclear watchdog will probably visit the country within the next two weeks.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani discussed the escalating situation in the Gaza Strip and efforts to secure a ceasefire during a phone call on Sunday.
* A total of 49 Qatari aid trucks carrying humanitarian assistance arrived on Sunday in Egypt and Jordan as part of Qatar's continued support to the Palestinian people, the country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
* The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday carried out three airdrops of humanitarian aid over the Gaza Strip, according to a JAF statement.
* The UN nuclear watchdog said on Saturday that shelling or drone attacks near nuclear power plants must not occur, after further military attacks were reported on targets in the city of Enerhodar, where most staff members of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) live.
* Hamas said on Sunday that the entry of humanitarian aid is a fundamental human right for Palestinians and called for the full and permanent reopening of all land crossings into Gaza.
* Yemen's Houthi armed group said in a statement late Sunday night that it will begin targeting "all foreign ships linked to Israel... regardless of their destination," citing retaliation for what it called Israel's "blockade and starvation" campaign against Gaza.
* China's total tax revenue is expected to surpass 85 trillion yuan (11.89 trillion USD) during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), marking an increase of 13 trillion yuan compared to the previous five-year period, according to a press conference on Monday.
* Governor of Bank Indonesia, Perry Warjiyo, on Monday encouraged banks with insufficient capital to diversify their funding sources, such as seeking funding from overseas to strengthen liquidity, instead of relying solely on domestic deposit-taking.
* Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock announced on Monday that it had implemented 154 different projects across the country during the past year.
* The International Space Station (ISS) is expected to stay in operation until at least 2030 after the current U.S.-Russia agreement to use it through 2028 expires, said Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Bakanov on Monday.
* Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health announced on Sunday that more than 2.2 million mothers and children received treatment for malnutrition over the past year.
* Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia face a medium risk of experiencing a severe transboundary haze event for the rest of 2025, according to an assessment released Monday by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs.
* China's Ministry of Water Resources on Monday activated a Level-IV emergency flood response in four provincial-level regions -- Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi -- in response to Typhoon Co-May, the eighth typhoon of the year.
* Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday ordered a review of flood control projects built over the past three years, following recent flooding caused by consecutive tropical storms and the enhanced southwest monsoon.
