* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on Sunday to withdraw the country from the Ottawa Convention -- an international treaty that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines.
* Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), met with visiting Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova on Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday.
* Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov met with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday in the resort town of Cholpon-Ata in Kyrgyzstan to discuss bilateral and multilateral cooperation, according to the president's press service.
* Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Monday highlighted the growing strength and evolving depth of the Pakistan-China all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, calling it a cornerstone of Islamabad's foreign policy and a key driver of regional peace, development, and connectivity.
* The Global Transport Connectivity Forum concluded on Sunday in Istanbul with the signing of 12 cooperation agreements aimed at enhancing cross-border logistics and regional integration.
* Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne announced Sunday that Canada will rescind its Digital Services Tax (DST) as it prepares for a broader trade agreement with the United States.
* The Yangon Region Investment Committee (YRIC) has approved eight new investment projects in June, aiming to create jobs for 6,773 people, state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Monday.
* Iran's top military commander on Sunday questioned Israel's commitment to a recently agreed ceasefire following 12 days of fighting, warning that Tehran was prepared to respond forcefully to any renewed aggression, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Sunday called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to recognize Israel and the United States as the initiators of the "aggression" against Iran.
* At least 71 people were killed in an Israeli strike on Evin Prison in the Iranian capital Tehran last week, Iran's judiciary announced on Sunday.
* The Indonesian government has evacuated its 97 citizens from Iran and 26 from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and the Arabah area, following tensions in those regions, Foreign Minister Sugiono said on Monday.
* A total of 2,997 Afghan families with 10,661 members returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Sunday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems said Monday.
* Eleven terrorists from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, including a senior commander, surrendered to the Malian Armed Forces in the town of Ansongo in northern Mali on Saturday, Malian television ORTM reported on Sunday.
* The Malian army on Saturday announced the capture of a leader from the Islamic State in the Grand Sahara and his bodyguard in northern Mali. In a statement, the army said the arrests occurred during a clash in the Cha-Mane area, without identifying who were captured.
* China is expected to see 953 million railway passenger trips during the upcoming summer travel rush, which will kick off on Tuesday, the country's railway operator said on Monday.
* Japan's industrial production rose 0.5 percent in May, marking the first increase in two months, according to preliminary data released Monday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
* At least 34 people were killed, four reported missing, and 74 were injured in the monsoon rains during the past nine days in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, officials said Sunday.
* Seven more people have died in rain-triggered accidents across Pakistan over the past two days, raising the death toll to 45 since the onset of the monsoon season on June 26, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said Sunday.
* Heavy rains continued to lash western Venezuela, with rivers overflowing in several states and hundreds of homes damaged, authorities said Sunday.
