* Relevant departments from China, Myanmar and Thailand recently held a ministerial coordination meeting in Bangkok on jointly combating transnational telecom fraud crimes. They engaged in in-depth exchanges and reached a series of consensuses on strengthening cooperation.
* Quick results from thawing Russia-U.S. relations shouldn't be expected, but the two countries are seeking to outline their priorities for cooperation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he is still "ready to sign" a minerals deal with the United States. Despite a fractious meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, he is still willing to have a "constructive dialogue" with the United States, Zelensky told BBC following a summit with Western leaders in London.
* Western leaders, including more than a dozen European heads of state and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, gathered in London on Sunday for a defense summit aimed at advancing a peace plan for Ukraine following a week of intense diplomatic talks.
* French President Emmanuel Macron proposed on Sunday that the European Union (EU) member states should raise their defense spending to 3 to 3.5 percent of the EU's total gross domestic product (GDP).
* Britain, France and Ukraine will work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday.
* Russian authorities have foiled a terror attack plot and "neutralized" one man, local media reported Monday, citing the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).
* British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday that Britain will allow Ukraine to use 1.6 billion pounds (2 billion USD) of British export finance to purchase more than 5,000 air defense missiles.
* A collapse of the Gaza ceasefire agreement could lead to renewed devastation in the region, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned Sunday.
* The European Union (EU) called on Sunday for a rapid resumption of negotiations on the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed on Sunday the importance of fully and faithfully implementing the ongoing ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip, stressing the necessity of transitioning to the second phase of the deal to ensure a lasting truce.
* Israel will only be able to "get its captives back" through a prisoner exchange deal, senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi said Sunday in a press statement.
* Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced Sunday the formation of a seven-member committee tasked with drafting a constitutional declaration, local media Syria TV reported.
* The leader of Yemen's Houthi group has warned Israel of significant retaliatory actions if hostilities in Gaza resume.
* Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu ordered the closure of government offices and institutions on Sunday in response to severe flooding caused by the highest daily accumulated rainfall in the country's history, PSM News, the official state media of the Maldives, reported.
* Indonesia reported a monthly deflation rate of 0.48 percent in February, equivalent to 0.09 percent year-on-year, influenced by several policies affecting market prices, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Monday.
* Uzbekistan and Afghanistan plan to increase trade turnover to 3 billion USD, said the Uzbek Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade.
* New Zealand's export prices increased more than import prices in the December 2024 quarter, leading to a 3.1 percent rise in the terms of trade which represents the ratio of export prices to import prices, according to the statistics department Stats NZ on Monday.
* Over 14.7 million foreign travelers visited the Philippines in 2024, according to the data released by the Bureau of Immigration on Sunday. The bureau recorded 14,733,597 international arrivals last year, nearing the pre-pandemic figure of 17,085,097 in 2019.
* A tour bus traveling from Greece veered off the road in northwestern Turkey's Canakkale province on Monday, injuring 37 passengers, it is reported.
* Sri Lanka's Met Department, on Sunday, issued a severe lightning warning for four provinces as the country experiences heavy rains.
