* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged early Monday to build the "Century of Türkiye" together with the nation and called for unity as he won the presidential runoff which would extend his tenure until 2028.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that unless the parts of the United Nations-brokered Black Sea grain deal that relate to Russia were fulfilled then the deal would no longer be operational.
* Syrian army air defences on Sunday confronted an Israeli missile strike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, and there were no casualties, state media said.
* Heavy and sustained clashes could be heard on Monday in parts of Sudan's capital, residents said, hours before the expiry of a shaky ceasefire deal that had brought some respite from a six-week-old conflict but little humanitarian access.
* A military spokesperson on Monday said that Philippine troops killed four suspected rebels in a clash in the central Philippines on Sunday.
* Estimates that about a million people might flee Sudan by October may be conservative and conflict there risks increasing people trafficking and spreading weapons across a fragile region, the head of the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday.
* The African Union (AU) has adopted the Roadmap for the Resolution of the Conflict in Sudan toward silencing the guns in Sudan.
* Denmark plans to increase its spending on military aid to Ukraine by 17.9 billion crowns ($2.59 billion) over this year and next, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday, winning thanks for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
* The Peruvian government on Sunday declared a 60-day state of emergency in 131 districts due to the "imminent danger" of the possible arrival of the El Nino phenomenon.
* Malaysia has attracted 71.4 billion ringgit (15.5 billion USD) in approved investments from January to March 2023, official data showed Monday.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday approved a 350 million USD special policy-based loan to provide budget support to Sri Lanka for economic stabilization, the ADB said in a press release.
* The Trinidad and Tobago government accepted bid recommendations for six of eight onshore oil and gas exploration blocks, people close to the matter said on Sunday, setting the stage for awards to be disclosed as soon as this week.
* The Egyptian parliament approved on Sunday new tax and fee hikes on a number of imported goods and entertainment activities to boost government revenues amid strained public finance.
* Only 2.5 percent of Tunisia's exports go to the African market, official Tunis Afrique Presse reported Sunday, citing the head of a Tunisian employers' union.
