* Pakistan and Afghanistan have reached a ceasefire agreement to immediately halt cross-border attacks and promote mutual respect for each other's territory, officials from both sides confirmed on Sunday.
* Ukraine and Russia on Sunday traded drone and missile attacks targeting each other's key energy supply facilities, according to official statements from both sides.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Sunday that it had launched a new wave of strikes against Hamas militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the statement, the strikes were led by the IDF's Southern Command "following a ceasefire violation earlier in the day."
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Washington would immediately cut aid to Colombia and unveil a new tariff rate on Monday.
* China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. China's GDP reached over 101.5 trillion yuan (about 14.3 trillion U.SD) in the first three quarters, NBS data showed.
* Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday officially inaugurated the Techo International Airport (TIA) in Kandal, the biggest new airport in the Southeast Asian country. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony, Hun Manet said the 2.3-billion-U.S.-dollar world-class airport has replaced the old Phnom Penh International Airport, which was completely closed.
* New Zealand's annual inflation reached 3 percent in the year to the September 2025 quarter, following a 2.7-percent increase in the year to the June 2025 quarter, Stats NZ reported Monday. This met the upper limit of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's 1-3 percent target band for the annual inflation rate, according to a statement of the statistics department.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday said it has signed a 3-billion-U.S.-dollar sovereign exposure exchange agreement (EEA) with the World Bank to increase the ADB's lending capacity for its developing members.
* Egypt pressed Hamas on Sunday to agree to a post-war security plan in Gaza as a senior delegation from the group held talks in Cairo on consolidating a fragile ceasefire, Egyptian sources said.
* Military escalation in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has resulted in at least 46 deaths on Sunday, despite an ongoing ceasefire agreement, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.
* The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) on Sunday dispatched a convoy carrying about 8,500 tons of urgent humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as the Rafah border crossing remains closed until further notice. The ERC said the convoy, comprising hundreds of trucks, includes about 3,500 tons of food baskets and flour, over 2,300 tons of essential medical and relief supplies, and more than 2,500 tons of fuel.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Sunday urged an immediate humanitarian truce in Sudan as "a first step toward a permanent ceasefire," reaffirming Egypt's rejection of any military solution to the ongoing Sudanese civil war, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* Rwanda and Senegal on Saturday signed five bilateral agreements to strengthen cooperation across key priority areas of mutual interest.
* Residents in Laos are being urged to prepare for widespread heavy rainfall as tropical storm Fengshen approaches, bringing potential landslides and flash floods.
* As air quality in the Indian capital region deteriorated into the "very poor" category, the Indian federal government imposed restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage-II in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) on Sunday. The decision was taken during an emergency review meeting following the observation of a steady rise in pollution levels throughout the day.
* The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday that health authorities could declare the end of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in early December if no new cases are detected before then.
