* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the "continued and widespread" loss of life across the Gaza Strip, including Israeli strikes on a residential block in Beit Lahiya on Saturday, a UN spokesman said on Monday.
* China has reached a resolution with India on resolving their border conflict and will work to implement solutions, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.
* Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic revealed on Sunday that he had a friendly and personal conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, marking their first phone call in over two and a half years.
* German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will host Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at a baroque palace just north of Berlin on Tuesday for talks aimed at deepening economic and diplomatic ties.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discussed defense issues during their meeting in Kiev on Monday, according to the presidential press service.
* U.S. President Joe Biden has sent a letter to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, calling for the conclusion of a peace agreement with Armenia by the end of 2024, according to an announcement on Monday on the official website of the Azerbaijani president.
* Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and visiting Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha vowed on Monday to advance the partnership between the two countries.
* Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto wants to establish a new investment agency that would become a holding company for state investments, similar to Singapore's Temasek, the official named to head the proposed firm said on Tuesday.
* German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday spoke out against protectionist measures that could harm international cooperation, underscoring that "protectionism and trade wars are detrimental to us."
* Australia said on Tuesday it would bolster air and missile defence in a A$7 billion ($4.7 billion) deal with the United States to acquire SM-2 IIIC and SM-6 long-range missiles for its navy.
* The UN humanitarian agency said Monday that airstrikes in Lebanon continue to kill civilians and displace a growing number of families.
* Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said on Monday that the Israeli authorities are preventing humanitarian missions from accessing the northern Gaza Strip.
* U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Tuesday for meetings with Israeli leaders, the first stop of a wider Middle East tour to launch another push for an elusive ceasefire.
* Hezbollah early on Tuesday morning said it launched volleys of rockets at two key bases near Tel Aviv and a naval base west of Haifa, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken due to arrive in Israel to launch another push for an elusive ceasefire.
* Israeli and U.S. officials have begun implementing a 5.2-billion-U.S. dollar emergency aid package to bolster Israel's air defense system, the Israeli Defense Ministry said Monday.
* Visiting Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit on Monday urged an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
* Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that Tehran welcomes any country seeking to contribute to the cessation of Israel's "warmongering and crimes" in the region.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Monday called for ensuring the safety of maritime navigation in the Red Sea as it has a direct connection to Egypt's national security.
* The gross domestic product (GDP) of Beijing increased 5.1 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2024, the city's statistics authorities said Monday. The Chinese capital's GDP reached 3.3 trillion yuan (about 465 billion USD) from January to September.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday that it has approved a loan of 241.3 million USD to improve power supply distribution in West Bengal, India.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a grant of more than 1.8 million USD to support an urban renewal project in Vangvieng, a tourism town in Laos' Vientiane province, aiming to develop the city as a green and clean visitor destination.
* Finnish arms exports reached an all-time high to 333 million euros (361.33 million USD) in 2023, said a report published Monday by Finnish think tank SaferGlobe.
* New Zealand's industry and household greenhouse gas emissions increased 1.1 percent in the June 2024 quarter, according to the statistics department Stats NZ on Tuesday.
* Uzbekistan's solar and wind power plants have generated 4 billion kWh of electricity since the beginning of 2024, according to the Ministry of Energy.
* Thailand's Pollution Control Department (PCD) on Monday unveiled a comprehensive plan to address a potential surge of air pollution, particularly in the capital Bangkok and surrounding areas during the upcoming haze season.
* Russia's Gazprom GAZP.MM said it would send 42.4 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday, roughly the same volume as on the previous day.
* Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) said on Tuesday it has granted conditional approval to Sun Cable to import 1.75 gigawatt (GW) of clean power from Australia.
