* India and Switzerland signed several agreements on Monday to enhance cooperation in migration, workforce mobility, and sustainable infrastructure. The pacts were signed in New Delhi during a three-day state visit by Swiss President Guy Parmelin, who met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.
* Bangladeshi Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that the country must move beyond reliance on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by tapping global and domestic markets for capital.
* The British government said Monday that the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford used by the United States remains safe after Washington withdrew all of its bombers from the base.
* Norway's government on Monday proposed raising the minimum age for riding electric scooters from 12 to 16, citing a sharp increase in injuries among children and teenagers.
* Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi met with visiting Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Tehran seperately on Monday, each stressing Iran's resolve to defend its national interests and security.
* Pakistan and Türkiye will provide military forces and capabilities and ensure their rapid deployment in Saudi Arabia in accordance with their commitments under the Mecca Alliance for Defense, the three countries said Monday, as Saudi Arabia faces escalating attacks from Yemen's Houthi group.
* Israel has ordered its military to hunt down and kill the remaining participants in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday, putting their number at 2,000.
* The World Bank on Tuesday downgraded Cambodia's 2026 economic growth forecast to 3.5 percent, down from 5.3 percent last year, citing a sharp slump in international tourist arrivals and surging fuel costs.
* Slovakia's government expects the general government deficit to reach 4.94 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2027, according to a draft budget plan approved on Monday.
* The purchasing managers' index (PMI) of Britain's services sector fell to 52.1 in September, but posted a sustained rebound in business conditions during the third quarter of 2026, data from S&P Global showed Monday.
* Malaysia's economy is projected to grow 5.1 percent in 2026, an upward revision of 0.7 percentage points following stronger-than-expected activity in the first half, fueled by strong growth in global artificial intelligence (AI)-related activities, the World Bank said on Tuesday.
* Pakistan's fish and seafood exports rose 74.4 percent year on year to 125.4 million USD in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026-27, according to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs.
* Myanmar exported 161,931 tonnes of fishery products in the first six months of the fiscal year 2026-27, which began in April, earning over 278 million USD, according to the Department of Fisheries on Tuesday.
* Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Monday confirmed that all 32 people aboard a military aircraft that crashed near a local community in the country's southwestern Ondo State had died.
* Cambodia's Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a weather warning on Tuesday, advising travelers, particularly those using waterways, to exercise high vigilance from Oct. 6 to 10 due to the peripheral impacts of three tropical storms.
* Pakistan's National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) for Polio Eradication on Monday confirmed the country's sixth polio case of 2026, with the latest case reported in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KP).
* Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease, one day after a man died in a Nairobi hospital, the country's health authorities said.
