* The campaign period for Malawi's Sept. 16 general elections officially ended on Sunday, after competing political parties conducted their last campaign rallies on Saturday.
* Cho Hyun, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Korea (ROK), will visit China on Sept. 17, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian confirmed on Monday.
* China and Thailand are scheduled to conduct joint air force training later this month in Thailand, China's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on Monday.
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has rejected the Trump administration's 50 percent tariffs on Brazilian products and defended the country's democratic institutions and other policies in an opinion piece published in The New York Times on Saturday.
* A key phase of the Russia-Belarus joint strategic military drills Zapad-2025 is underway in Belarus on Monday. The scenario involves infantry units delivering fire strikes on simulated enemies, including live-fire exercises, aviation support with drone air strikes, motorized fire groups on motorcycles and buggies, and air defense coverage.
* Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday named former Supreme Court justice Andres Reyes to head a newly created Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), which will investigate alleged corruption in flood control and related projects over the past decade.
* The Ukrainian military said it struck the Kirishi oil refinery in Russia's northwestern Leningrad region overnight on Sunday. The attack caused explosions and a fire at the facility, which is one of the largest oil refineries in Russia, the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in a report.
* Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday dismissed as "baseless and irresponsible" the recent accusations by the members of the Group of 7 (G7) and their partners.
* Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said on Sunday that the agreement signed between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) earlier this week on the resumption of bilateral cooperation has been compliant with its approval.
* Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said on Sunday that Israel's recent attack on Doha will not prevent Qatar, Egypt and the United States from continuing their mediation efforts to end the war in Gaza, the Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
* Hamas said on Sunday it had suspended talks on a prisoner swap with Israel after accusing Israel of targeting its negotiating delegation in the Qatari capital Doha last week.
* Hamas on Sunday called on the Arab-Islamic summit scheduled to be held in Doha on Monday to take immediate steps to stop Israeli attacks on Gaza, lift the blockade, and safeguard the sovereignty and collective security of Arab and Islamic countries.
* About 300,000 people have fled Gaza City as Israel intensified strikes, Israel's Army Radio reported on Sunday, citing security officials.
* Yemen's Houthi group said Monday that it launched four drones at Israel in the past 24 hours, targeting Ramon Airport and a military target in the Negev area.
* Yemen's Houthi group said on Sunday that 26 staff members of local media outlets were among 46 people killed in Israeli airstrikes on the capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday.
* Libya's High Council of State on Sunday welcomed a new truce in Tripoli, saying it strengthens state authority and helps restore key institutions. The truce was reached on Saturday between the UN-recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) and the rival Specia.
* Egypt on Sunday dispatched a new humanitarian aid convoy from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing toward the Kerem Shalom crossing for inspection by Israeli authorities before entering the Gaza Strip, Egypt's state TV reported. Run by the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC), it is the 36th aid convoy sent from Egypt to Gaza since July 27.
* China's normal economic, trade and energy cooperation with all countries -- including Russia -- is justified, legitimate and beyond reproach, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday. Lin made the remarks at a regular news briefing after the United States pressured the G7 and the NATO countries to impose additional tariffs on China for its imports of Russian oil.
* India's wholesale price index (WPI) rose to 0.52 percent in August, data released by the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday said. The wholesale inflation turned positive in August after remaining negative in the past two months. The August figure marks a four-month high.
* Indonesia's external debt declined slightly in July to 432.5 billion USD, down from 434.1 billion dollars in June, Bank Indonesia (BI) said on Monday.
* Sri Lankan exports to the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia have risen significantly over the past seven months, a deputy minister said Monday at an event in Colombo.
* More than 398,000 visitor arrivals from China were recorded in Singapore in August, making it the city-state's top source market, the Singapore Tourism Board said on Monday. Singapore recorded a total of 1.6 million international visitor arrivals last month, up 4.5 percent from the same month in 2024.
* Millions of Australian homes will be at risk from rising sea levels and heat-related deaths will more than double if global warming exceeds 3 degrees Celsius, according to a government report released on Monday.
* The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a red alert for very heavy to extremely heavy rains in India's financial hub Mumbai, said media reports.
* The Republic of Korea issued a quarantine alert over the reported case of the African swine fever (ASF), the interior ministry said Monday.
