* Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Monday that he would submit his resignation on Sept. 27 and then campaign as an ordinary citizen for the post of prime minister during the Balkan state's snap parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 25. Vucic made the remarks when appearing on the Serbian broadcaster Pink TV.
* The European Parliament opened a four-day plenary session in Strasbourg on Monday, with migration, defense and proposed restrictions on children's access to social media high on the agenda.
* Cambodian authorities cracked down on 85 small-scale online scam sites in August, detaining 1,255 suspects, according to a National Police report released Tuesday.
* The Kremlin on Monday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's call on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russia's fuel-producing facilities. On Monday, Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Ukraine had agreed not to strike Russian energy targets and "Russia has agreed to do, likewise!"
* Ukraine on Monday expressed willingness to halt strikes against energy targets if Russia does the same, following U.S. President Donald Trump's call for such restraint by both sides.
* Leaders of nationalist parties in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland signed an agreement in Cardiff on Monday, calling for greater cooperation and urging the British government to prepare for possible constitutional change.
* Twelve European Union countries called for stronger EU engagement and investment in the Arctic in a joint statement issued Monday, highlighting the region's growing strategic importance for European security and prosperity.
* Brazil and the United States are preparing for a new round of in-person talks on U.S. tariffs on Brazilian goods, likely in late September, Brazilian officials said Monday.
* The 70th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) opened in Vienna on Monday, with calls to strengthen multilateral cooperation and efforts to uphold the global nuclear non-proliferation regime amid heightened geopolitical tensions.
* Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday she hoped Denmark and the United States could find a way forward through peaceful cooperation on issues concerning the Arctic and Greenland.
* Finland has decided to join France's nuclear deterrence initiative, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen announced on Monday, describing the initiative as "significant for security in Europe."
* A U.S. government watchdog on Monday released its first report on the impact of the Iran war, detailing shortfalls in advanced weapons and damage to U.S. aircraft, military bases and diplomatic facilities in the Middle East, multiple U.S. media outlets reported.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday reiterated that her government will not allow foreign intervention or interference in the country's internal affairs, saying relations with the United States must be based on coordination without subordination.
* An air alert was issued shortly after midnight Tuesday in Vilnius and surrounding areas after a drone entered Lithuanian airspace, according to the country's National Crisis Management Center (NKVC).
* A top Iranian security official said early Tuesday that Iran will not negotiate with the United States unless its conditions are met.
* The Navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that a super oil tanker seeking to cross the Strait of Hormuz via the "forbidden" route south of the waterway exploded and caught fire after hitting naval mines.
* Thirteen civilians were injured in Houthi attacks on civilian targets in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen's internationally recognized government said Tuesday.
* UN humanitarians on Monday warned that hostilities in Yemen are forcing people to flee their homes, causing civilian casualties, and putting already stretched humanitarian operations under growing pressure.
* More than 720,000 Palestinian students have been deprived of access to basic education amid continued Israeli bombardments, the Tunisian state-controlled daily La Presse reported Monday, citing Palestinian Education Minister Amjad Barham.
* Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Ali Nafti and Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Afrah al-Zouba discussed Monday the latest developments in Yemen and efforts to contain the crisis, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* Acting Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation El-Taher El-Baour met on Monday with a senior UN official to discuss cooperation between the two sides, according to a statement by Libya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel would continue destroying Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, days after Washington reportedly said Israeli and Lebanese officials would resume U.S.-mediated security talks next month.
* At least 21 Palestinians were injured, some seriously, in Israeli airstrikes on various areas of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources on Monday.
* China's job market has remained generally stable, with the surveyed urban unemployment rate averaging 5.2 percent in the first eight months of 2026, within the annual target, official data showed Tuesday.
* A renewed uptrend in oil prices would increase the risk of wider trade and current account deficits in ASEAN, especially if accompanied by slower global demand or weaker export performance, OCBC Group Research said in a note on Tuesday.
* The Mexican government's proposed economic package for 2027 offers a more realistic macroeconomic outlook by revising down its growth expectations, but it raises concerns over public debt, the Center for Economic Studies of the Private Sector (CEESP) said Monday.
* Kazakhstan plans to more than double its annual oil refining capacity from 18 million metric tons to 39 million metric tons by 2040 under a new development plan for the country's oil refining industry, the Kazakh Energy Ministry said Monday.
* Libya's oil sector generated about 15.2 billion USD in revenues during the first eight months of 2026, according to data released on Monday by the Ministry of Oil and Gas.
* More than 7,200 confirmed Ebola cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as sustained transmission continues in several provinces despite an overall downward trend of the epidemic, according to governmental data released Tuesday.
