* Azerbaijan's ruling New Azerbaijan Party won the most seats in the country's parliament in a snap election on Sunday, Mazahir Panakhov, the Central Election Commission head said early on Monday after counting the results from about 5,895 polling stations.
* In a significant political shift, German right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party secured its first-ever victory in a state election on Sunday. According to preliminary results released on Sunday night, the party garnered 32.8 percent of the vote in East Germany's state of Thuringia, becoming the strongest force in the state parliament.
* Emmanuel Macron will meet his predecessors and two senior politicians tipped as candidates to become the next prime minister on Monday as the French president is close to announcing a new government leader, sources and media said.
* Myanmar's military government will conduct a nationwide population and household census in October, state media said on Monday, paving the way for a promised election next year.
* The second Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF), organized by the Indonesian government, officially opened on Monday in Bali, Indonesia's renowned resort island.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved 93.6 million USD in loans and grants to improve and expand climate-resilient and inclusive rural water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in Cambodia, said its news release on Monday.
* The Russian air defense has intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions over the past night, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Sunday.
* The Islamic State (IS) militant group no longer poses a threat to Iraq and dialogue to end the U.S.-led international coalition to fight the IS group continues, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani said Sunday.
* Hundreds of thousands of Israelis rallied across the country on Sunday, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiate a ceasefire with Hamas to secure the return of hostages held in Gaza.
* Some 10,000 U.S. hotel workers began a multi-day strike in several cities on Sunday after contract talks with hotel operators Marriott International MAR.O, Hilton Worldwide HLT.N, and Hyatt Hotels H.Nstalled, the Unite Here union said.
* The bodies of all 22 victims in a Mi-8 helicopter crash in Russia's Kamchatka region have been found, local officials said on Monday.
* A Ukrainian helicopter on a military training flight crashed on Sunday, killing its two-member crew, the Air Force's university said.
* Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on Sunday discussed ways to enhance joint action to confront challenges affecting regional security and peace.
* The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said in an advisory note on Monday that a merchant vessel was hit by two unknown projectiles 70 nautical miles northwest of Yemen's Saleef.
* Capital spending by Japanese companies increased 7.4 percent year-on-year in the April-June quarter, accelerating from the previous quarter when it grew 6.8 percent, government data showed on Monday.
* South Korea's daily average maximum power demand hit a record high in August amid the prolonged heatwave across the country, Yonhap news agency reported Monday citing the Korea Power Exchange.
* The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, locally known as Whoosh, has served 4.2 million passengers within the 10 months from its inauguration in October 2023 to July 2024, according to PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) President Director Dwiyana Slamet Riyadi on Sunday.
* Bahrain announced on Sunday a new 15 percent domestic minimum top-up tax for large multinational companies. The tax, which aligns with Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines, will be effective from January 1 next year, the Bahrain News Agency reported.
* Australian home prices nudged higher in August, posting a 19th straight monthly rise, though the pace of growth showed some signs of slowing, data showed on Monday.
* Bangladeshis living and working abroad remitted back more than 4 billion USD in the July-August period, central bank data showed on Sunday. According to the data, remittance, one of key sources of foreign exchange for the impoverished nation, surged 39 percent year-on-year to 2.22 billion dollars in August.
* Heavy rains and flooding in Sudan have claimed 173 lives and injured 505 people since the beginning of the rainy season in June, the Sudanese Health Ministry reported.
* Floods and landslides triggered by tropical storm Yagi have killed at least 10 people and left at least one missing, authorities said Monday. The storm, expected to land on Monday afternoon or evening in the northern Philippines, has dumped rain on most of the country's main Luzon Island, including Metro Manila.
* A major flood warning was issued on Monday in the Australian island state of Tasmania, with people living near major rivers told to evacuate immediately. Residents near the Derwent and Styx rivers in Tasmania's southeast were on Monday morning advised to leave immediately.
