* French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday at a UN meeting on the two-state solution that his country recognizes the State of Palestine, joining most of the other UN member states that have already done so. With France's recognition, over 150 countries have announced their recognition of the State of Palestine.
* During a meeting on Monday with a U.S. congressional delegation led by Representative Adam Smith in Beijing, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng expressed the hope that the U.S. side will work with China to promote the stable, sound and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade ties.
* Moscow is prepared to adhere to nuclear arms limits for one year following the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in February 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
* The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said it could resume talks with the United States if Washington drops its preoccupation with denuclearization and seeks peaceful coexistence with the DPRK.
* The UN Security Council on Monday held an emergency meeting to discuss the alleged intrusion of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter jets.
* Russia continues to lead the world in uranium enrichment for nuclear power plants, a position that the West has been unable to alter, Kirill Komarov, a senior official of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said on Monday.
* Russian air defense forces have destroyed at least 23 Ukrainian drones that were attacking Moscow overnight on Monday, according to the city's mayor.
* Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday warned that the European Union (EU) faces decline unless it undertakes an urgent change of course, while also stressing Hungary's positions on Ukraine, migration, and energy security in his opening speech to parliament's autumn session.
* The United States has barred Iranian diplomats attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York from shopping at wholesale club stores, such as Costco, and purchasing luxury goods, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.
* The governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Monday announced their immediate withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
* Türkiye has terminated additional tariffs imposed on certain U.S. imports in 2018, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on Monday.
* Russia believes that a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine would end the fighting in the Middle East, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday when commenting on the recognition of Palestine by a number of Western countries.
* Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday reiterated his condemnation of Israel's "crimes" and denounced Hamas' October 7 attack on southern Israel, while firmly asserting that the State of Palestine is the only legitimate entity qualified to assume full control of post-war Gaza.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday that its air force killed the deputy commander of Hamas's naval police in Gaza.
* A general strike in solidarity with the Palestinian population of Gaza brought public transport, schools, and other services to a halt in Italy on Monday, causing disruption in major cities.
* Gaza-based health authorities said Monday that two hospitals in Gaza City have ceased operations after being damaged by Israeli attacks, worsening the health crisis in the enclave amid ongoing hostilities.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi met with Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in New York on Monday to discuss the latest bilateral interactions, according to a statement released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi warned on Monday that Tehran's recent agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog on the resumption of cooperation will lose its validity if international sanctions are reimposed on Iran.
* At least 22 people were killed in an airstrike in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials and local sources said on Monday.
* Indonesia's Ministry of Population and Family Development announced Monday that the government's free nutritious meal program has reached 1.2 million pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and toddlers, out of a total target of 9.3 million by the end of 2025.
* Tajikistan's national poverty rate fell from 56 percent in 2010 to approximately 20 percent in 2024, according to a World Bank report released Monday.
* Loans to China's technology small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) grew at an average annual rate of over 20 percent during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), central bank governor Pan Gongsheng said on Monday.
* The Indonesian government has extended its value-added tax (VAT) exemption for property purchases until 2026, the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs announced on Monday.
* The Finnish economy is slowly recovering from recession, with modest growth ahead but persistent challenges in employment and public finances, the Ministry of Finance said in its autumn forecast released Monday.
* The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) has set an ambitious export target of 300,000 tons of rice and broken rice per month for the second half of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, according to the federation on Tuesday.
* Nvidia will invest up to 100 billion USD in OpenAI data center buildout, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said Monday.
* Dutch airline KLM said on Monday that it will cancel 119 flights and reschedule dozens more on Wednesday as ground crew stage their third strike this month in a pay dispute.
* Super Typhoon Ragasa slammed into the northern Philippines on Monday, unleashing torrential rains and strong winds that triggered flooding, toppled trees, and tore roofs off homes.
* China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Tuesday elevated the typhoon emergency response to Level III for Guangdong and Hainan provinces as Typhoon Ragasa, the 18th of the year, approaches landfall.
* Türkiye is facing one of its most severe droughts in decades, with national rainfall plunging far below long-term averages and threatening water supplies and agriculture across the country.
* Australia's nanosatellite has successfully completed the initial phase of its mission, a milestone hailed as a breakthrough for the nation's growing space industry.
