* Cambodia on Monday launched a national action plan for disaster risk reduction (2024-2028), aiming at minimizing the impacts of disasters on people, economy and society, a senior minister said.
* China and the United States will hold the second meeting of the Working Group on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s, according to China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Tuesday.
* Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will visit Seoul on Sept. 6-7 for a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Yoon's office said on Tuesday.
* Foreign ministers of member countries of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) met in Montevideo on Monday in the Uruguayan capital to discuss the trade bloc's status and commitment "in the current international juncture," Uruguayan foreign minister said in a statement.
* Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday it had deployed additional air defence systems in Belgorod region.
* Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that he will meet the head of the international nuclear agency in Kyiv after the official visits the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
* Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday embarked on a three-day official visit to Brunei Darussalam and Singapore.
* The Dutch government announced a 94.5 million euro (105 million USD) aid package on Monday to help Ukraine secure its energy supply for the upcoming winter.
* The United States has seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's airplane in the Dominican Republic, citing sanctions laws, the Justice Department announced Monday.
* Switzerland reopened its embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Tuesday, 33 years after closing its previous representation in the country due to the 1991 Gulf War, the Swiss foreign ministry said in a statement.
* The World Health Organization said that it was ahead of its targets for polio vaccinations in Gaza on Tuesday, day three of a mass campaign, and had inoculated about a quarter of children under 10.
* President Joe Biden said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas and the U.S. was close to presenting a final proposal to negotiators working on a hostage and ceasefire agreement.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Monday that Hamas will "pay a heavy price" for the alleged killing of six hostages in a Gaza tunnel over the weekend.
* Hamas' armed wing said on Monday that since June the group has been operating under new instructions on how to handle hostages should Israeli forces approach their locations in Gaza.
* The U.S. Central Command said on early morning Tuesday that its naval forces had destroyed two missile systems in the Houthi-controlled area in northern Yemen.
* Czech police detained some 30 migrants and found one dead person in a truck near Prague on a highway to Germany on Monday evening, police and emergency service said on social network X.
* The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 979 migrants were intercepted and returned off the coast of Libya in the past week.
* Germany's Lufthansa LHAG.DE will resume its flights to Tel Aviv from Thursday, according to an update from the company, one of a number of airlines to alter their schedules amid fears of an escalation in the Middle East conflict.
* Ethiopia's state-owned carrier Ethiopian Airlines said it has suspended flights to neighbouring Eritrea, citing unspecified difficult operating conditions. Eritrea had previously said it would suspend all Ethiopian Airlines flights at the end of this month.
* A record $1 out of every $10 spent globally in 2024 will be on travel as people briskly book hotels, cruises and flights, according to an annual report by the World Travel and Tourism Council, a non-profit membership organization.
* Russian gas producer Gazprom GAZP.MM said it would send 42.4 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday, roughly the same volume as on Monday.
* France, the euro zone's second-biggest economy, could run a substantially bigger budget deficit than expected this year if extra savings are not found due to a shortfall in tax revenue, the finance ministry stated in a letter to lawmakers.
* India's palm oil imports in August fell more than a quarter from a month ago on ample stocks and as negative margins prompted refiners to curtail purchases of the tropical oil, five dealers said on Tuesday.
* Italy's economy grew by 0.9 percent in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2023, the country's National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) said on Monday.
* Malaysia's crude oil and condensate production rebounded 1.3 percent year on year to 46.1 million barrels in the second quarter, after two consecutive quarters of decline, official data showed Tuesday.
* Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday his government was working on implementing conditions from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to complete its loan programme, which he hoped would be the country's last.
* The United Nations Support Mission in Libya said it held talks in Tripoli on Monday to help resolve a central bank crisis that sparked a blockade of oil production and threatens the worst crisis in years for the major energy exporter.
* Jordan's Health Ministry announced on Monday that the country registered the first case of mpox in 2024.
* A total of 293 people have been killed and 564 others injured in monsoon rain-triggered accidents in Pakistan in the past two months as heavy downpours continued to wreak havoc in parts of the country, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.
* The death toll from floods caused mainly by the onrush of upstream waters in parts of Bangladesh has risen to 67, including six women and 18 children, said the country's disaster response agency on Monday.
* The death toll after a month of heavy rains and floods in Yemen's northwestern province of Hodeidah has risen to 95, with 34 others injured, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported on Tuesday.
* At least 14 people have died in the Philippines due to tropical storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, disaster officials said on Tuesday.
* Cambodia's APSARA National Authority (ANA) on Monday urged tourists, transportation providers and the public to exercise caution during their visits to the Angkor Archaeological Park due to adverse weather conditions.
* Japan's weather agency said Monday that the country witnessed its joint hottest summer this year since records began, tying the previous record logged in 2023.
* The summer of 2024 has been the hottest on record in Slovenia, the country's Environmental Agency said on Monday.
* Australians have been told to prepare for possible cyclones, storms, fires and flooding during the upcoming high-risk weather season.
