* Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has signed a decree scheduling early elections of the Jogorku Kenesh, the country's parliament, for Nov. 30, the presidential website announced on Tuesday.
* Andry Rajoelina, president of Madagascar, on Monday announced the dissolution of the government and promised to appoint a new prime minister within three days.
* Uganda on Monday officially launched presidential campaigns, with eight candidates, including incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, vying for the East African country's top office in the 2026 polls. The campaigns will run for three months across all 146 districts before culminating in the presidential election on Jan. 2, 2026.
* Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul delivered his government policy statement to parliament on Monday, outlining a comprehensive plan focused on economic revival amid multifaceted challenges.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to draft 135,000 conscripts for military service in the autumn call-up, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Monday. The draft, covering citizens aged 18 to 30, will run from Oct. 1 until the end of the year.
* Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered the closure of some 1,000 illegal tin mines in Bangka Belitung province on Sumatra island, a key tin-producing region of the country, on Monday. The move, launched on Sept. 1, is projected to prevent state losses of up to 45 trillion rupiah (about 2.8 billion USD) by 2026, according to the preident.
* Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos has ordered the extension of the rice import ban, covering the period from Sept. 1 to Nov. 2, for another 30 days to support Filipino farmers and stabilize local rice prices, Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said on Monday. Tiu Laurel said the extension had been decided during his meeting with Marcos at the presidential palace on Friday.
* British Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to build a renewed economy, rejecting austerity, supporting public services, boosting investment and decreasing inflation.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a 20-point plan proposed by the Trump administration aimed at ending the conflict in Gaza, following their talks at the White House.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Qatar on Monday for a recent airstrike in Doha, a rare concession seen as crucial for the Gulf state to continue its key mediation role in the Gaza conflict. The apology came during a trilateral phone call with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and U.S. President Donald Trump.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday said she hoped the United States would show "consideration" toward Mexico following the U.S. decision to impose new tariffs on heavy vehicle imports.
* Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed a decree on "State of External Commotion" in response to what the government described as foreign aggressions, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said in Caracas on Monday.
* Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs Rosa Villavicencio said Monday that she is giving up her U.S. visa in solidarity with President Gustavo Petro, whose visa was revoked after he criticized Israel's actions in Gaza during the UN General Assembly in New York.
* The Council of the European Union on Monday announced that it was reimposing a broad range of sanctions on Iran, citing Tehran's failure to comply with its nuclear commitments under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that attempts by European countries and the United States to revive terminated United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions against Iran constitute a "unilateral rewriting" of international law.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Monday that its air force struck more than 140 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours. The IDF claimed that these were "terror" targets, which included militant cells, military buildings, anti-tank positions, and other infrastructure.
* Hamas has received a U.S.-backed proposal aimed at ending the war in the Gaza Strip, presented by Qatari and Egyptian mediators, a Hamas source said on Monday.
* Israel's parliament on Monday approved an additional 30.8 billion shekels (around 9.3 billion USD) in spending to cover war-related costs, raising the government's deficit ceiling as fighting continues in Gaza and following June's brief war with Iran.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has trimmed its growth outlook for developing Asia and the Pacific by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points for this year and next, respectively, amid the emergence of a new global trade environment, shaped by tariffs and updated trade agreements, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2025, released Tuesday.
* China's economic and trade ties with the Nordic countries have maintained steady momentum, marked by stable trade growth, robust bilateral investment and burgeoning cooperation in green sectors, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. From January to August this year, trade between China and the five Nordic countries -- Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland -- totaled approximately 38 billion USD, up 7.1 percent year on year, ministry data shows.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday revised its growth forecast for Cambodia from 6.1 percent to 4.9 percent for 2025 due to border tensions with Thailand and U.S. tariff hike. The lender also reduced the kingdom's growth for 2026 to 5 percent from an earlier projection of 6.2 percent.
* Japan's industrial output dropped 1.2 percent in August from a month earlier, falling for the second consecutive month, government data showed Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted index of production at factories and mines, following an upwardly revised 1.2 percent drop in July, stood at 100.9 against the 2020 base of 100, according to data released by the M inistry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
* The Philippines' total external trade in goods decreased by 1.3 percent year-on-year in August to 17.67 billion USD, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday. Of the total external trade in the month, the agency said 60 percent were imported goods, while the remaining 40 percent were exported goods.
* Australia's central bank on Tuesday decided to keep interest rates on hold in a move that was widely anticipated by economists. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said that its Monetary Policy Board voted unanimously to keep the cash rate unchanged at 3.6 percent during a meeting on Tuesday.
* New Zealand's offshore investment reached 422.6 billion NZ dollars (244.8 billion USD) in the year ended March 31, 2025, with nearly 71 percent held in the United States, Australia, Britain, and Japan, Stats NZ reported Tuesday.
* Robust domestic demand, coupled with subdued inflation, is expected to support Philippine economic growth this year and next, according to a report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday. In its Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2025 report, the ADB forecasts the country's gross domestic product (GDP) to expand by 5.6 percent this year and 5.7 percent in 2026, steady from last year's 5.7 percent growth.
* Slovakia's overall economic confidence weakened in September despite a slight improvement in consumer optimism, said the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic on Monday. The country's economic sentiment indicator dropped by 3.2 points from the previous month to 97.4 in September.
* Indonesia has begun cultivating around 481,000 hectares of rice fields in the Merauke district of Papua province, aiming to turn the region into a national food granary under a strategic project, Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan said Monday.
* The proportion of Uzbekistan's population using the internet has risen to 94.2 percent in the first eight months of 2025, the National Statistics Committee said Monday. The figure climbed from 76.6 percent in 2021 to the current level, a 17.6 percent increase.
