* Russian President Vladimir Putin had substantive, constructive and extremely frank talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in a trusting atmosphere in Moscow, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said early Sunday morning.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that talks with U.S. envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, were "very substantive."
* The Chinese Air Force will dispatch multiple military aircraft to attend an international air show in Egypt from Sept. 8 to 10, the Chinese People's Liberation Army announced in a statement on Sunday.
* Türkiye plans to boost defense spending by 229 percent over the next three years, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said on Sunday as he unveiled the country's three-year Medium-Term Economic Program for 2027-2029.
* Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said Sunday that Egypt is looking to further diversify its cooperation portfolio with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), particularly in energy, transport, ports and logistics, according to a statement by the Egyptian presidency.
* Pakistan and seven other countries on Sunday strongly rejected attempts to forcibly displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, saying that such actions would violate international law and undermine regional stability, according to the Pakistani foreign ministry.
* The foreign ministers of Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Indonesia and Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned remarks by two Israeli ministers concerning the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
* Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei has said that his country would announce a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days and place any ship attempting to transit the area on Tehran's sanctions list.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened Iran with a devastating response if it attacked Israel and said his government remained determined to bring down Tehran's leadership.
* Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Sunday the United States must know that any "aggression" against Iran's interests and security will receive a "faster, heavier and more painful" response.
* Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud held separate phone calls with his Iranian and Pakistani counterparts to discuss the latest regional developments, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in separate statements on Sunday.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi held talks by phone with his Turkish and Saudi counterparts on the latest diplomatic efforts to ensure security in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported Sunday.
* At least 11 people were killed and five others wounded in Israeli airstrikes in the town of Kfar Rouman in southern Lebanon on Monday, according to Lebanon's official National News Agency.
* At least 117 people have been killed in four days of fierce clashes between Yemeni government forces and the Houthi group in the western provinces of Taiz and Hodeidah, medical officials told Xinhua on Sunday.
* Libya's internationally recognized Government of National Unity announced Sunday that it had dismantled an organized sabotage cell and arrested five Libyans and foreigners allegedly involved in suicide drone attacks on oil and electricity facilities in Tripoli and Zawiya in western Libya.
* The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+, decided on Sunday to pause oil output increases in October, OPEC said in a statement.
* Türkiye has raised its inflation forecasts and lowered growth and tourism revenue projections in a new economic roadmap, as heightened Middle East tensions add uncertainty and complicate efforts to curb still-high inflation.
* Singapore's retail sales growth moderated to 1.5 percent year-on-year in July, from 4 percent in June, the Department of Statistics said on Monday. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, retail sales increased 0.9 percent in July, it said in a statement.
* The New Zealand government is investing 5 million NZ dollars (about 2.9 million USD) in six initiatives to attract more international visitors to regional areas, with a focus on travelers from China.
* Afghan authorities have initiated the construction of 3,229 development and essential infrastructure projects valued at 87 million USD nationwide, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development said on Sunday.
* The government of Cabo Verde on Sunday declared two days of national mourning for the victims of a bus accident on the island of Fogo that killed 25 people.
* At least 10 people were killed and 64 others injured after stored pyrotechnic material exploded Saturday night during patron saint festivities in Temascalcingo, central Mexico's State of Mexico, the state government confirmed Sunday.
* The Philippine Office of Civil Defense on Sunday said that the enhanced southwest monsoon and four tropical cyclones since early August have killed 43 people and caused 11.92 billion pesos (about 190.1 million USD) in damage to agriculture and infrastructure.
* Five people were killed and five others injured after an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway and crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, authorities said.
* At least 11 people were killed, six others injured and six more missing after an avalanche struck a group of climbers in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region in the North Caucasus, local emergency services said on Monday.
* Indonesia extended flight suspensions at four airports until 6:00 p.m. local time on Monday after Mount Anak Krakatau erupted again overnight, sending volcanic ash toward Jakarta, authorities said.
* Japan's weather agency on Monday issued the highest-level landslide warning for Niijima Island, south of Tokyo, amid heavy rain. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the Level 5 emergency warning for landslides for the island as a record 381 mm of rain fell there in the 24 hours through 5:20 a.m. local time Monday.
