* Serbian Prime Minister Djuro Macut formally proposed the dissolution of the parliament in a live TV broadcast following an extraordinary government session on Monday afternoon, paving the way for snap parliamentary elections.
* Kim Song Gi, defense minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), warned that his country will take strong countermeasures if the United States and its allies attempt to provoke a new military confrontation, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday shared on social media a map appearing to depict Canada, Mexico, Cuba and other regional territories as part of an expanded United States.
* Washington's stepped-up trade embargo against Cuba caused the island a record economic loss of 8.083 billion USD from March 2025 to February 2026, 7 percent higher than the previous year's figure, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Monday, denouncing the embargo's devastating impact on all aspects of Cuban life.
* Europe should not give without getting anything in return in any future peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday, stressing that any peace settlement would also involve commitments from Europe.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump considers the issue of Ukraine joining NATO closed.
* Hungary has asked 10 members of the Russian diplomatic mission to leave the country over activities deemed "unacceptable under the Vienna Convention," Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orban said on Tuesday.
* European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a 200-million-euro investment package for Greenland during a visit to Nuuk on Monday, aimed at strengthening cooperation between the European Union and Greenland.
* Russia is closing the German Consulate General in St. Petersburg, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday. In a statement, the ministry noted that the consulate must cease all operations no later than Sept. 18. It added that Goethe-Institut cultural centers in Russia must also terminate their operations, with employees required to leave Russia by Sept. 13.
* Finland on Monday marked the completion of a 200-km barrier fence along parts of its border with Russia, with Interior Minister Mari Rantanen saying further sections could be built in the future if needed.
* Russia does not rule out the possibility of resuming trilateral negotiations on Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
* Türkiye will continue to develop its relations with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday Iran-Oman negotiations on the designation of a temporary route for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz have reached their final stage.
* Yemen's Houthi group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a large-scale missile and drone raids on military and energy facilities across southern Saudi Arabia, saying the attacks were in response to recent Saudi military operations in Yemen.
* Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met Monday in Cairo with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy to discuss regional security tensions and navigation disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a statement by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.
* China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a development plan for the information and communications industry during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) to promote high-quality development of this sector.
* Malaysia is working to boost the productivity of the agricultural commodity sector, particularly to increase the income of smallholders, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday.
* Myanmar's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has designated a new protected public forest area in the eastern state of Shan, the state-owned daily The Mirror reported Tuesday.
* Sri Lanka is developing a national strategy to standardize, test and commercialize drone technology as its use expands across agriculture, industry and other sectors, the Ministry of Science and Technology said in a statement on Monday.
* Cambodia and the Republic of Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday to jointly combat maritime drug trafficking.
* Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed agreements with Russia's TNG company for supervision and consultancy services in the Amu Darya oil basin and for the construction of a flexible production facility at the Zamrad Sai block, the ministry announced on Monday.
* New Zealand and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation reflecting their shared commitment to improving preparedness for, response to and recovery from future disasters, a senior official said Tuesday.
* Nepal holds a national day of mourning Monday to mourn the victims of the deadly mudslide, with President Ram Chandra Poudel calling for continued search and rescue efforts and national unity in the face of the disaster. Flags are flying at half-mast across the country on Monday as Nepal designated Sept. 7 as a national day of mourning.
* Provisional anti-dumping measures will be imposed on dichlorosilane (DCS) imported from Japan, following a preliminary ruling that the product was being dumped in the Chinese market, China's Ministry of Commerce announced Monday.
* Japan posted a current account surplus of 2.99 trillion yen (about 19.2 billion USD) in July, returning to the black for the first time in two months, government data showed Tuesday.
* Republic of Korea's revised real gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, grew 0.6 percent in the second quarter from the previous quarter, as exports and consumption held up, central bank data showed Tuesday.
* China's foreign trade in yuan-denominated terms grew 17.6 percent year on year in the first eight months of this year, official data showed on Tuesday.
* Indonesia's main airport, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, and four other airports in the country have resumed operations after volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau dispersed, the country's transportation ministry said Tuesday.
* Malaysia ended an emergency declaration over the Serian district in the northern Borneo state of Sarawak on Monday following an improvement in air quality.
