On Monday, South Korea announced it was planning more military drills with the United States' army in response to the North Korean sixth and the most powerful nuclear missile test on Sunday.
About 90K Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh, trying to escape a violence outbreak in Myanmar, which has erupted in the country since August.
In a telephone conversation on Monday, the Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and the South Korean President Moon Jae In agreed on a need for greater pressure on North Korea.
Following a diplomatic argument between the two countries, South Korea's Hyundai decided to replace the chief of its Chinese operations with Tao Hung Than.
On Monday, the Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen promised to resist any foreign interference, responding to overseas criticism over the arrest of Kem Sokha, PM's main rival.
On Monday, the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed that in cooperation with the US the country would do its utmost to broaden its missile defence capabilities.
The UK is expected to pledge that the country's commitment to defense and security in Baltic and Nordic nations will not change after the EU quit.
Russia stated that it was ready to participate in talks aimed to solve the North Korea dispute, but wanted to see some positive impact from North Korea sanctions.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the government would announce a multi-year plan for developing infrastructures with a total budget of $32.4B.
Damage after Hurricane Harvey in Texas is set to reach up to $180B, which is more that initial funding of $7.85B requested by Trump, the Texas Governor Greg Abbott stated.
In a TV debate late on Sunday, the SPD leader Martin Schulz criticised Chancellor Angela Merkel for failing to respond effectively to the refugee crisis in 2015.
Martin Schulz, the leader of the German Social Democrats, said in a TV debate on Sunday that he would stop any talks on Turkey's accession to the EU if elected Chancellor.
The US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that without an increase in the US debt limit, it could not provide a swift relief funding to the victims of Hurricane Harvey.
The United Nations Security Council is to meet at 1400GMT on Monday to discuss the threat of North Korea's nuclear test.
The President of the European Council Donald Tusk said on Sunday that the EU was prepared to increase sanctions on North Korea in the wake of its latest nuclear test.
Around 60 000 individuals were evacuated from their homes in Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday, as experts prepared for the defusal of a huge World War II bomb.
According to the latest Emnid survey, the German Social Democrats tightened the gap with Merkel's CDU by one percentage point to 24% on Sunday, compared to CDU's 38%.
The US President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that the United States might introduce a trade embargo against North Korea's business allies.
North Korea's biggest nuclear test to date was condemned around the globe, with several leaders calling for new sanctions and the US President Donald Trump saying appeasement would not be effective.
The EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said that his job was to educate Britain about the price it would pay for leaving the EU.
The Texas Governor Greg Abbott said damage from the Hurricane Harvey would exceed devastation after the hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, reaching $150B to $180B.
The international business community at the BRICS Business Forum expressed confidence in collaboration built by the BRICS members, hoping such cooperation is long-lasting.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed that a Saudi Arabian delegation would visit Tehran after Saudi Arabia broke ties with Iran last year.
China's President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to appropriately deal with the recent nuclear test conducted by North Korea, on the way to meeting the goal of denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula.