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.
The police reported that two officers were killed by suspected Al-Shabaab militants after they attacked a church that police officers were guarding in Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.
Donald Trump said on Sunday that North Korea proved that it was dangerous for the world after it tested a hydrogen bomb that was more powerful than an atomic bomb.
The Indian Prime Minister appointed Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday as new Defense Minister in a cabinet reshuffle, a position that was held by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Moscow is highly concerned over the latest nuclear test held by North Korea, emphasizing the test undermined the global non-proliferation regime.
The police reported on Sunday that an unknown person threw Molotov cocktail at the embassy of Myanmar in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, causing a fire.