1. North Korea fired off two fresh rounds of short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Monday, marking the regime's second missile test in just eight days in its latest series of protests against the ongoing Seoul-Washington joint military drills.

2. According to the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov in a tweet on Sunday, Russia has made a 'nuclear hostage' out of Belarus, and taken "a step towards the internal destabilization of the country."

3. Germany’s Deutsche Bank stocks took a nosedive on Friday amid growing investor fears about the banking sector once again, dragging down other major banks across Europe.