* Four Thai soldiers were killed and 68 others wounded on Tuesday in an escalation of clashes along the Thailand-Cambodia border, the Thai Army said.
* Over 100,000 Cambodian villagers have fled their homes for safe zones as border conflict with Thailand has entered a fourth day, a Cambodian defense spokesperson said on Wednesday.
* Thai Defense Ministry spokesperson Surasant Kongsiri said Wednesday that the ongoing border clashes with Cambodia had forced over 400,000 Thai residents across seven provinces to evacuate.
* A spokesperson for Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday called on Thailand and Cambodia to exercise restraint and resolve their differences through dialogue and negotiations, according to a statement issued by the ministry.
* Czech President Petr Pavel on Tuesday appointed Andrej Babis, leader of the ANO party, as prime minister. Babis' party won October's parliamentary elections and signed a coalition deal with the Freedom and Direct Democracy and the Motorists for Themselves parties.
* The Trump administration is pushing hard for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to accept the new edition of a U.S.-brokered peace deal, which may lead to major territorial losses for Ukraine, according to U.S. online media outlet Axios.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that his country will be ready for elections in 60 to 90 days if the United States and Europe guarantee security for such a vote, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
* Russia's Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseyev warned on Tuesday that the security environment in the Arctic is deteriorating, accusing the United States and NATO allies of stepping up their military activity and undermining regional stability.
* German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that parts of the newly published U.S. national security strategy are "unacceptable" from a European perspective, stressing that Germany and Europe must be more independent from the United States in terms of security policy.
* Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, a former secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), on Tuesday called on Europe to maintain communication with Russia to help end the war in Ukraine.
* Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on Tuesday welcomed the Group of Seven (G7) countries' statement on the intention to support Ukraine, including through the possible use of frozen Russian assets.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that the country will hold a meeting with the United States to avert a potential additional 5 percent tariff proposed due to Mexico's failure to meet its water delivery obligations under a 1944 bilateral treaty.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said he could extend anti-drug military operations to Mexico and Colombia, Politico reported Tuesday. In an interview with Politico at the White House on Monday, Trump declined to rule out putting U.S. troops into Venezuela.
* Russia has prevented 374 terrorism-related crimes in 2025, with 273 terrorist attacks included, the country's National Antiterrorism Committee said Tuesday.
* Poland's first nuclear power plant is expected to begin construction as early as December, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Tuesday.
* Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has approved the country's defense plan for 2026-2030, Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Muraveiko said Tuesday.
* Azerbaijan is pushing ahead with plans to establish a military-industrial cluster to strengthen national defense and expand arms exports, Prime Minister Ali Asadov told parliament on Tuesday.
* The French National Assembly on Tuesday approved the 2026 social security budget bill, with 247 votes in favor and 234 against.
* A Russian military transport aircraft crashed roughly 250 km northeast of Moscow on Tuesday during a test flight after undergoing maintenance, said the Russian Defense Ministry.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged UN member states to contribute to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to "keep hope alive for millions of people who depend on us."
* Israel will reopen the main crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan for goods, starting Wednesday, an Israeli security official said Tuesday.
* Iran and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to implementing the provisions of a China-mediated 2023 agreement on the resumption of bilateral diplomatic relations.
* The Jordanian Armed Forces on Tuesday sent a convoy of food aid to Yemen amid rising tensions in the country's south. The convoy, consisting of 13 trucks carrying a total of 54,600 food parcels, aims to meet urgent needs and provide relief to citizens in Yemen, the Jordanian military said in a statement.
* A senior Iranian official has said the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) current safeguards agreement is not designed for wartime conditions and needs revision, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported Tuesday.
* Iraqi authorities have officially removed Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthi group from a list of entities subject to terrorist asset freezes, according to an official document disclosed Tuesday.
* Hamas leader Hossam Badran said Tuesday that progress to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement depends on Israel ending its violations.
* The March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group on Tuesday reaffirmed its preference for a political settlement to the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as its clashes with government forces moved toward Uvira city in South Kivu Province.
* The United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Tuesday that global trade in goods and services is expected to exceed 35 trillion USD in 2025 for the first time.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday raised its 2025 economic growth forecast for China by 0.1 percentage points, citing resilient exports and continued fiscal stimulus in the world's second-largest economy.
* Russia's budget revenues totaled 32.9 trillion rubles (around 426 billion USD) in the first 11 months of 2025, up 0.7 percent year on year, the Russian Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised downward the Philippines' economic growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 amid reduced public infrastructure spending and tighter scrutiny of government projects, according to the Asian Development Outlook December 2025 released on Wednesday.
* Myanmar exported over 1.78 million tons of rice and broken rice in the first eight months of the current fiscal year 2025-2026, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation on Wednesday.
* Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape said on Tuesday that the South Pacific nation wanted to identify with a green economy, and its characteristics in the next 10 to 20 years must evolve into an economy powered by green energy sources.
* Australia's total electricity generation and storage capacity will need to triple by 2050 in order to keep up with demand, according to a report published by the energy market operator on Wednesday.
* India's federal civil aviation minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu Tuesday delivered a stern message to the airlines operating in the country and said no airline, regardless of its size, will be allowed to create hardship for passengers.
* Kazakhstan is preparing to introduce autonomous freight trucks in 2027 to boost its transit potential, the Kazinform news agency reported Tuesday, citing Kazakh Transport Minister Nurlan Sauranbayev.
* The dengue outbreak has killed 401 people so far this year in Bangladesh, health department figures showed Wednesday. According to data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health, the total number of dengue fever cases has reached 98,705since January in the South Asian country.
* A cold snap will hit large swaths of China from Wednesday to Saturday, leading to temperature drops, gales, and snow, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Tuesday. Affected by the cold air, the country's northwestern regions will see temperature drops of 12 to 14 degrees Celsius during the period.
