* Romania's parliament on Monday rejected a no-confidence motion against the government of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan after it failed to secure the required majority in a joint session.
* Thailand's military announced on Monday the designation of the Gulf of Thailand as a high-risk area. According to Thai media, the move is aimed at cutting off sea routes for transporting military supplies to Cambodia.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law an intergovernmental agreement between Russia and India on bilateral deployment of military formations, warships and aircraft on each other's territory.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham Russia) on Monday, exchanging views on prospects for the resumption of trade and investment ties between the two countries, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday concluded lengthy talks with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in Berlin, describing the talks as "productive."
* Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday that talks in Berlin involving European, U.S. and Ukrainian sides had lifted hope toward a possible peace settlement in Ukraine, while stressing that key issues, including territorial questions, remain unresolved.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday slammed Europe as a "quack doctor" for missing opportunities to help resolve the Ukraine crisis, while expressing optimism over recent engagements with the United States.
* The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said earlier on Monday that the Ukrainian military counterintelligence and the naval forces had struck and critically damaged a Russian submarine in a joint operation at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a claim which Russia later denied.
* Hungary has launched legal proceedings seeking compensation for financial penalties imposed by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over its migration policy, Justice Minister Bence Tuzson said on Monday.
* Russia supports Iran's efforts to resolve the crisis in its relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the West, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on Monday.
* France and Cyprus signed a strategic partnership agreement on Monday during Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides' visit to France. French President Emmanuel Macron met with Christodoulides.
* The U.S. military said on Monday that it had carried out strikes on three vessels in international waters, killing eight men.
* Trinidad and Tobago has approved the transit of U.S. military aircraft through its airports in the coming weeks, the country's foreign ministry said on Monday.
* Türkiye said it shot down an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) approaching its airspace over the Black Sea on Monday.
* Slovenia has called on the European Union (EU) to take an active role in sustaining the ceasefire in Gaza and advancing the peace process, the Slovenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), accusing the broadcaster of misleadingly editing his speech related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and seeking billions of dollars in damages.
* A father and son who opened fire on a Jewish festival at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday appear to have been driven by "Islamic State ideology," Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday.
* China will impose anti-dumping duties on imports of pork and pig by-products originating from the European Union (EU), effective from Wednesday, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. The anti-dumping duties, ranging from 4.9 percent to 19.8 percent on EU companies, will be in place for five years.
* The European Union (EU) on Monday approved new sanctions against individuals and entities it accuses of supporting Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of oil tankers, as well as separate sanctions targeting those related to alleged Russian hybrid operations.
* The European Union's discussions on financing future support for Ukraine, including a plan to leverage frozen Russian state assets, have become "increasingly difficult," said an EU official on Monday.
* Jordan on Monday dispatched a humanitarian aid convoy to Syria through the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO).
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud held a phone conversation on Monday, discussing ways to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries and recent regional developments.
* Lebanon announced Monday that 380,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country under a government-facilitated plan launched in July 2025.
* More than 1,000 Afghan refugee families returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Monday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems announced.
* The March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group announced Monday its decision to "unilaterally withdraw its forces" from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) city of Uvira, which it claimed to have seized the previous week, describing the move as a confidence-building measure aimed at supporting the ongoing peace process.
* Russia's foreign trade surplus in goods narrowed to 101.5 billion USD in the first 10 months of 2025, down from 109.6 billion dollars in the same period of 2024, the Central Bank of Russia said Monday.
* China's railway network handled a record-high number of passenger trips during the first 11 months of 2025. In the January-November period, the number of railway passenger trips reached 4.28 billion across the country, up 6.6 percent from the same period last year, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday said it has approved a 20-million-U.S.-dollar financing package to strengthen fiscal sustainability and improve Vanuatu's capacity to respond to natural disasters and health emergencies.
* Pakistan's Minister of State for Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani said that the country is focusing on private sector-led and export-driven growth to sustain economic stability.
* Myanmar has planted over 122 million trees nationwide between 2021 and 2025, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation on Tuesday.
* Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded six contracts for 660 new electric buses, comprising 360 single-deck and 300 double-deck vehicles, which will be progressively deployed from end-2026 to replace diesel buses reaching the end of their statutory lifespan.
* Sri Lanka on Tuesday reopened most government and government-approved private schools following school closures due to Cyclone Ditwah, a senior official said.
* An advisory regarding the increased risk of another strong earthquake was lifted at midnight Monday, a week after a 7.5 magnitude temblor struck northern and northeastern Japan.
* A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences said Monday.
