* Regional stability was strengthened through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) despite the challenges faced by the grouping in 2025, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
* More than 3,000 nomination papers have been collected from 69 returning officers to contest the polls for Bangladesh's 13th general election to be held on Feb. 12 next year, according to the Bangladeshi Election Commission.
* The Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), the ruling party of Cote d'Ivoire, has secured a large majority in the National Assembly, winning 197 of the 255 seats following Saturday's legislative elections, said the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) on Monday.
* The opening of the fifth Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge has sparked optimism among people in Laos, who hope it will improve livelihoods and regional connectivity, boost trade, tourism and transportation, and further strengthen the long-standing friendship between Laos and Thailand.
* Cambodia on Monday night enforced a ban on flying drones without permission, particularly along its border provinces with Thailand.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on the progress in the latest U.S.-Ukraine negotiations, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said Monday.
* The Russian military has taken control of the village of Dibrova in the Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. Russian troops have "completed the liberation" of Dibrova, following active combat operations and overnight strikes, the ministry said in a statement.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine have been fully agreed, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Monday.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Kiev launched an overnight drone attack targeting the presidential residence in Russia's northwestern region of Novgorod. The strike began late Sunday night and continued into the early hours of Monday.
* Dialogue and negotiation are the only viable way out of the Ukraine crisis, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a query about Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's statement on Monday that Kiev had launched an overnight drone attack targeting the presidential residence in Russia's northwestern Novgorod region.
* Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), visited a major munition enterprise on Sunday to learn about the production of weapons and combat equipment, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States knocked out last week a "dock area" in Venezuela, which was used by alleged drug traffickers to load boats up with drugs.
* Poland on Monday signed a contract to produce more than 10,000 precision-guided rockets domestically, marking the country's first local production, Polish media reported.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to attack Iran again if Tehran attempts to rearm.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas would be given a limited period to disarm under the Gaza ceasefire arrangement, warning of consequences if the group fails to do so. Trump made the remarks after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
* Armenia and Türkiye have agreed to simplify the visa issuance procedure for diplomatic, special and service passport holders, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday.
* China will apply provisional import tariff rates lower than the most-favored-nation rates on 935 items starting from Jan. 1, 2026, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced on Monday.
* Malaysia recorded 54.13 billion ringgit (13.33 billion USD) in approved Malaysia Digital investments in the third quarter of 2025, generating 21,815 high-value jobs across 402 digital companies.
* The Indonesian military and national police have deployed a total of 48,669 personnel to Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra provinces to support reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts after floods and landslides killed 1,140 people and caused extensive damage, senior officials said here on Monday.
* The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution to extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights for six months, until June 30, 2026.
* Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi on Tuesday declared a 90-day nationwide state of emergency, citing the need to safeguard national security and maintain public order.
* A Chinese envoy on Monday stressed that the Golan Heights are internationally recognized as occupied Syrian territory.
* Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced on Monday that it has successfully launched 52 satellites on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket into their planned orbits in space.
* Iran on Sunday successfully launched three domestically produced satellites into space for agriculture and environmental research from a Russian launch site, marking the seventh time the country has used Russian rockets for satellite deployment, the official news agency IRNA reported.
