* Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday that he will initiate the formation of a new government once the Election Commission certifies the results from Sunday's general election.
* Results of Bangladesh's 13th general election and referendum, slated to be held on Feb. 12, are expected to be announced by the following day, a senior election official said on Monday.
* Law enforcement authorities from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand on Monday launched their 162nd joint patrol of the Mekong River to combat cross-border crime.
* Russia said on Monday that Cuba is facing a dire fuel shortage and accused the United States of trying to suffocate the island country's economy.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her government will continue providing humanitarian aid to Cuba, despite U.S. sanctions targeting countries that trade with or send oil to the Caribbean nation.
* Canada and Luxembourg agreed on Monday to strengthen collaboration on the newly proposed Defense, Security and Resilience Bank (DSR Bank).
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a new bridge linking the United States and Canada amid rising tensions between the two North American neighbors.
* Canadian political and business leaders have voiced strong opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to stall the opening of the nearly completed Gordie Howe International Bridge, local media reported on Monday.
* Russia is ready to resume direct air services with the United States on the condition that restrictions on Russian airlines are lifted, the Federal Air Transport Agency said on Monday.
* The U.S. forces pursued a Venezuela-linked oil tanker from the Caribbean and boarded it in the Indian Ocean overnight, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday.
* Moscow deems that the situation around Iran should be resolved peacefully as the use of force will only lead to the accumulation of problems, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday.
* Air Canada announced Monday it is suspending its flight service to Cuba, effective immediately, due to an "ongoing shortage of aviation fuel on the island." It is projected that as of Feb. 10 aviation fuel will not be commercially available at the island's airports, Canada's largest airline said in a statement.
* A White House official reportedly reiterated on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump remains opposed to Israel's annexation of the West Bank, two days ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's scheduled visit to Washington.
* A spokesperson for the European Commission on Monday condemned Israel's recent measures aimed at tightening control over the West Bank and "paving the way" for expanding settlements.
* Britain condemns the Israeli Security Cabinet's decision to expand Israeli control over the West Bank, British Foreign Office said on Monday.
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday that the Brazilian government will keep multilateralism at the center of its foreign policy against any unilateral provocations by the United States.
* Senior Saudi and U.S. officials co-chaired a meeting in Riyadh on Monday aimed at "consolidating gains against the (ISIS/Daesh) terrorist organization and addressing urgent security challenges in Syria and Iraq."
* Despite the recent reopening of a water supply main from Israel into the Gaza Strip, Gaza City continues to face a severe water shortage, UN humanitarians said Monday.
* Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said on Monday that the West African country would defeat terrorism and banditry, describing the threats as "unacceptable" and alien to core values.
* The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Monday that talks are underway with the South Sudanese government to hand over the remaining Malakal Protection of Civilians (POC) site in Upper Nile State.
* Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Monday that the country would invest 1 billion USD in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 to boost its digital economy and improve people's livelihoods.
* The Turkish Trade Ministry announced on Monday measures to halt poultry meat exports, aiming to support the supply-demand balance in the domestic market.
* Cambodia on Tuesday reported a positive increase in its foreign trade and investment volumes in January 2026. The Southeast Asian country's international trade hit 6 billion USD in January this year, up 19 percent compared to the same month last year, said a General Department of Customs and Excise's report.
* Foreign direct investments (FDIs) into the Philippines recorded net inflows of 897 million USD in November 2025, the Philippine central bank said Tuesday.
* Singapore's economy grew by 5 percent in 2025, easing from 5.3 percent in 2024, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Tuesday, while raising its growth forecast for 2026 to a range of 2 to 4 percent. In November, the ministry had projected economic growth of 1 to 3 percent for 2026.
* Japan's rice exports rose 3.7 percent to a fresh record high in 2025, while growing at a much slower pace, government data showed Tuesday.
* Kazakhstan plans to allocate more than 8 trillion tenge (about 16 billion USD) for the development of coal-fired power generation, the country's Ministry of Energy said Monday.
* January 2026 was the fifth-warmest on record globally, with contrasting temperature extremes seen in both hemispheres, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported on Tuesday.
