* New Zealand and Germany have agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Tuesday.
* NATO has begun military planning for an "Arctic Sentry" mission to enhance vigilance as tensions persist between the United States and European allies over Greenland, a NATO official said Tuesday.
* European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas on Tuesday reiterated the EU's support for Greenland and Denmark amid uncertainty.
* Despite the resumption of diplomatic talks with the U.S. government, Washington's desire to take over Greenland remains, the island's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in an interview with Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) published Tuesday.
* The Kremlin warned on Tuesday that the world could slide into a more perilous situation within days if the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States is not extended.
* Venezuela's Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) expressed support on Tuesday for acting president Delcy Rodriguez's efforts toward national reconciliation and unity, according to a statement from Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez.
* German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that transatlantic relations have changed and "nostalgia or memories of old times" would not help Europe.
* U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro described their nearly two-hour closed-door talks at the White House on Tuesday as friendly, signalling a warming of relations after months of tension between the two countries.
* Bolivia's government on Tuesday unveiled details of a package of draft laws aimed at attracting domestic and foreign investment in the mining, hydrocarbons and energy sectors, as it seeks to strengthen international cooperation and lay the groundwork for sustainable economic growth.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday reaffirmed her commitment to defending national sovereignty in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks on border security on the 178th anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
* The World Governments Summit 2026 opened in Dubai on Tuesday, drawing a record number of world leaders, ministers, and policymakers in the largest international gathering since the event's inception.
* Estonian authorities detained a Bahamas-flagged container ship suspected of smuggling goods from Ecuador during a joint operation in the country's internal waters on Tuesday, the Estonian Public Broadcaster reported.
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Saudi Arabia's capital on Tuesday as Ankara and Riyadh continue efforts to reset relations after years of strain.
* The Palestinian presidency on Tuesday condemned an Israeli plan to legalize 140 settlement farms in the occupied West Bank.
* Israeli officials signaled skepticism on Tuesday about the prospects of a diplomatic breakthrough in the region, as U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, arrived for talks, amid international efforts to resume diplomacy on Iran's nuclear program.
* A U.S. warplane shot down an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea, the U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.
* A drone belonging to Iran's armed forces completed a "surveillance mission" in international waters Tuesday, Iranian media reported, shortly after the U.S. military said it had shot down an Iranian aircraft that "aggressively approached" an aircraft carrier.
* Several Iranian gunboats approached a U.S.-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz north of Oman, British media quoted maritime sources and a security consultancy as saying on Tuesday.
* Hostilities in Sudan and South Sudan have displaced hundreds of thousands of people, UN humanitarians said Tuesday.
* A joint security force in southern Libya launched a major operation from dawn on Tuesday, detaining more than 2,000 irregular migrants in the city of Sabha, about 750 km south of Tripoli, local authorities said.
* The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority reported on Wednesday that at least 87 people have been killed and 333 others injured due to landmine and explosive remnants blasts in 2025 across the country.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia's GDP grew by 1 percent in 2025, noting that the growth slowdown was in line with expectations.
* The Philippines' total agricultural trade in December 2025, which amounted to 2.44 billion USD, increased by 1.7 percent year over year, according to the data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
* Kazakhstan has exported 5.8 million tonnes of grain since the start of the current marketing year in September 2025, up 1 million tonnes, or 21 percent, from the same period last year, the Ministry of Agriculture reported Tuesday.
* In 2025, Brazil's industrial output expanded by a meager 0.6 percent, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo (FIESP).
* Remittances to Mexico from abroad dropped by 4.6 percent in 2025, driven by the United States' weakened labor market and strict immigration measures, said Mexico's central bank on Tuesday.
* The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invested a record 654 million euros (about 772 million USD) in the Baltic states in 2025, up 114 million euros from a year earlier, the bank said Tuesday.
* Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, said Tuesday its adjusted earnings fell sharply to 11.8 billion rubles (150 million USD) in 2025 from 59 billion rubles in 2024.
* The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said it concluded a wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II crewed lunar mission on Tuesday, with the countdown halted due to a liquid hydrogen leak.
* The death toll from a collision between a Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) patrol vessel and a boat carrying migrants and refugees off the coast of Chios Island in the Aegean Sea on Tuesday night has risen to 15, according to local authorities.
