* Some 167,478 Cambodian evacuees have so far returned to their homes, Cambodia's Ministry of Interior said in a press release on Thursday.
* Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in a TV broadcast on Thursday that he is ready if Washington wants serious negotiations on an agreement to combat drug trafficking.
* Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday evening rebuked renewed talk of acquiring Greenland, saying that Denmark's "closest ally" should not treat another country and its people as something to be bought and owned.
* The United States has revised downward proposed new tariffs on several brands of Italian pasta, Italy's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. In a statement, the ministry said the U.S. Department of Commerce had issued preliminary assessments on anti-dumping duties for the products ahead of the official conclusion of an anti-dumping investigation expected on March 11.
* A total of 41,472 migrants arrived on British shores in small boats in 2025, marking the second-highest annual figure on record, government data released on Thursday showed. That figure represents a 13 percent increase compared with 2024, and is 9 percent lower than the all-time high of nearly 46,000 recorded in 2022.
* Around 40 people were killed and more than 110 others injured after a fire broke out at a bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort in Valais Canton in southwestern Switzerland, local police said on Thursday.
* The visa-free regime between Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and China has significantly boosted people-to-people exchanges in trade, economy, academia and tourism, while strengthening bilateral practical cooperation, Zarko Laketa, director of the Service for Foreigners' Affairs of BiH, said in an interview with Xinhua on Wednesday.
* Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema on Thursday announced the formation of a new government comprising 31 members. The cabinet reshuffle follows legislative and local elections held in late 2025.
* More than 1,800 UN peacekeepers have left southern Lebanon since early November 2025, with over 300 more set to exit by May 2026, a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) official said on Thursday.
* The Saudi-backed Yemeni government on Friday announced the launch of a military operation against the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the southeastern oil-rich province of Hadramout, said provincial Governor Salem Al-Khanbashi.
* The death toll of a New Year drone strike on a cafe and a hotel in the Kherson region rose to 27 on Friday, including two children, Russia's Investigative Committee announced.
* Sri Lanka's national cyber response body has recorded more than 12,650 complaints related to social media misuse and cyber incidents in 2025, indicating growing public exposure to online risks.
* Singapore's economy grew 5.7 percent year on year in the fourth quarter of 2025, accelerating from a 4.3 percent expansion in the previous quarter, advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry showed on Friday.
* The Port of Colombo recorded its highest container throughput on record in 2025, handling 8.29 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), according to Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA).
* Electricity consumption supplied through the public grid reached its highest level ever in Portugal's National Electricity System (SEN) in 2025, according to data released on Thursday by Redes Energeticas Nacionais (REN), Portugal's national power grid operator.
* Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Thursday that the country's oil revenues for 2025 reached 21.9 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent.
* At least seven people were killed and 96 others rescued after a boat allegedly carrying more than 200 irregular migrants capsized around midnight on Wednesday off the coast of The Gambia's North Bank Region, authorities said Thursday.
* The United States reported more than 2,000 measles cases in 2025, the highest annual total since 1992, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
* Japan's agriculture ministry said on Friday that it has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Miyazaki Prefecture in southern Japan, marking the country's first case in 2026 and the 13th outbreak this season.
* Brunei is currently experiencing the northeast monsoon season, which is expected to persist until March 2026, according to the Brunei Meteorological Department.
