* Bulgarian President Rumen Radev announced on Monday that he will submit his resignation on Tuesday, paving the way for his eligible participation in the country's upcoming snap parliamentary elections.
* Cape Verde will hold legislative elections on May 17 and a presidential election on Nov. 15, President Jose Maria Neves announced on Monday following a meeting of the Council of the Republic, an advisory body to the head of state.
* China will continue to implement a more proactive fiscal policy in 2026, summarized as expanding total volume, optimizing structure, enhancing efficiency, and strengthening momentum, Vice Minister of Finance Liao Min said Tuesday.
* The Lao government has introduced stricter measures to prevent forest fires and reduce PM2.5 levels to protect public health and livelihoods across the country.
* New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Monday outlined his National Party-led government's plan to "build the future" through continued economic, education, and planning reforms.
* French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced Monday that he would resort to Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows legislation to be adopted without a parliamentary vote, to break the 2026 state budget deadlock.
* Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced on Monday the results of a counternarcotics operation over the last three months, including the seizure of over 330 million methamphetamine pills and 1.1 tons of crystal meth.
* Russia-China relations are unprecedented in their level and depth, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told an annual press conference in Moscow on Tuesday.
* Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Monday reaffirmed that the U.S. latest statements, including the tariff threats, will not change Greenland's firm stance in defending its right to decide its own future.
* U.S. President Donald Trump posted an image of himself placing the U.S. flag on the territory of Greenland on Tuesday on his social media platform Truth Social.
* North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Monday its aircraft will soon arrive at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland to support a series of "long-planned NORAD activities."
* European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark must be "unequivocally" respected, stressing that the issue is of "utmost importance" to the transatlantic relationship as U.S. tariff threats add fresh strain to ties.
* German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday stressed the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity regarding the Greenland issue, adding that "we want to hold our ground as a country and as a continent."
* Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store on Monday confirmed that he has received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, in which the latter dismissed any obligation "to think purely of peace" and reaffirmed his desire to control Greenland.
* European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas said on Monday that Europe has no interest in picking a fight with the United States, but has a range of tools at its disposal to protect its interests.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on late Monday threatened to impose a 200 percent tariff on French wines and champagnes.
* Hungary and Austria are jointly protecting the external borders of the Schengen area and cooperating to curb illegal migration, Hungarian Minister of Interior Sandor Pinter said on Monday after talks with his Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner in Budapest.
* Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday announced three days of official mourning following a train crash in southern Spain that has killed at least 40 people.
* UN humanitarians on Monday expressed concern over the holding of the Oct. 10 Gaza ceasefire and the obstacles to aid distribution.
* The first session of the Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity opened on Monday. The conference scheduled for 2028 and 2029 is tasked to draft a convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.
* Electricity supply to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been restored through two high-voltage external power lines, Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom said Monday. According to a statement by Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, power supply to the plant has been resumed via the Ferosplavna-1 line, alongside the Dniprovska line.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a sharp warning to Iran here on Monday, vowing an unprecedented military response should Tehran attack Israel.
* Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh on Monday stressed the importance of maintaining a political and legal link between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, calling for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to resume its full responsibilities in Gaza.
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called for a swift and full implementation of the new ceasefire and integration agreement signed by the Syrian interim authority and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
* The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday categorically rejected allegations that weapons, explosives, and so-called "secret prisons" linked to the UAE had been discovered at an airport in Yemen.
* Hamas said Monday that it is "fully ready" to transfer administrative powers to a newly-formed Palestinian technocratic committee tasked with governing Gaza in the post-war phase.
* At least 26 people were killed during intense clashes between armed factions in Colombia's Guaviare department, the Colombian army said Monday.
* The trade volume between China and the five Central Asian countries exceeded 100 billion USD in 2025, a record high, which demonstrates robust momentum of bilateral cooperation, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday revised its estimate of India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the current financial year (April 2025-March 2026) upward to 7.3 percent, from its earlier prediction of 6.6 percent.
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised on Monday Türkiye's growth rate forecast to 4.2 percent for 2026 and 4.1 percent for 2027, according to an update to its World Economic Outlook.
* Cambodia exported garments, shoes, and travel goods totally worth 15.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, a year-on-year rise of 15.7 percent, said a Ministry of Commerce's report obtained on Monday.
* The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday said it has rescued a male survivor from a motorboat carrying 15 people that went missing in waters off Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines.
* The death toll from a massive fire at a multi-storey commercial building in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi has risen to 26, while 74 people are still missing, officials said on Tuesday.
* An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted Papua New Guinea Region at 0722 GMT on Tuesday , the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 104.8 km, was initially determined to be at 5.33 degrees south latitude and 145.93 degrees east longitude.
