* The Ukrainian parliament has received a resignation letter from Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said Monday. David Arakhamia, chairman of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, said that lawmakers would consider Svyrydenko's resignation letter at the next parliamentary meeting.
* Lithuania's new Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius and 14 ministers took office on Tuesday. The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday approved the new cabinet and its government program by 72 votes in favor, 29 against and four abstentions. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda signed a decree on July 6 approving the cabinet.
* Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday that it had thwarted a large-scale drone attack planned by Ukraine's Security Service against a strategic enterprise in the Moscow region.
* Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Tuesday that Bulgaria has no intention of joining the Coalition of the Willing that supports military aid to Ukraine, stressing that the Russia-Ukraine conflict cannot be resolved through military means.
* The Council of the European Union said on Tuesday that it had adopted a decision to formally conclude the Interim Agreement on Trade (ITA) between the European Union (EU) and Mexico, completing the EU's internal procedures for the agreement to enter into force.
* The Multinational Force for Ukraine (MNFU) will conduct joint military exercises in countries neighboring Ukraine "in the coming months," French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday. Macron unveiled the plan at a joint press conference following a summit of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris.
* The European Union (EU) on Monday announced a nearly 900-million-euro (about 1 billion USD) international package to support the early recovery of Gaza, while reaffirming financial backing for the Palestinian Authority and its reform efforts.
* The European Union(EU), Britain and Spain on Tuesday signed an agreement on Gibraltar's future status in Brussels, removing routine checks at the land border between Gibraltar and Spain.
* Thai authorities have closed over 351,000 "mule" bank accounts and frozen assets linked to criminal activity worth over 3.6 billion baht (about 107.74 million USD) as part of a crackdown on the financial networks behind online scams and other economic crimes, the government said on Monday.
* Cambodia has secured a 119-million-U.S.-dollar loan from Japan to fund the second phase of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port's new container terminal development project.
* The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on X that more than 50,000 U.S. service members are currently deployed across the Middle East as its forces have completed the latest wave of strikes on Iranian military targets.
* The United States launched another round of strikes against Iran on Monday, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The U.S. was targeting Iranian military assets including coastal surveillance systems, drone and missile capabilities, CNN quoted a U.S. official as saying.
* Iran will stop fulfilling its obligations if Washington continues violating commitments under last month's bilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU), Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday submitted bills to parliament proposing a 90-day extension of the country's martial law and general mobilization amid the lasting conflict with Russia.
* Indonesia is seeking to establish defense cooperation with Finland in cybersecurity and data protection as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral ties, the Indonesian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
* Thailand's Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Thailand said on Tuesday that the country is fully prepared to host the upcoming 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group.
* Cambodia secured 4.7 billion USD in fixed-asset investment projects during the first half of 2026, according to a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) press release issued Tuesday.
* More than 10.7 million women and girls in Afghanistan will require humanitarian assistance in 2026, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan said.
* Jordanian air defense systems intercepted and shot down four missiles that entered Jordanian airspace from Iranian territory early Tuesday.
* Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy said on Monday that the sovereignty of Arab states is a "red line" that must not be compromised.
* Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Monday he hopes talks scheduled to be held in Rome on Tuesday and Wednesday will lead to the start of an Israeli military withdrawal from southern Lebanon, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
* Global oil demand is forecast to grow by 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2026 year-on-year, said a report released on Monday by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
* The Republic of Korean government significantly revised up its 2026 economic growth outlook to 3.0 percent on Tuesday amid an unprecedented semiconductor export boom.
* Singapore's economy grew 5.7 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, advance estimates released on Tuesday showed, easing from the 6.3 percent growth recorded in the previous quarter.
* Brazil's financial market lowered its inflation forecast for 2026 from 5.30 percent to 5.16 percent and raised its forecast for 2027 from 4.18 percent to 4.20 percent, the Central Bank of Brazil said Monday.
* Afghanistan has signed trade agreements worth 446.6 million afghanis (about 7 million USD) with business delegations from Russia and Kazakhstan, the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment said on Tuesday.
* India's wholesale price index (WPI) rose to 9.87 percent in June, compared to 9.68 percent in May, data released by the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed on Tuesday.
* New Zealand business confidence improved in the June quarter as concerns over a global fuel shock eased amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, a survey showed on Tuesday.
* S&P Global Ratings has affirmed Indonesia's long-term sovereign credit rating at BBB with a stable outlook, citing the country's solid growth prospects, prudent macroeconomic policies and relatively low government debt despite global economic uncertainty.
* Kazakhstan's GDP expanded by 4.1 percent in the first half of 2026, Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov said Monday.
* The European Union's population is expected to peak at 453.3 million in 2029 before beginning a prolonged decline that would return it to levels last seen in the late 1970s by the end of the century, the European Commission said on Tuesday.
* Sri Lanka recorded nearly 120,000 fewer live births in 2025 than in 2015, according to data released by the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs.
* The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the fastest-growing ever recorded, with the majority of new infections now coming from unknown chains of transmission.
* The death toll in Sunday's deadly pub fire in the Chatuchak district in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, has risen to 30, with 75 people injured, according to the district's office on Tuesday morning.
* At least nine people were killed and 14 others injured after a residential house collapsed during heavy rain on Monday evening in the Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, rescue officials said.
* China's meteorological authority on Tuesday evening issued a yellow alert for rainstorms, warning of adverse weather conditions across multiple regions over the next 24 hours.
* The Bangladeshi government has stepped up emergency healthcare preparations in 11 flood-hit districts to ensure medical services continue uninterrupted, a minister said on Monday.
