* Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal submitted his resignation to parliament on Tuesday. Shmyhal has served as the Ukrainian prime minister since March 2020.
* The Lao government is working to integrate the national citizen database and identity card systems across all ministries and state agencies, aiming to usher in a new era of digital governance that enhances public administration, service delivery, and national development planning.
* Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has ordered authorities to root out all online scam centers across the country, warning that any officials who obstruct crackdown operations could be fired.
* Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. approved the proposed 6.793 trillion pesos (roughly 119.82 billion USD) budget for 2026, Presidential Communications Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Tuesday.
* Russia on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's 50-day ultimatum to agree to an Ukraine ceasefire, dismissing the threat of "severe tariffs" as unacceptable.
* Russia remains ready for further talks with Ukraine but has not received proposals for a meeting from Kiev, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday Ukraine should not target Moscow, following a report stating that he had encouraged Kiev to escalate deep strikes into Russian territory, according to media reports.
* The European Union (EU) failed to approve a new round of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, as the move was blocked by Slovakia over concerns related to energy security, according to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas.
* The Czech Republic will not join the purchase of U.S. weapons for Ukraine at this time, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Tuesday.
* The Dutch government has issued a policy paper urging the European Union to take coordinated action to reduce its dependence on non-EU cloud service providers, warning of the mounting risks to digital sovereignty and national security.
* U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that a 19 percent tariff will be imposed on imports from Indonesia while the United States will pay nothing, local media reported. He also said the United States will have full access to Indonesia.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he planned to place over 10 percent tariffs on smaller countries, not least those in Africa and the Caribbean.
* The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced Tuesday that it will open an investigation into Brazil's trade policies under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday called on the United States to do more to curb drug and arms trafficking across the border as Washington threatens tariff hikes on Mexico.
* The U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday ordered 2,000 of the roughly 4,000 California National Guard members deployed in the Los Angeles area to return to their home commands.
* A total of 2,313 young men have joined Afghan security forces after completing military training over the past two days, the defense ministry said.
* The Indonesian government has set an ambitious target to achieve milk self-sufficiency by 2029 and plans to import 1 million dairy cows over the next five years, according to Agung Suganda, director general of animal husbandry and animal health at the Ministry of Agriculture.
* Hamas-Israel indirect talks are continuing in Doha without a set timeframe for their conclusion, Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari said Tuesday.
* Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said in Ramallah on Tuesday that political contacts and efforts are ongoing with various parties to recover the withheld tax revenues from Israel.
* The Arab League condemned on Tuesday recent Israeli plans to confine Palestinians to a "humanitarian city" in the southern Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Arab League affirmed that this plan "bears no relation to civility or humanitarian principles," emphasizing that the proposal reflects an "ethical decline of the occupation."
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned over the continued violence in the Druze-majority area in Suweida governorate in southern Syria, which has resulted in dozens of casualties, including among civilians, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN chief, on Tuesday.
* Syrian defense authorities on Tuesday declared a complete ceasefire in the southern province of Sweida following days of deadly clashes between local Druze armed factions, Bedouin tribes, and the interim government's forces, according to the defense authorities' chief Murhaf Abu Qasra.
* UN humanitarians said Tuesday they are gravely concerned by escalating fighting in Sudan, mainly attacks in North Kordofan State.
* Global merchandise trade volume posted strong growth in the first quarter of 2025, but the pace of expansion is expected to slow later in the year, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Tuesday.
* The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced on Tuesday that it will maintain its previous forecasts for global oil demand growth in 2025 and 2026, as well as forecasts for the global economy.
* New Zealand and Malaysia have launched a joint initiative to boost trade in premium halal meat, building on New Zealand's strong halal processing reputation.
* Foreign nationals made 38.05 million cross-border trips to and from China in the first half (H1) of 2025, up 30.2 percent year on year, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) said on Wednesday.
* India's cumulative exports (merchandise and services) during April-June 2025 were estimated at 210.31 billion USD, a growth of 5.94 percent year on year, showed the official data released by the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday.
* Republic of Korea's employment rose for the sixth consecutive month due to an expansion in elderly jobs, statistical office data showed Wednesday.
* Sri Lanka aims to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) worth 1.8 billion USD in 2025, a senior official told the media on Wednesday.
* Kazakhstan's crude oil output in the first half of 2025 rose 11.6 percent year on year to 49.9 million tonnes, Kazinform news agency reported Tuesday.
* Indonesia recorded a carbon trading volume of 1,599,326 tons of CO₂e with a transaction value of 77.95 billion rupiah (around 4.79 million USD) since the launch of the Carbon Exchange (IDXCarbon) on Sept. 26, 2023 to July 11, 2025, the Indonesia Stock Exchange said on Tuesday.
* The government of Cote d'Ivoire on Monday launched a nationwide malaria vaccination campaign for nearly 420,000 children aged six to 23 months across the country's 115 health districts.
* The search for 17 missing victims from a passenger ship that sank in Indonesia's Bali Strait on July 2 has been extended, according to Ribut Eko Suyanto, deputy for search and rescue operations at the National Search and Rescue Agency. In a statement issued Tuesday, Suyanto announced that the operation would be extended for an additional seven days.
* Typhoon Nari crossed the Hokkaido coast on Tuesday, the first landfall by a typhoon on Japan's northern main island since 2016, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
