* Denmark's caretaker Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday that she has succeeded in forming a new four-party government following a 69-day coalition-building process, the longest in the country's history.
* Robert Abela, leader of Malta's Labour Party, took his oath of office as prime minister in Valletta on Monday. Malta's Electoral Commission published the full result of the general election last weekend.
* Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said Tuesday that the kingdom has delivered a formal notice to Thailand and to the UN secretary general to begin compulsory conciliation proceedings under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) concerning the overlapping maritime claims with Thailand.
* Russia carried out a large-scale overnight strike on Ukrainian defense industry facilities and military infrastructure in response to previous Ukrainian attacks, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
* France's actions in detaining the Russian vessel Tagor violate international law, and Moscow demands that Paris provide full information about its move, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.
* Latvia and Ukraine agreed on Monday to deepen cooperation in defense technology, energy security and economic development, with the two countries planning to sign a bilateral agreement on drone technologies.
* Armenian investigators have identified a suspect allegedly involved in preparing an assassination attempt against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, local media reported on Monday.
* European Council President Antonio Costa on Monday urged Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to accelerate key reforms required for European Union (EU) membership, saying the country is only a few steps away from opening accession negotiations and should seize the current momentum for enlargement.
* Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Monday that the country must transform its economy to fully reflect the principles of Pancasila, the country's founding state ideology.
* The New Zealand government said on Tuesday that it will impose travel bans on three extremist Israeli settlers, joining partners including Australia and the European Union. The sanctions target individuals accused of actively expanding illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, including through violence, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.
* Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan said Monday he will meet with U.S. authorities this week to discuss the designation of criminal organizations as international terrorist groups, a move that could ultimately threaten Brazil's financial sovereignty.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he believes the United States will have an agreement with Iran to extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz "over the next week."
* Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said an agreement between Iran and the United States must include an end to attacks on all fronts, especially Lebanon, the official news agency IRNA reported Tuesday.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump about the ongoing escalation in fighting on the Lebanese front, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News and other Israeli media outlets reported.
* Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has told the Trump administration that Hezbollah is prepared for a full and immediate ceasefire with Israel, and that he would guarantee its implementation, U.S. media outlet Axios reported Monday, citing Berri's top adviser Ali Hamdan.
* A spokesperson for the European Commission on Monday called on Israel to stop its military escalation in Lebanon and to respect Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
* Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani held a phone call on Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to discuss regional developments, according to Qatar's Foreign Ministry.
* Türkiye on Monday slammed Israel's expansion of its "occupation" in Lebanon, warning that it threatens regional stability and deepens the humanitarian crisis.
* Portuguese President Antonio Jose Seguro on Monday called for stronger efforts to protect vulnerable children, citing recent data showing that about 301,000 children were living in poverty in Portugal in 2024.
* Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has announced the government will ban children under 16 from accessing certain social media platforms to protect them from cyberbullying, online grooming and other digital threats, state media outlet PSM News reported on Monday.
* Eurozone consumers expect inflation to remain elevated after the Iran conflict triggered a sharp rise in oil and energy prices, said a survey from the European Central Bank (ECB) released on Monday.
* Indonesia's annual inflation rate rose to 3.08 percent in May 2026, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reaching 111.40, according to data released by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Tuesday.
* The Republic of Korea's consumer price inflation hit a 26-month high due to surging oil product prices driven by tensions in the Middle East, statistical ministry data showed Tuesday. The consumer price index (CPI) shot up 3.1 percent in May from a year earlier, marking the fastest gain since March 2024, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics.
* Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe has said the recent monetary policy tightening was aimed at preventing inflation from moving toward higher levels that could place heavier pressure on households.
* Russia's largest oil company, Rosneft, on Monday reported a 5.2 percent quarter-on-quarter increase in its oil refining to 18.9 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2026.
* Indonesia recorded a halal product trade surplus of 51.17 billion USD in 2025, supported by exports worth 63.42 billion dollars, Deputy Trade Minister Dyah Roro Esti Widya Putri said on Monday.
* The government of Ghana on Monday urged its nationals to avoid nonessential travel to South Africa amid growing attacks on African immigrants.
* Fear-driven travel restrictions imposed on African countries due to the current Ebola outbreak undermine transparency and disrupt critical health operations, Director General of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya has warned.
* Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reached 343, the country's Health Minister Roger Kamba said Monday, cited by the Congolese Press Agency (ACP), the country's official news outlet.
* Brazilian authorities on Monday ruled out a suspected Ebola case in Sao Paulo state after laboratory tests found no genetic material from the virus.
* The 35th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) opened in Vienna on Monday, with officials calling for stronger international cooperation and more agile criminal justice systems to address increasingly complex and evolving security threats.
* Australia's population reached 28 million on Tuesday, according to the national statistics bureau. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) estimated, based on growth trends, that the national population hit 28 million around 6 a.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, two years after the population surpassed 27 million people in 2024.
* The launchpad damaged in the recent explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket during an engine hot-fire test may not be restored until 2028, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said on Monday.
* An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted southern Italy at 2212 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 238.3 km, was initially determined to be at 39.26 degrees north latitude and 15.79 degrees east longitude.
