* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday Israel accepts a ceasefire proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and has achieved its war goals against Iran.
* Iran's Press TV said Tuesday that ceasefire begins following waves of Iranian attacks on Israel. Early Tuesday, Israel's military said it was working to intercept Iranian missiles launched "a short while ago," without specifying the exact time of the attack.
* The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) held a key meeting focusing on economy from Saturday to Monday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday.
* Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday visited thousands of citizens who voluntarily evacuated to a safety center in Preah Vihear province after a recent military clash with Thailand.
* Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced on Monday that Thailand will tighten its border controls with neighboring Cambodia to combat transnational crime.
* Republic of Korean President Lee Jae-myung stressed the need to build peace on the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday, a day before marking the 75th anniversary of the Korean War. Lee told a cabinet meeting that security issues cannot be overemphasized.
* Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has formally asked the Senate impeachment court to dismiss the complaint filed against her, citing a constitutional violation.
* Pakistan has extended the closure of its airspace to Indian aircraft for another month, the Pakistan Airports Authority announced on Monday.
* China has earmarked 300 million yuan (about 41.8 million USD) of central government funding to support local authorities in dealing with natural disasters and carrying out emergency rescue efforts, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Monday.
* The governments of Indonesia and Russia have strengthened strategic cooperation in the sports sector, Indonesian Minister of Youth and Sports Ario Bimo Nandito Ariotedjo said in a statement issued on Monday.
* The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted limits on the Trump administration's deportation of immigrants to "third countries."
* Hungary will seek to block Ukraine's integration into NATO and the European Union (EU) at key summits of the two Western blocs this week, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a social media post on Monday evening.
* NATO's annual summit opened Tuesday in The Hague under tight security, with leaders of member states expected to approve a proposed defense spending target of 5 percent of GDP.
* Canada and the European Union on Monday signed the Security and Defence Partnership in Brussels, Belgium, according to a news release on the official website of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
* Slovakia won't support any increase in spending on the purchase of weapons systems above the 2025 level in the 2026 state budget, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply alarmed by Iran's missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar, said his spokesman on Monday.
* Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said on Monday the legislature is moving to approve a plan to suspend Tehran's cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog, as tensions intensify with the United States and Israel.
* Iran's atomic chief said on Tuesday that no pause would take place in the country's nuclear activities, according to state-run IRIB news agency.
* China is paying close attention to the development of the situation in the Middle East, does not want tensions to repeatedly escalate, and hopes that a ceasefire can be achieved between Israel and Iran at an early date, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said here Tuesday.
* European leaders have voiced deep concern over the escalating conflict in the Middle East, following a series of military strikes that have intensified fears of a wider regional war.
* Qatar's air defense systems intercepted 18 of 19 Iranian ballistic missiles targeting the Al Udeid Air Base, which hosts U.S. forces, the Qatari Ministry of Defense announced Monday. One missile impacted inside the base without causing any casualties or material damage.
* The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) announced Tuesday morning that it has reopened its airspace to international air traffic, citing improved security conditions following days of the Israel-Iran conflict.
* The military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday accused the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group of killing at least 17 civilians in an attack in the country's volatile eastern region.
* Around 1,500 Afghan refugee families returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, from neighboring Pakistan and Iran in a single day on Monday, according to the Bakhtar news agency on Tuesday.
* Russia is not in a recession but is undergoing a steady economic slowdown after a period of overheating, a senior Bank of Russia official said Tuesday.
* The British government on Monday unveiled a comprehensive 10-year Industrial Strategy designed to tackle long-standing structural challenges facing British industry, including high energy costs and lengthy delays in electricity grid connections.
* Average retail rice prices in Japan have dropped to the 3,000-yen (about 20.6 USD) range per 5 kg for the first time in about three months, official data showed.
* The Bangladeshi interim government has signed an agreement with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for a 400-million-USD budget support loan.
* Indonesia's Southeast Sulawesi Province exported 98 tons of marine and fishery products worth over 28 trillion rupiah (around 1.72 billion USD) to the United States and Thailand on Tuesday.
* The National Bank of Belarus said on Monday that it will raise its key rate from 9.5 percent to 9.75 percent. Starting June 25, the refinancing rate will amount to 9.75 percent.
* Peru's mining exports reached 17.211 billion USD in the first four months of 2025, up by 23 percent from the previous year, the National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy said Monday.
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the disbursement of 1.3 billion USD to Bangladesh soon following completion of the third and fourth reviews under its 4.7 billion dollars loan package for the South Asian nation.
* South Africa has officially launched its foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccination drive, as outbreaks of the disease have been confirmed in four provinces of the country, said a senior government official on Monday.
* The death toll in the recent floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province has risen to 95, as search and recovery efforts continue, local authorities reported on Monday.
* An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 hit waters off southeastern Philippines on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
* A 41-year-old woman from northwestern Cambodia's Siem Reap province has been confirmed for H5N1 human avian influenza, raising the number of cases to seven so far this year, the Ministry of Health said in a statement Monday night.