* Jung Chung-rae, leader of the Republic of Korea's ruling Democratic Party (DP), resigned from his post on Wednesday. Jung announced his resignation during a party supreme council meeting at the National Assembly, saying he was stepping down as party leader after reflecting on his political career over the past few days.
* Right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori moved closer to Peru's presidency Tuesday as she maintained her lead in the official vote count by the National Office of Electoral Processes, with 99.859 percent of tally sheets counted as of Tuesday night.
* The Russian government and the defense ministry must roll out measures to mitigate the fallout from Ukrainian strikes against Russia's civilian infrastructure, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a video conference with members of the government on Tuesday.
* Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Tuesday attended a commissioning ceremony of its new-type multi-mission destroyer Choe Hyon at Nampho Port, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Wednesday.
* Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's 83rd task force, which was on a far-sea cadet training and visit mission, arrived at the port of Vladivostok on Tuesday, starting a four-day goodwill visit to Russia. The task force, comprising the PLA Navy's ships Qijiguang and Kunlunshan, docked at the port on Tuesday morning.
* The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a war powers resolution on Iran, restricting President Donald Trump from launching further military operations in Iran without congressional approval.
* The Mexican government will formally propose extending the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, for another 16 years during a virtual trilateral meeting scheduled for July 1, Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Tuesday.
* Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said at a joint press conference with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday that he will visit Iran next week to pay respects to late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and reaffirm Pakistan's solidarity with Iran.
* Indonesia is preparing to shut down around 800 underperforming state-owned enterprise (SOE) entities as part of a wider restructuring drive aimed at cutting losses and improving efficiency, President Prabowo Subianto has said.
* U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday that he has instructed the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to look into oil companies over not lowering gasoline prices in line with falling oil prices.
* Claims that BRICS is hatching plans to create an alternative currency to the U.S. dollar are "incorrect," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
* Ecuador has formally begun its withdrawal from the Unified System for Regional Compensation, or SUCRE, a payment mechanism created by countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) to facilitate trade among members without using the U.S. dollar.
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Türkiye and Poland are working to strengthen cooperation as two indispensable NATO allies within Europe's security and defense architecture.
* Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said Tuesday that the country's goal is to ensure that "not a single" illegal migrant remains in Georgia following a record number of deportations.
* Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) did not include Iran's ballistic missile program, stressing that the issue "was never on the table" and "never on the agenda" during the negotiations.
* International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Mariano Grossi signaled Wednesday that his inspectors would visit Iranian nuclear enrichment sites, according to media reports.
* U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday no country could impose tolls on ships using the Strait of Hormuz, as he began a visit to Gulf allies following recent "encouraging progress" in U.S.-Iran talks held in Switzerland, local media reported.
* Oman has announced the opening of temporary shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, the country's Maritime Security Center said on Wednesday in a social media post. In coordination with the International Maritime Organization, the toll-free corridor will be open to all vessels.
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday called for the establishment of a new regional security architecture in Western Asia and the Persian Gulf based on dialogue, mutual respect and cooperative engagement among regional states.
* President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday discussed the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) and regional security, local media reported.
* Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that the Israeli military will not withdraw from southern Lebanon, even if there is a demand from the United States.
* Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Wednesday that efforts are underway to consolidate the ceasefire in southern Lebanon, according to a presidency statement.
* Heavy damage and a fragile ceasefire are holding back most civilians from leaving displacement shelters for their homes in southern Lebanon, UN humanitarians said Tuesday.
* Afghanistan's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation has signed five cooperation agreements worth 5 million USD with leading domestic and international aid agencies to support returnee and internally displaced families, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
* The International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Tuesday announced an evacuation plan for more than 11,000 seafarers still stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.
* The oil price shock triggered by the war in the Middle East could reduce euro-area GDP growth by around 0.4 percentage points over the first year following the shock, according to a European Central Bank (ECB) study released on Wednesday.
* The Russian government is taking all necessary measures to ensure adequate fuel supplies to the domestic market and has developed a comprehensive package of measures to stabilize the situation, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday.
* The Irish government announced on Tuesday that it would allocate 377 million euros (429 million USD) from the Shared Island Fund during the 2027-2030 period to 12 new projects and programs aimed at strengthening cross-border cooperation and infrastructure across the island of Ireland.
* Hungary's central bank cut its base rate by 25 basis points to 6 percent on Tuesday, citing improved inflation prospects, easing geopolitical tensions and favorable developments in domestic financial markets.
* The Republic of Korea's births grew for 22 straight months, breaking away from the longstanding trajectory of low birth rate, statistical ministry data showed Wednesday. The number of newborn babies jumped 18.0 percent from a year earlier to 24,521 in April, continuing to rise since July 2024, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics.
* France has identified its first confirmed case of Ebola virus disease on its territory, French daily Le Parisien reported on Wednesday. The patient, a doctor who recently returned from an Ebola-affected area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tested positive for the virus, Le Parisien reported, citing the French Ministry of Health.
* The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 1,094 confirmed Ebola cases, including 277 deaths, in the current outbreak declared on May 15, with the World Health Organization (WHO) registering a record first-month caseload.
* Uganda has registered a new Ebola case, bringing the cumulative total of confirmed cases in the country to 20, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.
* A persistent and severe heatwave affected multiple European countries in late June. As the heat expanded from southwestern Europe into more northerly parts of the continent, countries in the north of Western Europe, including Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, also issued heat warnings and took response measures.
* About 68,000 households remain without electricity in the southwestern part of France's Finistere department following a major transformer incident caused by extreme heat, local authorities said Wednesday.
