* The results of Australia's general election have been finalized after the electoral commission completed a recount of votes in the tightest contest in the country.
* Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco, a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), was re-elected as president of Portugal's parliament on Tuesday.
* Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof announced the resignation of his government on Tuesday, saying that he will formally submit his resignation to the King.
* Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Latvia and Liberia were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday for a two-year term running from Jan. 1, 2026 to Dec. 31, 2027.
* Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron and the two leaders held bilateral talks on various issues, including trade, and relationships with the United States, according to Italian media.
* Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed efforts to end the war in Ukraine and broader regional developments during a phone call on Tuesday, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
* The Security Service of Ukraine said Tuesday that it has hit the Crimean Bridge for the third time using underwater explosives.
* The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi had warned of continued nuclear safety concerns in Ukraine, the Ukrainian TSN.ua media outlet reported Wednesday.
* The U.S. administration has pressed its trading partners via letters to submit their best offers by Wednesday, the White House confirmed Tuesday.
* The Czech Presidential Office announced on Tuesday evening that Dutch King Willem-Alexander will cut short his visit to the Czech Republic and return from Prague after Wednesday's program due to the political situation in his country.
* Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda met outgoing Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday to review bilateral ties and regional security, according to the Presidential Palace.
* The Latvian government on Tuesday approved the 2025 Implementation Plan for its Defense Industry and Innovation Support Strategy, prioritizing export-ready projects and military production.
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday condemned as "unacceptable" the U.S. visa restriction against Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
* China on Tuesday unveiled a document to further regulate the sharing of government data to enhance the country's digital governance capabilities and the effectiveness of public services.
* Bulgaria will foster stronger connections between science and business, with billions of leva to be invested in this direction, a government official said on Tuesday.
* Ecuador's National Assembly on Tuesday approved a constitutional change that would permit the establishment of foreign military bases in the country, a move proposed by President Daniel Noboa to bolster international cooperation against transnational crime.
* A total of 3,009 Afghan families with 12,724 members returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan from Sunday to Tuesday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems said Wednesday.
* New Zealand's population is set to exceed 6 million by 2040, driven mainly by migration, according to the statistics department Stats NZ on Wednesday.
* Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes overnight on southern Syria, targeting military positions in Quneitra and Daraa provinces, following reports of a projectile launched from western Daraa toward the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
* The supreme leader of the Afghan interim government Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada has condemned the ongoing military operations of Israel in the Gaza city of Palestine as a crime against humanity and strongly condemned it.
* Syria's foreign affairs authorities on Tuesday condemned Israeli artillery shelling in southern Daraa province as a "blatant violation of Syrian sovereignty," and urged international intervention to halt what they termed "escalating aggression."
* Yemen's Houthi movement said on Tuesday it launched a "hypersonic ballistic missile" targeting Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, claiming the attack disrupted airport operations and sent "millions of Israelis" to shelters.
* Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, met on Tuesday with a Syrian delegation headed by foreign affairs chief Asaad Hassan al-Shibani to discuss bilateral relations and avenues of cooperation, according to a statement issued by Qatar's Foreign Ministry.
* More than 165,000 people have fled increasing tensions and conflict in South Sudan in the past three months to seek safety both within the country and across borders, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
* The National Guard of Guinea-Bissau intercepted on Tuesday an improvised boat carrying 56 irregular migrants off the coast of Cacheu, in the north of the country, police sources reported.
* Indonesia has exported 128 tons of the amino acid product L-Tryptophan worth 900,000 USD from PT Cheil Jedang Indonesia (CJI)'s facility in Pasuruan city, East Java province, to China on Tuesday.
* Australia's economic growth slowed more than expected in the first three months of 2025, according to national accounts figures.
* Cambodia had exported 344,199 tons of milled rice in the first five months of 2025, earning a gross revenue of 252.3 million USD, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a news release on Wednesday.
* Business conditions in Singapore's private sector improved at the slowest pace since February, with the seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) easing to 51.5 in May from 52.8 in April, according to a report released Wednesday by S&P Global.
* Kazakhstan's domestic manufacturing output increased by 7.2 percent year-on-year in the first four months of 2025, Kazinform news agency reported on Tuesday.
* Myanmar aims to export 1.83 million tons of beans and pulses in the 2025-26 fiscal year, state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television reported on Wednesday. The country expects to earn 1.48 billion USD from these exports, the report said.
* Bangladesh's total goods export income in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year (FY) ending this month increased 10 percent year on year to nearly 45 billion USD.
* More than 25,000 people have been forced to evacuate from wildfires in Canada, local media reported on Tuesday. According to the reports, more than 9,000 people have been evacuated from northern Saskatchewan, as the province's premier Scott Moe said the number could reach 15,000 in the coming days.
