* Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana paid a state visit to Laos from Monday to Wednesday.
* The Republic of Korea (ROK)'s defense minister Ahn Gyu-back said Tuesday that the ROK has not received any official request from the United States to deploy warships to the Middle East, Yonhap News Agency reported.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said Israel "would never" use a nuclear weapon on Iran.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday complained that U.S. allies are reluctant to answer his call to join a White House-proposed multinational mission to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. forces have sunk all the Iranian mine-laying ships but it remains unclear if Iran has started laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil passes.
* Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev on Monday discussed the Middle East situation over phone with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
* Canada has no intention of joining the military operations against Iran, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday. In an interview with Bloomberg, Anand clarified Canada's position regarding recent regional escalations.
* Moldovan authorities have intensified emergency operations in the country's north after petroleum-based pollutants, originating from a damaged hydroelectric facility in Ukraine, entered the Dniester River and disrupted water supplies.
* The German government plans a massive expansion of data center capacity to avoid falling behind in the global technology race, a minister said on Tuesday.
* More than 20 drones have been shot down over Moscow since midnight Tuesday, the Russian news agency TASS reported.
* Slovakia expects the European Union (EU) to pressure Ukraine to resume the oil flow through the Druzhba pipeline, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday.
* Portugal will not take part in the ongoing conflict involving the United States and Iran, Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said on Monday.
* The European Union (EU) has no appetite for expanding its naval mission "Aspides" to the Strait of Hormuz, Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
* The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have unleashed an "unprecedented cycle of violence" in the Middle East, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
* Romania's Foreign Ministry said Monday that the country is not involved in the conflict in the Middle East, after Iran warned Bucharest over the possible use of Romanian bases by the United States.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel had killed Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in ongoing strikes on Iran.
* Hezbollah on Tuesday denied accusations by Kuwait's Interior Ministry that it was linked to cells or networks operating inside the Gulf state.
* The strategic stockpiles of missiles and drones within Iran and the Axis of Resistance remain highly abundant and sustainable, Abdul Qader al-Karbalaei, the military deputy of the Iraqi armed faction al-Nujaba Movement, said Tuesday.
* Eight nationals of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Palestine have been killed, and 157 residents of multiple nationalities have suffered minor to severe injuries in the UAE amid the recent escalating regional tensions, the UAE's Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
* A report released on Tuesday by the Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights said the Israeli government has accelerated the expansion of unlawful settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, displacing more than 36,000 Palestinians amid escalating violence by Israeli security forces and settlers.
* The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it launched a new wave of strikes on infrastructure across Tehran on Tuesday.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has roundly rejected having had any new contact with U.S. president's special envoy Steve Witkoff.
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday called for an end to the use of U.S. military bases in West Asia, which undermines Iran's relations with neighboring countries.
* An Israeli drone targeted a patrol of the Lebanese army in the village of Qaaqaaiyet al-Jisr in southern Lebanon on Tuesday morning, local media reported.
* Qatar's Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday that the civil defense teams were dealing with a minor fire in Doha's Industrial Area caused by falling debris from an intercepted missile, with no casualties reported.
* Facilities inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad's Green Zone caught fire after the embassy was attacked early Tuesday.
* Air defence systems of the United Arab Emirates(UAE) are responding to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran, authorities said on Tuesday.
* The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday that its air force destroyed the headquarters of the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guard Corps' (IRGC's) Navy in eastern Tehran. The headquarters, struck on Friday, was located within a large military compound, according to the Israeli military.
* Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Monday discussed the repercussions of the regional escalation and the situation in the Gaza Strip with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.
* Iran's Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Seyed Reza Salehi-Amiri said on Monday no damage has been caused to the country's depositories for protecting historical artifacts, according to the official news agency IRNA.
* The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have killed 226 women as well as 204 children, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Monday, citing Fatemeh Mohajerani, a government spokesperson.
* Skirmishes between Afghan and Pakistani troops left seven dead on the Pakistani side along the border in the eastern Khost province of Afghanistan on Monday night, provincial government spokesman Mustaghfar Gurbaz said.
* The total market capitalization at the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) touched 2.91 billion USD in 2025, said the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia's report released on Tuesday.
* Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Pakistan fell by 33 percent to 1.195 billion USD during the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY26), according to data from the State Bank of Pakistan.
* Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia, kept its benchmark interest rate (BI-Rate) at 4.75 percent following a two-day board of governors meeting amid rising global uncertainty due to conflict in the Middle East.
* Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose 4 percent year-on-year in February, easing from the 9.2 percent growth recorded in January, data released by Enterprise Singapore showed on Tuesday. Electronic NODX expanded 43.2 percent, while non-electronic NODX contracted 6.9 percent.
* Australia's central bank on Tuesday raised its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points for the second consecutive month.
* Retail oil prices in Cambodia continued to soar further for next three days due to the escalation of the Middle East conflict, the Ministry of Commerce said Monday midnight.
* The Brunei government will continue maintaining subsidies on essential commodities such as rice and fuel at their existing levels despite rising global living costs, a government minister said on Monday.
* The World Bank announced on Monday it has approved a 10.6 million USD grant to Uzbekistan to help the country repair its aging natural gas transmission system and reduce pipeline leaks.
* Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Monday his country will propose the continuation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on free trade and the elimination of tariffs when he meets with U.S. officials for the first round of bilateral discussions ahead of the trade treaty's review.
