* Republic of Korea's constitutional court said Thursday that it will decide whether to impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on March 24. The ruling on Han will be delivered at 10:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT) on March 24, the court said in a statement.
* Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday that China opposed the abuse of coercive diplomacy and urged the United States to immediately cease its blockade against Cuba and remove Cuba from its unilateral list of "state sponsors of terrorism".
* The White House said U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call on Wednesday agreed to "a partial ceasefire against energy" between Russia and Ukraine.
* Moscow and Washington intend to work toward gradually normalizing bilateral ties, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.
* Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 175 prisoners captured in the Ukraine conflict on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that while Kiev seeks a ceasefire, it will not accept any territorial concessions to Russia.
* Chinese authorities have issued a new guideline aimed at strengthening food safety supervision across the entire supply chain.
* Republic of Korea's rival political parties agreed Thursday on national pension reform plans amid chronic worry about the pension fund depletion. The ruling People Power Party and the main opposition Democratic Party agreed to raise the pension contribution rate from the current 9 percent to 13 percent.
* Unredacted documents related to the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy (JFK) were released by the Donald Trump administration on Tuesday. Currently, about 2,200 files consisting of over 63,000 pages were posted on the website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
* The European Commission on Wednesday introduced a comprehensive plan to enhance the European Union's (EU) defense capabilities, aiming to bolster military readiness and reduce reliance on non-EU allies amid uncertainty over future U.S. support for NATO.
* Canada is engaging in discussions with the European Union (EU) to reduce its dependence on the United States for defense procurement, a senior Canadian government official confirmed on Wednesday, AP reported on Thursday.
* The Dutch parliament adopted several motions on Wednesday aimed at reducing reliance on United States cloud services and boosting investments in Dutch and European alternatives.
* An action plan designed to strengthen the competitiveness of Europe's steel and metals industry kicked off on Wednesday, the European Commission has announced.
* The U.S. Defense Department plans to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs through firings, resignations and a hiring freeze in the coming months, local media reported on Tuesday.
* Up to 40 migrants are believed to have died after their boat capsized in rough seas in the central Mediterranean, while another 10 were rescued, Italian authorities and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
* The United Nations is attempting to determine the cause of a fatal explosion, which left one UN worker dead and five others severely wounded, on Wednesday at UN guesthouses during the renewed Israeli bombing in Gaza, a UN spokesman said.
* A new round of U.S. airstrikes struck Yemen's capital Sanaa on Wednesday evening, wounding at least nine people, including seven women and two children, according to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
* The Israeli military intercepted a missile launched by militants in Yemen, which triggered sirens across central and southern Israel, including Tel Aviv, early on Thursday.
* Yemen's Houthis claimed that they had attacked Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv with a long-range ballistic missile on Thursday morning.
* Lebanese President Joseph Aoun confirmed on Wednesday that Israel has refused all Lebanese proposals to vacate five occupied hills in southern Lebanon and replace its forces with international troops, the National News Agency reported.
* Israel has launched a "targeted ground operation" in central and southern Gaza, aiming to create a buffer zone between the northern and southern parts of the Palestinian enclave, the military said in a statement on Wednesday.
* At least 71 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting residential areas across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Thursday, one official said.
* Germany on Wednesday delivered 32 trucks to the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO) to join its convoy for aid delivery to Gaza.
* Lebanon closed illegal border crossings with Syria in the east and north of the country on Wednesday.
* China has seen more than 2.04 million new e-bikes sold under its consumer good trade-in program as of Tuesday, generating 5.61 billion yuan (about 783 million USD) in new sales of such bikes, according to the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates as his tariff policies would impact the U.S. economy.
* The African Epidemic Fund has become operational, providing the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) with flexible funding to support countries across the continent in outbreak preparedness and response.
* Climate change experts convened in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Wednesday to discuss ways to bridge the climate finance gap in Africa.
* Argentina's economy contracted 1.7 percent in 2024, as the government's austerity measures hit consumption and investment, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses said Wednesday.
* Brazil's central bank on Wednesday raised its annual benchmark Selic interest rate from 13.25 percent to 14.25 percent, marking its fifth consecutive hike since the monetary tightening cycle began in August.
* Small and medium-sized enterprises now employ 74 percent of Uzbekistan's workforce, according to a statement by the Uzbek President's press service on Wednesday.
* Uganda on Wednesday discharged the last two remaining Ebola patients, starting a 42-day countdown to declare the end of the latest outbreak if no new cases are recorded, the country's health authorities announced.
