* Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed a new cabinet under the leadership of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a royal command said on Tuesday.
* Nyam-Osor Uchral was appointed Mongolia's 35th prime minister on Monday after being nominated by the ruling Mongolian People's Party (MPP).
* Armenia's ruling Civil Contract has nominated Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as its candidate for the premiership in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Armenpress reported Monday. Armenia's next parliamentary elections are scheduled for June 7.
* The Iraqi parliament's presidency on Monday scheduled April 11 as the date for the session to elect the country's new president, amid a prolonged political deadlock.
* Russia will continue working on oil supplies to Cuba as the Caribbean island nation faces a severe energy shortage, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Ukraine is prepared to establish an Orthodox Easter ceasefire with Russia.
* U.S. President Donald Trump "would be quite interested" in calling on Arab countries to help pay for the costs related to the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump has told aides that he's willing to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday night, citing Trump administration officials.
* Chinese and Pakistani foreign ministers will strengthen strategic communication and coordination on the Iran situation and other international and regional issues of common interest, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire and a political solution to the escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf region during a video conference with counterparts from Gulf Arab states, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
* The Group of Seven (G7) on Monday called on international organizations to deepen their assessment of how the evolving situation in the Middle East could affect energy markets.
* The Spanish government has closed its airspace to all flights related to the U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran, including U.S. aircraft deployed in third countries such as the United Kingdom and France, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported Monday.
* More than 8,000 people signed a petition submitted Monday by Portugal's Left Bloc party, urging the government to ban the use of Lajes Air Base by the United States for military operations against Iran.
* Relevant Iranian institutes, including the parliament, are considering the country's withdrawal from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday the recent truce plan proposed by the United States contains "very excessive, unrealistic and unreasonable" demands.
* A ballistic missile launched from Iran was intercepted by NATO air and missile defense systems in the eastern Mediterranean after entering Turkish airspace on Monday, Türkiye's Defense Ministry said. It was the fourth such interception, the ministry said.
* Iran's parliament has kicked off a process to approve a plan to exercise smart management over the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Monday.
* Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday that it had hit an Israeli container ship in the Persian Gulf with ballistic missiles during a new wave of attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets, Tasnim news agency reported.
* Explosions were heard in Tehran, with power outages in parts of the capital, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.
* While docked at the Dubai Port in the United Arab Emirates, a Kuwaiti oil tanker caught fire after being attacked by Iranian forces on Tuesday, according to Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), a state-owned oil company.
* United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on Monday called for an immediate truce between Hezbollah and Israel, warning that prolonged conflict could cause irreversible damage to the country's stability and prosperity.
* French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Monday strongly condemned Israel over what he called "serious incidents" against the French contingent serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the Naqoura area.
* Japan's parliament on Monday enacted an 8.56 trillion yen (about 54 billion USD) stopgap state budget to cover expenditures for the first 11 days of fiscal 2026, which begins Wednesday.
* Republic of Korea on Tuesday unveiled an extra budget bill of 26.2 trillion won (17.1 billion USD) to tackle the Middle East crisis and support people's livelihood.
* Singapore residents will face higher electricity and town gas tariffs in the second quarter, with further increases likely later this year as the Middle East conflict drives up global fuel costs, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) said on Tuesday.
* India's factory activity growth, determined by the Index of Industrial Production, grew 5.2 percent in February, the government data showed Monday.
* German inflation in March rose to its highest level since January 2024, as a surge in energy prices driven by escalating tensions in the Middle East pushed up costs across the economy, official data showed on Monday.
* Jordan's Prime Minister Jafar Hassan on Monday ordered stricter controls on government spending and resource use across all public institutions.
* Israel's Energy Ministry announced Monday that the price of unleaded 95-octane gasoline will rise to 8.05 shekels (about 2.54 USD) per liter, up from 7.02 shekels, a 14.7 percent increase.
* New Zealand and fellow members of the Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership have pledged to work together to keep global supply chains open amid growing risks of disruption to trade flows, a senior New Zealand official said Tuesday.
* Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has underscored the urgent need to rebuild trust between citizens and government institutions, warning that national unity and long-term stability depend heavily on public confidence in governance systems.
* German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday announced that the country would provide over 200 million euros (about 229 million USD) this year to help the reconstruction of Syria.
* All 21 crew members of the motor vessel Nazila 05 were rescued alive by a joint search and rescue (SAR) team after the boat sank in waters north of Taliabu Island in Indonesia's North Maluku province, local authorities said on Tuesday.
* Pakistan will vaccinate more than 45 million children during its second nationwide polio eradication campaign of 2026, scheduled to run from April 13 to April 19, the National Emergency Operations Center (EOC) said on Monday.
* Dozens have died from measles and related complications so far this year in Bangladesh, as the highly contagious disease continues to spread in parts of the country.
* Mount Dukono in Indonesia's North Maluku province erupted on Tuesday morning, sending a column of volcanic ash up to 900 meters above its peak, Indonesia's geological agency reported.
* Fifty years after the first aerial survey of New Zealand's Southern Alps glaciers, scientists are reporting no reversal in the overall trend of ice loss despite a temporary reprieve from recent late snow and variable summer weather.
