* The deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iran are meeting in Moscow next week, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday, ahead of planned talks between foreign ministers later.
* European Union countries will need to decide quickly on new funds to jointly procure ammunition for Ukraine, Estonia's Defence minister Hanno Pevkur said on Wednesday.
* Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in India on Wednesday seeking to strengthen the new momentum in ties between the two countries through deeper trade, investment and defence relations.
* Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday he will visit the United States to meet President Joe Biden after a trip to India this week.
* Sri Lanka's Election Commission announced on Tuesday that April 25 is the suitable date to hold local council elections.
* Iran vowed on Tuesday to stick to the path of diplomacy and negotiation as it continues to seek a conclusion to the stalled nuclear talks.
* Iran's Nour News said on Wednesday that Iran welcomes further negotiations with Saudi Arabia to normalize their bilateral ties after Riyadh sent a positive signal on the rapprochement talks on Tuesday.
* Belgium's crisis centre said on Wednesday that an attack on the Brussels metro was unlikely, after EU institutions and international embassies warned their employees of bombs threats in central Brussels.
* An international consortium with German participation signed an agreement with the Mauritanian government for a $34 billion green hydrogen project with an electrolyser capacity of up to 10 gigawatts, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) said on Wednesday.
* The Philippines' agriculture department on Wednesday confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever in central Cebu province, and has deployed response teams to detect the extent of infection.
* Trade turnover between Russia and the European Union grew 2.3 percent in 2022, reaching its highest level since 2014, RIA Novosti reported citing data from the Eurostat.
* Japan logged a record current account deficit in January, the government said in a report on Wednesday. According to the Finance Ministry, the current account deficit in the recording period stood at 1.98 trillion yen (14.4 billion USD).
* Brunei will increase its oil and gas production to a level approximately equivalent to 350,000 barrels per day in the long term, a government minister said Tuesday.
* The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) said Wednesday that Malaysia has attracted 264.6 billion ringgit (59.9 billion USD) approved investments in 2022.
* Thailand's investor confidence dropped in February but remained positive, which was boosted by a rebound in tourism, a survey showed Wednesday.
* Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said on Tuesday the energy industry needs considerable investment to meet rising global demand and ensure market stability as energy security concerns return to the fore.
* Voices from the Global South are an integral part of the ongoing global energy forum CERAWeek as speakers from the developing economies gather together with other world industry leaders.
* Myanmar exported more than 543,606 tons of green grams in nearly 11 months of the 2022-23 fiscal year beginning in April last year, the country's Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.
* Greece may resume rail passenger transport by the end of March once "absolute" safety is secured following the train network's suspension as a result of a deadly train crash, its transport minister said on Wednesday.
* Brazil received 868,587 foreign tourists in the first month of 2023, 14.7 percent more than before the COVID-19 pandemic and the highest number in the last four years, the Ministry of Tourism reported Tuesday.
* A helicopter belonging to the Indian navy on Wednesday made an emergency landing off the Mumbai coast, with three crew members on board rescued, according to the Indian navy.
* A local official said on Tuesday that 21 people, mostly women and children, were killed after a boat carrying 27 passengers capsized in the Red Sea off the coast of northwest Yemen.
