* Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said here on Tuesday that the kingdom will still pursue a compulsory conciliation mechanism under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), rejecting bilateral negotiations with Thailand to resolve the maritime dispute.
* Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez on Monday rejected the idea that her country could become another U.S. state, reaffirming Venezuela's sovereignty and independence.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that Mexico is sending a fifth ship with humanitarian aid to Cuba in response to the growing shortages faced by the Cuban people.
* The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that following the end of a ceasefire, the Russian Armed Forces have resumed their special military operation.
* Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that discussions in Europe on the need for dialogue with Russia were a positive development, though the situation is still at an initial stage.
* Ukraine and the United States have discussed the possibility of a leaders-level meeting on ways to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday.
* Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Tuesday that negotiations involving the United States, Greenland and Denmark are still underway, but no agreement has been reached.
* Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Europe should engage directly with Russia if U.S. policies on Russia and Ukraine no longer align with European interests, Finnish media reported on Monday, citing an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
* Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday urged further upgrading the country's weapon system to build stronger national defense.
* Visiting German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Monday that Germany and Ukraine plan to jointly produce drones with a strike range of up to 1,500 kilometers, the Ukrinform news agency reported.
* The European Union (EU) members on Monday agreed on new sanctions on Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians, after a months-long deadlock, according to a top EU diplomat.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the weeks-long ceasefire with Iran remains in effect but is on "massive life support," signaling that Washington will continue pursuing diplomacy with Tehran despite rejecting Iran's latest proposal.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he is considering restarting and expanding Project Freedom, a U.S. military operation to guide commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
* Pakistan on Tuesday rejected a media report alleging the presence of Iranian aircraft at Nur Khan Airbase for military purposes, calling the claims "misleading and sensationalized."
* Israel's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has urged the government to remove U.S. military aircraft from Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, warning that their presence is severely disrupting the country's civilian aviation sector, Israeli business daily Calcalist and Channel 12 News reported Monday.
* Indonesia is set to deploy more than 740 National Armed Forces personnel to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon later this month, local media reported on Tuesday.
* The Akcakale border crossing in southeast Türkiye's Sanliurfa province reopened on Tuesday, ending a 12-year closure, according to private news channel A Haber.
* According to the World Bank Group's latest Pacific Economic Update, regional economic growth is projected to slow to 2.8 percent in 2026.
* The Australian government on Tuesday unveiled its federal budget for 2026-27, projecting a deficit of 31.5 billion Australian dollars (about 22.76 billion USD) as it seeks to strengthen the economy amid global uncertainty.
* China's logistics sector showed signs of steady recovery in April, with several key indicators improving as industrial and supply chains continued to stabilize, data from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed on Monday.
* Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov said Tuesday that Kazakhstan aims to increase its non-resource exports to 52 billion USD under its Trade Policy Concept through 2030.
* Myanmar exported over 10,000 tons of fish in April, earning over 17.3 million USD, the state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Tuesday.
* At least 16 people were killed and 14 others wounded in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon overnight and into Tuesday, according to Lebanese security and medical sources.
* Iraq has resumed loading and exporting gas condensate shipments from Basrah Gas Company after a forced halt caused by the recent regional conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq's official al-Sabah newspaper reported Tuesday.
* Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said here Tuesday that while Iran maintains a state of military readiness, its main focus remains on achieving lasting peace, according to the official news agency IRNA.
* Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Tuesday that the group will continue fighting "regardless of how long it takes or how great the sacrifices," stressing that Hezbollah "will not return to the pre-March 2 phase."
* A senior Iranian lawmaker said on Tuesday that Tehran could consider enriching uranium to 90 percent purity if the country comes under attack again.
* The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in Lebanon despite the ceasefire, with attacks on health-related sites and the killing of paramedics, UN humanitarians said Monday.
* World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday said additional hantavirus cases could still emerge in the coming weeks following the evacuation of passengers from the outbreak-hit cruise ship MV Hondius, while stressing that the global public health risk remains low.
* Thailand has launched intensive screening measures for hantavirus among travelers arriving from South America, aiming to bolster public confidence and ensure safe international tourism, the Department of Disease Control said on Tuesday.
* The European Commission said Monday that it is coordinating and supporting national authorities' response to a hantavirus outbreak, while the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) assesses the risk to the general population in Europe as very low.
* Finland's government on Monday added the disease caused by the Andes virus to its list of hazardous communicable diseases, allowing authorities to impose quarantine measures to prevent any possible spread of the virus.
* A boat carrying 37 undocumented migrants sank off Pangkor Island on Malaysia's west coast, leaving 14 people still missing, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said on Tuesday.
* Russia successfully test-launched its latest Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Tuesday, TASS news agency reported.
* The Philippines temporarily banned the importation of live animals and animal products from Greece following confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the European country, the Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.
