* Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled on Tuesday a new cabinet. The new cabinet, Carney's second but his first since being elected, includes a core group of 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of state.
* Peruvian Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen submitted his resignation Tuesday, hours before Congress was set to debate at least three motions seeking his removal.
* Dutch politician Pieter Omtzigt, founder of the New Social Contract (NSC) party and a key figure in the ruling coalition, announced his departure from national politics on Tuesday, citing a "toxic" political climate in the Netherlands.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday highlighted the role of UN peace operations and called for more support from member states.
* The General Office of the State Council of China has unveiled its legislative agenda for 2025, with a focus on strengthening legislation in key sectors, emerging industries, and areas involving foreign affairs.
* Laos is conducting a feasibility study on developing Lao national blockchain and digital assets to support the national digital economy vision, generate new government revenue, and cultivate expertise in connected data technology and digital assets.
* Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Tuesday that no investment in e-cigarette production would be licensed in the Southeast Asian country.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at lowering drug prices, demanding that drug companies offer prices for prescription drugs comparable to those in other developed nations.
* China will adjust tariffs on imported U.S. products from 12:01 p.m. Wednesday, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced on Tuesday.
* The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday attended a combined tactical drill of special operations, training matches and joint fire demonstrations, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday.
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his support for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Ankara on Tuesday, according to the Turkish presidency.
* U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday, kicking off his visit to the Middle East amid calls for Washington to play a role in facilitating regional stability.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday secured a 600-billion-USD investment commitment from Saudi Arabia in Riyadh and vowed to lift sanctions on Syria.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not meet with any Russian official other than President Vladimir Putin in Turkey, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Tuesday, citing Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak.
* Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto emphasized on Tuesday that fostering cooperation between East and West can bring long-term economic and technological benefits.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday criticized the U.S. decision to suspend the import of live Mexican cattle for 15 days, calling the measure unjustified and demanding mutual respect in bilateral relations.
* Canadian-resident return trips from the United States continued to decline in April, Statistics Canada said Monday. According to the national statistical agency, return trips by automobile from the United States totaled 1.2 million in April, a steep decline of 35.2 percent from the same month in 2024, marking the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year declines.
* Ukraine on Tuesday delivered to the United States an official note confirming the completion of its internal procedures for a bilateral natural resources deal, which would establish a joint investment fund for Ukraine's reconstruction, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
* Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic reaffirmed his country's commitment to European integration on Tuesday, as European Council President Antonio Costa visited Belgrade and called on Serbia to seize the opportunity to advance on its European path.
* Speaker of Bulgarian parliament Nataliya Kiselova on Tuesday rejected the proposal by President Rumen Radev to hold a referendum on the country's adoption of the euro, the parliament said in a press release.
* Libya's Acting Foreign Minister Taher Al-Baour stressed on Tuesday the Libyan government's commitment to restoring stability in the country, a day after violent clashes erupted in the capital Tripoli.
* Malian political parties and politically affiliated organizations have been dissolved, according to a presidential decree read Tuesday on Mali's national television by Mamani Nassire, the Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of Political Reforms and Support for the Electoral Process.
* New Zealand recorded a net migration gain of 26,400 in the year to March 2025, a sharp drop from 100,400 the previous year, according to the statistics department Stats NZ on Wednesday.
* Finland will convert its railway gauge to the European standard to boost military mobility, regional connectivity and security, Transport Minister Lulu Ranne announced on Tuesday.
* Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Tuesday that the U.S. new sanctions on Tehran run against bilateral nuclear talks, reported the Iranian Students' News Agency.
* An Israeli drone strike killed a Hezbollah member riding a motorcycle in the southern Lebanese village of Houla on Tuesday, according to Lebanese security and official sources, as tensions persist along the Israel-Lebanon border despite a ceasefire.
* Israel's military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen on Tuesday evening, amid a renewed wave of cross-border attacks by Yemen's Houthi group.
* Seventeen Palestinian children returned to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after completing their treatment in Jordan, the state-run Petra news agency reported.
* Germany is expected to lag behind other major global economies in 2025, with its economic output projected to contract by 0.2 percent, according to a forecast released Tuesday by the German Economic Institute (IW).
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to disburse the next two tranches of its 4.7 billion USD loan package for Bangladesh, amounting to 1.3 billion USD, in June.
* The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Ivorian government to establish a representative office in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire.
* Malaysia, the world's second-largest palm oil producing country after Indonesia, saw its palm oil stocks rise in April amid increased production, official data showed Tuesday.
* Namibia has set a national target to connect more than 200,000 households to the grid by 2030 to improve the standard of living and promote inclusive economic development, a senior official said Tuesday.
* A forest fire has devastated at least 7,300 hectares of land in the eastern Mongolian province of Khentii, according to the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday.
* Kazakhstan is expected to face hot and dry weather conditions across much of the country in May, raising concerns about potential drought, the country's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Yerlan Nysanbayev said on Monday.
* A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted 137 km West of Neiafu, Tonga at 17:15 local time (0415 GMT) on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
* An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 15 km S of Fry, Greece at 22:51:16 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 78.4 km, was initially determined to be at 35.28 degrees north latitude and 26.94 degrees east longitude.
* At least 21 people died and 10 others were hospitalized after consuming spurious liquor in the northern Indian state of Punjab, police said.
