* The center-right Democratic Alliance, led by incumbent Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, won the most seats in Portugal's parliamentary elections Sunday, according to official results.
* Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan garnered 53.6 percent of the vote in Sunday's presidential run-off, according to final results released by the Central Election Bureau (BEC) on Monday.
* Chairman of Sudan's ruling Transitional Sovereign Council (TSC) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, also the army chief, on Monday issued a constitutional decree appointing Kamil Idris as the new prime minister, the TSC's media office said in a statement.
* Thailand and Indonesia officially agreed to elevate their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership on Monday, during the first official visit by an Indonesian leader to Thailand in 20 years.
* The two-day "Russia-China Forum" opened on Monday in the Russian city of Khabarovsk, attracting more than 3,000 participants, including entrepreneurs, government officials, industry experts and scholars from both countries.
* The 2025 SCO (the Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Forum on Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development opened Tuesday in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
* Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said on Monday that Norway seeks to continue developing bilateral trade with China and engage in cooperation on major global issues such as artificial intelligence (AI) governance and climate change.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said his telephone conversation Monday morning with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "went very well." Trump made the remarks in a social media post after the two-hour phone call about the war in Ukraine, saying Russia and Ukraine would start a negotiation in which the conditions could only be set by the two sides themselves.
* Russia is ready to work on a memorandum with Ukraine, which could include a potential ceasefire, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the press after his call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday.
* Moscow is prepared for long-term work focused on reaching a settlement of the Ukraine crisis, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. He confirmed that the Russian side is ready to engage in detailed and potentially long-term work to solve the crisis, adding that "the settlement involves a large number of nuances that need to be discussed."
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Ukraine is considering the possibility of holding a high-level meeting with Russia, the United States, and European countries, the Ukrinform news agency reported.
* The European Union (EU) approved its 17th package of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on social media platform X.
* The U.S. Department of State is taking steps to impose visa restrictions on owners, executives, and senior officials of travel agencies based and operating in India for knowingly facilitating illegal immigration to the United States.
* The Hungarian National Assembly has voted in favor of the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on Tuesday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump's tax-cut bill passed a key congressional committee vote on Sunday, paving the way for a chamber-wide vote. The bill passed in a 17-16 vote along party lines, with four Republican conservatives at the House Budget Committee, who had previously blocked the bill, allowing it to advance by voting "present."
* The British Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has summoned Iran's ambassador in response to a diplomatic tension following charges against three Iranian nationals under the National Security Act.
* French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that some 20 billion euros (22.49 billion USD) in new investments were confirmed during the eighth Choose France International Business Summit, held at the Palace of Versailles.
* The Indonesian Ministry of Trade plans to increase exports of food, beverages, and agricultural products to Asian markets as part of its efforts to meet the national export target, a minister said on Monday.
* A total of 16,930 foreigners from 53 countries and regions were granted Mongolian electronic visas in the first four months of 2025, marking a 0.4 percent decrease compared to the same period in 2024, local media reported on Tuesday, citing Mongolia's Immigration Agency (MIA).
* All 30 people on board an Indonesian-registered vessel were rescued on Tuesday after it capsized in waters northeast of Pedra Branca, within Singapore's maritime search and rescue region, authorities said.
* The UN relief chief on Monday welcomed the temporary lifting of an 11-week aid blockade on Gaza by Israel, but cautioned that the amount of aid into Gaza is too little.
* Britain, France and Canada said on Monday that "if Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid," they will take further concrete actions.
* At least 64 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Tuesday, said Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza.
* Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Tuesday warned the United States against making "nonsensical" remarks regarding Tehran's uranium enrichment during the ongoing indirect nuclear talks between the two countries.
* Yemen's Houthi group announced Monday that it will start a campaign of targeting the Israeli port of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast, in response to the Israeli ongoing offensive and blockade on Gaza, warning commercial ships to keep away.
* Venezuela has suspended all flights to and from Colombia after authorities said they have uncovered a plot to smuggle explosives into the country via Colombian airports on Monday.
* China's top economic planner has approved 27 fixed-asset investment projects worth 573.7 billion yuan (about 79.8 billion USD) in the first four months of this year.
* The European Commission considerably cut its growth forecast for the EU to 1.1 percent in 2025 and 1.5 percent in 2026, according to its Spring 2025 Economic Forecast published on Monday, citing higher U.S. tariffs and global trade uncertainties.
* Thailand's industrial confidence continued to fall, reaching the lowest level in six months in April due to a slowdown in factory output and the impact of U.S. import tariffs, data showed on Monday.
* Maybank Investment Bank said in a note on Monday that it has trimmed Malaysia's 2025 real gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 4.1 percent from 4.3 percent as first-quarter growth was below its estimate, plus the expected further deceleration in second-quarter growth on a high base effect last year.
* The Indonesian government has set an economic growth target of 5.2 to 5.8 percent for next year, according to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Tuesday.
* Australia's central bank on Tuesday cut its official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85 percent, the lowest level in two years.
* Several areas in Bengaluru, the capital city of India's southern state of Karnataka, were inundated on Tuesday after excessive rains over the past couple of days, whereas states in north, central and west India reeled under scorching heat with temperatures commonly rising up to 43 degrees Celsius.
* Nearly 200,000 people have been affected by flooding in Maguindanao del Sur province in the southern Philippines, following days of heavy rains brought by the intertropical convergency zone, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Tuesday.
* Hundreds of commuters have been freed after being trapped in a Sydney train on Tuesday when a power cable fell onto the roof, triggering widespread network disruptions.
