* The National Parliament of the Solomon Islands passed a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele on Thursday.
* Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday that he would meet his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet during the upcoming ASEAN Summit in the Philippines. The 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings are scheduled to be held in Cebu, the Philippines, under the theme of "Navigating Our Future, Together."
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States has had very good talks over the past 24 hours with Iran on ending the war that has lasted more than two months.
* Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday the country is ready to pursue diplomatic paths to end the war with the United States and Israel, while insisting on safeguarding the Iranian nation's rights.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday dismissed reports that Israel was caught off guard by Washington's diplomatic moves toward Iran, saying that he is in near-daily contact with U.S. President Donald Trump to ensure full coordination.
* French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for "all parties" to lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz "without delay and without conditions," after a telephone talk with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
* U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly reversed his plan to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz after Saudi Arabia blocked U.S. use of its bases and airspace for the operation, NBC News reported Wednesday, citing two U.S. officials.
* U.S. forces on Wednesday morning struck and disabled an Iranian-flagged unladen oil tanker sailing toward an Iranian port, the U.S. Central Command said on X.
* Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Wednesday that "it is still premature" to discuss any potential meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
* Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have demanded the Trump administration publicly acknowledge Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons program.
* Israel on Wednesday evening launched its first airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs since a ceasefire with Lebanon took effect in mid-April, Lebanon's TV channel al-Jadeed reported.
* The 2.1 million people in Gaza remain confined to less than half of the strip, said UN humanitarians on Wednesday.
* The fifth Jordan-Cyprus-Greece trilateral summit was held in Amman on Wednesday, focusing on their cooperation and regional developments, read a statement released by Jordan's Royal Hashemite Court.
* France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier group crossed the Suez Canal on Wednesday and is heading toward the southern Red Sea, the French Ministry of Armed Forces said in a statement.
* At least 22 civilians were killed in an overnight attack blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local sources told Xinhua on Wednesday.
* At least 491 Afghan inmates and 4,772 refugees have returned to their homeland from neighboring Pakistan, official authorities announced on Thursday.
* Cambodia attracted a total of 184 fixed-asset investment projects worth more than 2.6 billion USD during the January-April period of 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol said in Phnom Penh on Thursday.
* The Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2026 grew by 2.8 percent year-on-year, slightly lower than the 3 percent growth in the previous quarter, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Thursday.
* Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) approved six major projects worth a combined 958 billion baht (about 29 billion USD) on Wednesday.
* The Chinese capital city of Beijing received 18.83 million tourist visits during the five-day May Day holiday, up 5.1 percent year on year, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism said on Tuesday.
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday formally launched its latest Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, saying that the region has made significant economic progress but remains highly vulnerable to external shocks.
* Acting early on major climate risks could significantly reduce New Zealand's rising disaster recovery costs, the country's Climate Change Commission said on Thursday.
