* The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday it had thwarted a Ukrainian-British plan to hijack a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet equipped with the Kinzhal missile system.
* Authorities in Bangladesh have tightened security in the country to prevent possible protests on Thursday amid reports of a planned "Dhaka lockdown" announced by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday met with Syrian interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House, widely seen as a crucial step in normalizing U.S.-Syria relations. No reporters and cameras were allowed to get access to the meeting in the Oval Office.
* Amid rising global temperatures and increasingly severe climate disasters, the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) opened on Monday with the goal of placing climate action back at the center of international priorities.
* The 19th African Conference of Commandants has kicked off in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, under the theme "The Future of African Military Training and Education: Bridging the Digital Divide."
* The United Nations and its partners have fed more than 1 million people in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, a senior UN official said on Monday.
* Slovenia plans to launch a temporary weapons amnesty allowing citizens to surrender illegal firearms without penalty, Prime Minister Robert Golob announced Monday.
* The death toll has risen to 20, while a total of 14 people have been rescued after a boat carrying undocumented migrants sank in waters near the Malaysia-Thailand maritime border last week, authorities said on Tuesday.
* The Bangladeshi interim government has once again extended the magistracy power given to commissioned army officers for another about four months.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Western countries would eventually have to acknowledge Iran as a scientific hub in the field of peaceful nuclear technology, state media reported.
* United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan spoke Monday with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer about strengthening bilateral cooperation and developments in the Middle East, the UAE's state news agency WAM reported.
* China's commerce ministry said on Tuesday that it has taken note of the United States' announcement of a one-year pause, starting Nov. 10, on a regulation that expands export control restrictions to any entity owned 50 percent or more by parties on U.S. sanctions lists.
* Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao on Tuesday held a video conference with Katherina Reiche, Germany's economy and energy minister, during which they exchanged views on bilateral and China-Europe trade and economic issues.
* Kazakhstan will establish a state organ responsible for radioactive waste management, local media reported Tuesday, citing Gumar Sergazin, deputy chairman of the Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Agency.
* Cambodia exported 11.89 million tons of agricultural products in the first 10 months of 2025, a year-on-year rise of 28.5 percent, said a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report on Tuesday.
* Britain's unemployment rate rose to 5 percent in the three months to September (Q3), the highest in almost a decade outside the pandemic period, according to data released Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
* Net inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Philippines declined by 40.5 percent year-on-year to 494 million USD in August, the Philippine central bank has said.
* Indonesia has established 18 new immigration offices across several provinces to improve public access, an official from the Ministry of Immigration and Correctional Services said on Tuesday.
* Sri Lanka has deployed 5,000 Civil Security Department (CSD) officers to support efforts to curb the growing human-elephant conflict, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala told the parliament on Monday.
* The World Bank said Tuesday that it has signed a 430-million-U.S. dollar financing agreement with Tunisia to support the country's transition to cleaner and more reliable energy under a five-year initiative.
* The Philippines has issued new regulations to strengthen defenses against African Swine Fever (ASF) while ensuring the safe importation of swine and pork products, the country's Department of Agriculture (DA) said Tuesday.
* As many as 140 people lost their lives in rain-induced disasters across Nepal during the monsoon that lasted 135 days this year, a government agency said on Tuesday.
