* United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for reform of the UN Security Council during a visit to Indonesia, warning that some permanent members are undermining international peace and security by waging wars and disregarding international law.
* Portuguese police arrested 55 protesters for civil disobedience, and two people were injured in the early hours of Tuesday, as security forces moved to dismantle camps of housing rights protesters in public squares in Lisbon and Porto.
* Republic of Korea (RoK) has decided to withdraw some of its diplomatic staff from Ukraine, multiple local media said on Tuesday, citing the RoK foreign ministry.
* The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) should strive to promote regional stability and prosperity while contributing to common development worldwide, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said in Tajikistan's capital of Dushanbe on Tuesday.
* Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova co-chaired the 27th session of the China-Russia Committee on Humanities Cooperation in St. Petersburg on Monday, vowing to deepen humanities cooperation.
* Ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict remains a top priority for the U.S. president, and Washington will continue seeking opportunities to facilitate an end to it, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Tashkent on Monday.
* A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday denounced "reckless behavior" of the Republic of Korea (RoK) military that has led to "a grave situation" in the border area, state media reported.
* The U.S. administration has not approved the transfer of Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine amid tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
* Russia hopes to arrange a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, in the near future, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that he had discussed defense cooperation over the phone with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
* Mongolia and Germany issued a joint declaration on Tuesday, outlining key areas of cooperation to further expand and strengthen their strategic partnership, according to the Mongolian presidential press office.
* New Zealand exporters can start using the country's free trade agreement with India from Tuesday, with tariffs removed on more than half of New Zealand's exports to the South Asian country as the deal went into effect, a senior New Zealand official said.
* More than 1 million Australians have accessed free health advice through the federal government's 1800MEDICARE service since its launch 10 months ago, Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler said on Tuesday.
* Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved an additional 10.51 billion baht (about 312.4 million USD) to compensate around 1.48 million households hit by floods since September, alongside relief measures including soft loans and tax breaks.
* Indonesia's upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas will revive an industry economic forum after an eight-year hiatus as the country seeks to meet its 2026 oil production target amid declining output from aging fields, an official said Tuesday.
* Fiji is prioritising market access, industry expertise and investment before expanding agricultural production, Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica said.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel was "committed" to overthrowing Iran's government and that he had discussed the goal with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday.
* The Turkish government has submitted the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement to parliament for ratification on Tuesday, local media reported.
* Israeli forces advanced into Syria's southern Quneitra province on Tuesday with seven military vehicles and two tanks, Syrian state TV Al-Ikhbariya reported.
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Tuesday that Tehran and Islamabad are working to resolve technical issues behind the suspension of cross-border traffic from Pakistan, stressing that bilateral relations remain strong.
* Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said two "violating" oil tankers caught fire on Tuesday after hitting naval mines laid by its naval forces in the Strait of Hormuz, as its Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the country will not let any strike against it go unanswered.
* The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday that it had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi group toward the Saudi capital Riyadh.
* Tehran will not accept that another country would seek to impose its will and demands on other nations through force and pressure, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said during a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran on Monday.
* Saudi Arabia announced Monday the postponement of the 10th edition of its flagship investment conference, originally scheduled for Oct. 26-29 in Riyadh, to 2027.
* Thailand exported 4.99 million tons of rice in the first nine months of 2026, down 19.26 percent from a year earlier, while export value fell 16.84 percent to 2.96 billion USD, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.
* Indonesia's economy has remained resilient amid global uncertainty, with steady growth, manageable inflation and higher government spending expected to support economic activity in the final quarter of 2026, Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara said Monday.
* Malaysia's export growth outlook for 2026 has strengthened on robust demand for semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and electrical and electronics (E&E) products, prompting research houses to raise their forecasts, although external uncertainties and fading base effects could temper trade momentum towards year-end.
* Cambodia's international air passenger traffic dropped 11 percent year-on-year to 4.55 million during the first nine months of 2026, according to a State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) report released Tuesday.
* Finland's unemployment rate rose to 10.4 percent in September 2026, up from 9.1 percent a year earlier, as the country's labor market continued to struggle despite signs of an economic recovery, official data showed on Tuesday.
* Slovakia's economy in 2025 grew slightly faster compared with the initial annual data published in March 2026, with GDP growth in fixed prices revised upwards to 0.9 percent from 0.8 percent, Slovak Statistics Office reported on Tuesday.
* Indonesia is conducting cloud-seeding operations using dry ice and salt to induce rainfall in four provinces affected by forest and land fires, with rain reported in several districts, State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi said Tuesday.
