* Thailand's former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced her resignation as Pheu Thai Party leader on Wednesday, a move that follows a Constitutional Court ruling that previously removed her from office.
* Russian overnight missile strikes hit several districts in Kiev, Ukrainian officials reported early Wednesday, as both sides confirmed cross-border attacks in the latest flare-up of the conflict.
* President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev announced on Tuesday that his country has lifted all restrictions on the transit of goods to Armenia. Aliyev, who is visiting Kazakhstan, said that the first shipment under the new arrangement was Kazakh grain bound for Armenia.
* Russia has launched the first forest-climate project in its Arctic region, the Project Office for Arctic Development (PORA) said Tuesday. The project, which covers 20,700 hectares in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, aims to restore and reproduce forest ecosystems, establish a natural and climatic testing ground, and strengthen carbon monitoring capacity in the Arctic, PORA said in a statement.
* Latvia is developing its first coastal fishing vessel powered by electricity and hydrogen, public broadcaster LR1 reported Tuesday.
* The ceasefire in Gaza has enabled the United Nations (UN) humanitarians to reach more people with life-saving food, but greater access is needed to stem famine, a UN representative in Geneva said Tuesday.
* U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that Hamas would be "obliterated" if it refuses to disarm, and that Israel will decide which foreign troops, if any, may be deployed in Gaza.
* French President Emmanuel Macron and Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar on Tuesday expressed hope that the current Gaza peace deal will open the way to an independent Palestinian state, according to a statement from the Slovenian president's office.
* The Turkish parliament on Tuesday approved a presidential motion extending the mandate of Turkish troops stationed in Iraq and Syria for an additional three years.
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday called for expanding Tehran-Baghdad relations "across all sectors," the president's office said in a statement.
* Iraq and Turkmenistan have signed an agreement to expand energy cooperation as Baghdad struggles to tackle its long-running electricity crisis, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The deal, signed on Monday, includes a memorandum of understanding on energy and gas imports aimed at meeting both countries' needs.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Tuesday.
* Cambodia's trade volume with its fellow ASEAN member states hit 12.28 billion USD in the first nine months of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 4.78 percent, said an official report on Wednesday.
* Japan's exports to the United States fell sharply in the first half of fiscal 2025 as auto shipments were hit by U.S. tariff measures, government data showed on Wednesday. According to data from the Ministry of Finance, exports to the U.S. between April and September declined 10.2 percent from a year earlier to 9.7115 trillion yen (about 64 billion USD).
* Myanmar's garment exports increased by nine percent in the first half of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, starting from April 1, compared to the same period last year, the state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Wednesday.
* Ghana's Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on Tuesday announced that the country will roll out electronic visas by 2026 to simplify the visa process and promote trade, diplomacy, and investment.
* Parts of India's southern state of Tamil Nadu and its neighboring region of Puducherry have faced incessant rains since Tuesday night, following which all schools and educational institutions were shut, confirmed local officials on the phone on Wednesday.
* China's national observatory on Wednesday issued a yellow alert for typhoon Fengshen, the 24th typhoon of the year, as it is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the country's southern regions.
* Over 9,500 Sri Lankans have been affected by the current heavy rains, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Wednesday. A total of 9,542 people from 2,395 families have been affected, said the DMC, adding that four people have died, and 422 houses have been partially damaged.
* Millions of Australians were warned to prepare for severe weather conditions on Wednesday as heatwaves and damaging winds swept across the country.
* A total of 814 people were diagnosed with dengue fever in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours on Tuesday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health.
* At least 35 people were killed and 46 others injured after a gasoline-laden tanker crashed and exploded in Niger State, central Nigeria, local authorities said Tuesday.
