* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the Israeli attacks in Qatar as a "flagrant violation" of Qatar's sovereignty.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the decision to attack Hamas in the Qatari capital was made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not by the White House.
* Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said in Doha on Tuesday that Qatar will adopt a "comprehensive" approach to respond to the Israeli strike on Doha earlier in the day and deter future attacks.
* Qatar condemned the Israeli strike on Doha as a violation of its sovereignty and international law, and said it is working with the United States to prevent a recurrence.
* Many countries and organizations all over the world have condemned Israel's strike in the Qatari capital of Doha, saying it violated the country's sovereignty and risked further escalation of violence in the region.
* French President Emmanuel Macron named Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu as the country's new prime minister on Tuesday evening. Lecornu, 39, has served as defense minister for more than three years and is regarded as a close ally of Macron, local media reported.
* A Chinese defense spokesperson said on Wednesday that defense and military leaders from over 100 countries, including Vietnam, Singapore, Russia, France, Nigeria and Brazil, have confirmed their attendance at the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum to be held in mid-September.
* China, Russia and Mongolia held their joint border defense exercise on Monday and Tuesday, staging drills in a frontier area where the three countries meet.
* Russia says its air defense systems have intercepted and destroyed six Ukrainian drones over its territory.
* The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Academy of Chemical Materials on Monday conducted a ground jet test of a high-thrust solid-fuel engine using the composite carbon fiber material, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday.
* Poland has yet to present any evidence that the drones shot down over its territory were of Russian origin, Russia's Charge d'Affaires in Poland Andrey Ordash said Wednesday.
* Belarus reported shooting down several drones over its airspace overnight, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. Belarus informed Poland and Lithuania about drones approaching their territories, said Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Muraveiko.
* The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces announced Wednesday morning that the air defense operation conducted overnight to protect Polish airspace had concluded.
* Around 350 police officers have been suspended from duty over the past year for involvement in unlawful activities, a senior Sri Lankan minister said on Wednesday.
* Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday once again criticized the latest raids against migrants in the United States as "unjust," reiterating that her government has protocols in place to aid affected Mexican nationals.
* The Spanish government on Tuesday approved a series of measures in response to Israel's ongoing military actions in Gaza, including restrictions on arms trading, transport, and products linked to illegal settlements, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has announced.
* Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani condemned Israel's attack on Hamas leaders in Doha during a phone call on Tuesday night.
* Hamas said Tuesday evening that its negotiating delegation survived an Israeli airstrike in the Qatari capital Doha, though six others were killed, including members of the group's escorts and a Qatari security officer.
* Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed an agreement on Tuesday to resume cooperation, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said.
* Yemen's Houthi group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for attacks on "sensitive" targets near Jerusalem, Ramon Airport in southern Israel, and two sites in Eilat.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged member states to rebalance military spending and development priorities.
* Laos was moving forward its digital transformation by training civil servants and enhancing their digital skills through a project to establish a digital-human resources development center.
* The European Commission on Tuesday unveiled a tentative allocation of 150 billion euros (176 billion USD) under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program.
* The Indonesian government has advanced its target for building a 250-megawatt on-grid nuclear power plant from 2032 to 2029, a senior official said Wednesday.
* The number of tax refund stores catering to foreign visitors in China had exceeded 10,000 by the end of August, data from the State Taxation Administration showed on Wednesday.
* The Swedish government on Tuesday proposed a substantial national investment in cybersecurity as part of its budget bill for 2026. According to the proposal, funding will amount to 300 million Swedish kronor (32 million USD) in 2026, 350 million kronor in 2027 and 400 million kronor in 2028.
* Bangladesh's National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued new instructions to ease complexities in clearing goods imported under bonded warehouse facilities.
* The U.S. Labor Department on Tuesday cut the job growth from April 2024 to March 2025 by 911,000, showing a weaker job market than originally reported.
* Net foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Philippines declined 17.8 percent to 376 million USD in June, the central bank said Wednesday. The decrease reflected a shift in nonresidents' net investments in equity capital from 85 million dollars inflows to 57 million dollars outflows.
* Indonesia will inject 200 trillion rupiah (about 12.15 billion USD) from government cash reserves at Bank Indonesia into the banking system to stimulate economic growth, newly appointed Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said Wednesday.
* Cambodia exported 10.37 million tonnes of agricultural products in the first eight months of 2025, up 35.6 percent compared to the same period last year, said a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report on Wednesday.
* New Zealand recorded a rise in international travel in July, with overseas visitor arrivals reaching 236,600, up 14,700 from a year earlier, the statistics department Stats NZ reported Wednesday.
* Russia's Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft has completed its mission and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said on Tuesday.
* Norwegian authorities have confirmed the detection of avian influenza in wild birds in two counties in northern Norway, public broadcaster NRK reported Wednesday.
