* Britain will provide defensive air-to-air refueling support to Saudi Arabia in response to recent attacks by Yemen's Houthi group, the BBC reported on Monday. According to the report, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham made the announcement to reporters aboard his plane en route to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, saying he had agreed to a Saudi request for military support.
* Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Monday that ensuring Russia's defense and security would be one of the federal budget's priorities for the next three years.
* The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) tested what it called "a new combat weapon system" in its latest missile launch on Sunday in the presence of its top leader, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Tuesday.
* Denmark, its autonomous territory of Greenland and the United States will sign an agreement in New York on Tuesday to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic region, the Danish Prime Minister's Office said on Monday.
* Norway and Canada plan to strengthen defense cooperation, including more joint training exercises and operations in the Arctic, the Norwegian government said on Monday.
* Poland is seeking to host about 15,000 U.S. troops on its territory, its deputy defense minister said Monday, days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced "major progress" toward establishing a permanent U.S. military base in the country.
* In a message on the International Day of Peace, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said Monday that his country remained firmly committed to international peace and security and supported a strong, effective and inclusive multilateral system.
* Saudi airstrikes hit a residential house in Yemen's strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha in southwestern Taiz province early Tuesday, killing six people and wounding eight others, Houthi-run media reported.
* Yemen's Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi warned Türkiye and Pakistan against involvement in the group's escalating confrontation with Saudi Arabia.
* Libya's High Council of State and political parties on Monday rejected the adoption or implementation of the "4+4" Committee's outcomes. The "4+4" Committee, comprising four representatives each from eastern and western Libya, was launched by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) as an alternative mechanism to overcome the political impasse.
* Nearly 130,000 people have been displaced across seven governorates in Yemen due to escalating insecurity, with many of them having been displaced multiple times, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.
* Families displaced by hostilities in Yemen urgently need food and shelter support, while supplies are running thin as the violence and needs increase, UN humanitarians said Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that, with its partners, it scaled up support for displaced families and all those in need. But the response faces ongoing funding shortfalls and access constraints.
* Chinese regulators on Tuesday announced adjustments to the country's export control catalog for precursor chemicals to the United States, Mexico and Canada, increasing the number of listed chemicals requiring export permits from 16 to 18.
* Malaysia will strengthen cooperation in maritime research, science, technology, expertise exchange and marine ecosystem management with China, Malaysian Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Arthur Joseph Kurup said on Tuesday.
* Authorities in Australia and New Zealand said on Tuesday that they have charged over 1,200 people following a joint operation targeting drug trafficking and organized crime.
* The annual industrial output value of China's grain industry is expected to exceed 4.5 trillion yuan (666.8 billion USD) during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), an official said on Monday.
* Russia has zeroed out export duties on grain crops through the end of 2026, the Russian Agriculture Ministry announced Monday.
* Fitch Ratings has upgraded Sri Lanka's Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings to "B-" from "CCC+," with a stable outlook, citing progress in macroeconomic stabilization, fiscal reforms and improvements in the country's external position.
* Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said Monday that crude oil production at the Sharara oil field in southwestern Libya had fallen significantly after an armed group shut a main valve on the pipeline transporting crude to the Zawiya terminal.
* The Ugandan government has urged coffee farmers not to lose heart amid volatility in the global market and adverse weather conditions affecting production.
* An extreme El Nino event could cause losses equivalent to at least 2 percent of Latin America and the Caribbean's GDP and plunge an additional 4.8 million people into poverty, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned on Monday in a report titled "The Effects of El Nino in Latin America and the Caribbean and Recommendations for Addressing It".
* The present haze situation is expected to persist into early 2027 due to prolonged hot and dry weather resulting from the El Nino phenomenon, Malaysian Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Arthur Joseph Kurup said on Tuesday.
* Two more people were confirmed dead on Tuesday in Chiba Prefecture, a day after heavy rain from a large typhoon battered the Kanto region in eastern Japan and triggered landslides, local media reported.
