* Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday voiced readiness to work with all parties to further implement the Global Development Initiative (GDI) and accelerate the implementation of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to reinvigorate global development. Li made the remarks at a high-level meeting on the GDI held by China at the UN headquarters in New York.
* The Indian government has extended the NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) for Pakistan flights until Oct. 24, officials said Tuesday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said on social media that he believes Ukraine, with support from Europe and NATO, "is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form."
* Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin accused certain political forces in the European Union (EU) of attempting to derail dialogue between Moscow and Washington by leveling unfounded accusations against Russia, local media reported Wednesday.
* The 12th International Arms and Defense Equipment Fair "Partner 2025" opened in Belgrade, Serbia, on Tuesday. The event attracted a record 200 exhibitors from more than 30 countries, including leading European and global defense companies, according to the Ministry of Defense.
* Norwegian police issued an emergency alert Tuesday evening after an explosion was reported in Oslo, urging residents in the area to stay away from windows and asking the public not to visit the site.
* A Dutch court on Tuesday handed down the first sentences linked to violent riots in The Hague over the weekend, when a protest against asylum policy erupted into clashes with police.
* Indonesia and the European Union on Tuesday formally signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in Bali.
* Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, accompanied by several ministers, has begun a two-day state visit to Timor-Leste aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two Southeast Asian nations, local media reported on Tuesday.
* Russian forces hit Ukrainian army positions and foreign mercenaries in the Odesa region, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said the strike was in response to a "terrorist attack" on civilian targets in the resort town of Foros in Crimea on Sunday.
* The Kremlin on Tuesday dismissed a suggestion from the Danish side that Russia might have been involved in a drone incident at Copenhagen Airport.
* Poland decided to reopen its border crossings with Belarus on midnight from Wednesday to Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.
* The Spanish government on Tuesday approved a decree-law to legally consolidate a total arms embargo on Israel and ban the use of Spanish ports and airspace for the transit of fuel that could be used for military purposes.
* Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has called for an end to the war in Gaza and vowed that Indonesia is ready to send peacekeeping troops under a United Nations mandate.
* The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost all off-site power on Tuesday, showcasing persistent risks to nuclear safety, according to a UN nuclear watchdog. The power loss was the 10th time during the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday on social platform X, adding that its team is investigating the cause of the incident.
* The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is set to announce the winner of the presidential race following the Sept. 16 general elections. By Monday evening, the MEC had tallied and verified results from 24 of the country's 36 councils and is expected to release the remaining 12 on Tuesday evening, paving the way for the official declaration of the winner.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned that the viability of a two-state solution is steadily eroding, now reaching its most critical level in more than a generation. In his statement at a UN Security Council high-level meeting on the Palestinian question, Guterres highlighted relentless settlement expansion, de facto annexation, and forced displacement as evidence of the erosion.
* The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged the international community to adopt and implement the New York Declaration on the two-state solution, saying it is key to securing a ceasefire in Gaza and advancing peace. In a statement, the ministry welcomed the joint communique issued at an international conference in New York on Monday, co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France.
* Vital departments in Gaza hospitals are on the verge of shutting down due to halted fuel supplies, health authorities in the enclave said on Tuesday, warning that patients and the wounded face a "risk of certain death."
* Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Tuesday warned against nuclear negotiations with the United States under the present circumstances, saying it will not serve Iran's national interests.
* The Israel Airports Authority said Tuesday that Israel will indefinitely close the Allenby Bridge, known to Palestinians as the Karama Bridge, the only land crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan.
* Many Arab countries are falling behind in tackling multidimensional poverty, with progress described as slow, uneven, and in some cases stalled, according to a new UN report released Tuesday.
* Military clashes have intensified in recent days between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State in western Sudan.
* The number of 5G base stations in China has reached nearly 4.65 million by the end of August, official data showed Tuesday. The figure accounted for 36.3 percent of the total number of mobile base stations nationwide, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
* OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank on Tuesday announced five new U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) data center sites under their joint AI infrastructure platform, Stargate.
* A total of 10 production factories valued at 60 million USD were officially inaugurated in an industrial park in western Afghanistan's Herat province, the provincial government office said in a statement on Tuesday.
* U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed Tuesday that the Fed's policy is not on a preset course, speaking at the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce 2025 Economic Outlook Luncheon in Warwick, U.S. state of Rhode Island.
* Global gross domestic product (GDP) growth is projected to slow from 3.3 percent in 2024 to 3.2 percent in 2025, and further to 2.9 percent in 2026, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in its latest Economic Outlook released Tuesday.
* Indonesia expects to create more than 6,800 green jobs through the development of nuclear power plants as part of its broader push into renewable energy.
* Australia's annual rate of inflation accelerated to a 13-month high of 3.0 percent in August, showed official figures released on Wednesday. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 3.0 percent in the 12 months to the end of August, up from 2.8 percent in the year to July and 1.9 percent in June.
* Singapore's core inflation eased to 0.3 percent year-on-year in August, down from 0.5 percent in July, according to official data released Tuesday.
* Finland's unemployment rate climbed to 10 percent in August, the highest level since Statistics Finland began compiling its Labour Force Survey in 2009, the agency reported Tuesday. The number of jobless people aged 15 to 74 rose by 53,000 from a year earlier. The trend figure, adjusted for seasonal and random variation, also stood at 10 percent.
* Business activity in Germany expanded at its fastest pace in 16 months in September, supported by a rebound in services, a survey showed on Tuesday. However, persistent weakness in manufacturing and softer demand suggest the momentum may prove short-lived.
* Sweden's central bank on Tuesday lowered its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.75 percent, aiming to bolster economic recovery and bring inflation closer to its 2 percent target over the medium term.
* Bangladesh's trade deficit in July, the first month of the current 2025-26 fiscal year, soared by 3.42 percent to 1.51 billion USD year on year, according to the latest data from the central bank.
* Sri Lanka earned 11.55 billion USD from exports during the first eight months of 2025, the Export Development Board (EDB) said in its latest statement on Tuesday. The EDB said that the exports increased 6.61 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2024.
* Classes, production, public transportation and business operations were suspended on Wednesday in parts of south China's Guangdong Province as typhoon Ragasa approached. According to the flood, drought and typhoon control headquarters in Zhanjiang City, schools halted classes at around 3 p.m. Tuesday as a precaution.
* Torrential rains and tree-snapping winds from super typhoon Ragasa have battered the northern Philippines over recent days, triggering floods, deadly landslides, and widespread destruction across the archipelago.
* Russian scientists are ready to launch clinical trials of personalized mRNA cancer vaccines targeting melanoma within the next six weeks, according to media reports on Tuesday.
* A new case of polio has been confirmed in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, raising the nationwide tally to 27 this year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Monday. According to the NIH, the latest case was reported in Hyderabad district, bringing the total number of cases in Sindh to seven in 2025.
