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  1. 01

    ISRAEL

    Bibi rebuked but not out.

    With the count continuing, Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc now looks neck and neck with Netanyahu’s conservative-right coalition, which has lost ~10 or so seats. But neither side has an outright 61-seat majority, meaning power is still ultimately up for grabs, depending on final numbers and the next few weeks of coalition horse-trading. The election saw Israel’s highest turnout in decades (77.7%), with Arab-majority parties on track to potentially double their last 10 seats in the Knesset. (Jerusalem Post)

  2. 02

    FINLAND

    …and Norway talk to Putin.

    Europe is sounding divided in response to Finland’s Stubb and Norway’s Støre holding a surprise 90-minute call with Russia’s Putin, framed as working towards “future negotiations to help to end the war”. Ukraine’s Zelensky had just met Stubb and Støre in Oslo last week, along with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff. (BBC)

  3. 03

    SAUDI ARABIA

    Not now, Houthis.

    Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have claimed another hit on Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery, Ras Tanura. The Saudis have yet to comment, though their silence is starting to sound like confirmation. (AA)

  4. 04

    JORDAN

    Airstrikes on Syria?

    The Jordanian air force has struck alleged ISIS hideouts in southern Syria, claiming a connection to last Friday’s massacre that left nine dead at a Jordanian church. Amman says it conducted the airstrikes in coordination with Syria, something Damascus itself is denying (perhaps to manage its own internal factions, and/or distance itself from reported civilian deaths). (Reuters)

  5. 05

    TIMOR LESTE

    Bad blood gas.

    Australian energy giant Woodside has announced it’ll sell its 33% stake in Timor’s Greater Sunrise gas project to Dili’s state-owned energy firm. Timor has pledged to continue plans to process the gas on its own southern coast, despite lingering doubts around the idea’s commercial viability. (ABC)

  6. 06

    SRI LANKA

    Easy does it.

    Beijing’s state-owned China Merchants Port Holdings has pulled out of a $392M port logistics hub in Colombo, citing delays and changing market conditions. It was meant to be completed by the end of 2025. (The Diplomat)

  7. 07

    JAPAN

    Register here.

    The Japanese government is considering requiring lobbyists working on behalf of foreign governments to register as foreign agents as part of its push to revamp local counterespionage efforts. (Japan Times)

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