Organised crime in Indonesia Indonesian police announce the arrest of six suspects for trafficking endangered Komodo dragons sourced from East Nusa Tenggara and intended for export to Thailand, and detain two additional individuals for smuggling pangolin scales.
Corruption in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea tightens security at military bases and imposes movement restrictions after a group of soldiers sets up roadblocks in Port Moresby to protest alleged irregularities in army recruitment linked to former defence minister Billy Joseph, who is under investigation.
Chinese intelligence activity abroad A Taiwanese court sentences six current and former military personnel to prison terms of four and a half to eight and a half years for espionage offenses, including organizing networks and transmitting classified information to individuals linked to China.
2026 Kahramanmaraş school shooting Four people are killed and 20 more injured in a mass shooting at a school in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. The perpetrator dies by suicide.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi reports increased activity at multiple nuclear facilities in North Korea, including the Nyongbyon site, indicating expanded capacity to produce nuclear weapons.
Evacuations during the 2026 Iran war Sri Lanka repatriates 238 Iranian sailors from the IRIS "Bushehr" and the IRIS "Dena", both damaged during the Iran war, after providing temporary shelter on humanitarian grounds.
2026 Iran war fuel crisis South Korea secures imports of 273 million barrels of crude oil (by the end of the year) and 2.1 million tons of naphtha through alternative routes that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, providing several months of supply amid disruptions linked to the Iran war.
Norway records its highest-ever crude oil export value in March, reaching 57.4 billion kroner (US$6.08 billion) for 56.6 million barrels, contributing to a trade surplus of 97.5 billion kroner ($10.3 billion) amid a global fuel crisis.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov states that Russia can supply energy to China and other countries affected by disruptions in shipments through the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war.
Russian sabotage operations in Europe Swedish civil defence minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin reports that the security service had prevented a cyberattack on a thermal power station in West Sweden in mid-2025, identifying the perpetrators as a group linked to Russian intelligence, with no significant disruption to operations.
A U.S. official says that over 10,000 additional U.S. military personnel, including sailors aboard George H. W. Bush and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit on the "Boxer" Amphibious Ready Group, will arrive in the region later this month.
Iran's military headquarters threatens to close the Red Sea in addition to the strait if the U.S. naval blockade of Iran continues.
A United States official says that the U.S. has not formally agreed to extend the ceasefire, though there is ongoing engagement between the U.S. and Iran towards a peace deal.