→ Malaysia's Energy Commission issued Gas Malaysia a letter to proceed to develop an offshore floating storage and regasification unit at Yan, Kedah with planned capacity of up to six million tonnes per annum, while making the approval conditional on fulfilment of commission-imposed requirements within a set timeline.
→ Malaysia declared the U.S.-Malaysia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade null and void after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act illegal, removing the agreement’s preferential tariff framework for affected shipments.
→ Malaysia ordered Lynas Rare Earths to stop producing radioactive waste by 2031 and renewed its operating license through March 3, 2036 with a five-year review and revocation power for breaches.
→ Indonesia conditionally lifted its ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok.
→ East Timor acceded to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the bloc's 11th member state.
