Undersea Security: Singapore-led GUIDE launched at the Shangri-La Dialogue to help 17 countries share best practices and early warnings on attacks or damage to subsea telecom and energy cables. Clean Energy Investment: The International Solar Alliance and the World Bank kicked off a Pacific SIDS solar dialogue in Bali, pushing investment-ready solar-plus-storage projects and a 220 MW tender pipeline for Mauritius. Indo-Pacific Military Readiness: The U.S. Army showed battalion live-fire training that links 30mm Strykers, mortars and one-way attack drones for faster target engagement in Pacific scenarios. South China Sea Diplomacy: Japan and the Philippines moved to deepen intelligence sharing and defense coordination under a GSOMIA push, while critics warn Manila may be enabling Japan’s wider military normalization. West Asia Hunger Fallout: The WFP says the conflict is driving millions toward hunger as fuel and transport costs rise and aid funding falls. India’s Data-Centre Boom: Blackstone-backed AirTrunk plans $30bn by 2030 and 5GW of capacity, as India also rolls out tax and RBI steps to attract foreign inflows and support the rupee. Central Asia Returnees: Kyrgyzstan convened a regional council on rehabilitating conflict-zone returnees, noting 2,100 repatriations since 2019 and stressing human-rights and child protection.