The oil refinery in the Georgian port of Kulevi is stopping purchases of Russian crude oil. The facility will transition entirely to processing oil from Kazakhstan and Libya during August and September. Black Sea Petroleum LLC (BSP), the owner of the...

Israel's internal security service, SHABAK, has detained Artem Kirpichenko, a St. Petersburg-based historian and Middle East specialist, according to Darya Mitina, secretary of the OKP and chair of the "New Labor" union. Detention Details Kirpiche...

Finland is facing a sharp increase in electricity prices this autumn. In October, the cost per kilowatt-hour (kWh) may exceed 8.5 cents—a 70% rise compared to last year, when rates remained below 5 cents. Prices are projected to climb further to 9 ...

South Korea has expressed concern regarding the United Kingdom's plan to implement a total ban on insurance and maritime transport for Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) starting in January 2027. During a telephone conversation between Yeo Han-koo, ...

Spain and France recorded some of their most extensive forest fires in decades during July 2026. Spain faced the largest fire in its observation history, while France documented the first appearance of a pyrocumulonimbus—a rare cloud generated by t...

The U.S. State Department has rejected Ukraine’s nomination of Rustem Umerov for ambassador to Washington, effectively blocking the former defense minister from heading the diplomatic mission. The refusal exposes both a procedural deadlock and a de...

Turkey's first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, is expected to begin test electricity generation before the end of 2026 as engineers move into the final stages of commissioning the facility's first reactor, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan...

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has indicated that Germany's advanced RCH 155 wheeled self-propelled howitzers may already be operating in Ukraine, offering the strongest public suggestion to date that the next-generation artillery systems ha...

Central banks around the world continued to expand their gold reserves in June 2026, with Poland and China emerging as the largest buyers, according to the latest data from the World Gold Council (WGC). The figures highlight continued strong demand f...

Syrian Airlines will resume direct passenger flights between Damascus and Moscow later this month, restoring regular air service between the two countries for the first time since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government. Acco...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing increasing political pressure as his approval ratings decline and criticism grows within his own Christian Democratic Union (CDU). According to political analyst Nikolai Topornin, the party's leadership is b...

Romania has carried out a controlled explosion in the Danube River to increase water flow to the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant after prolonged drought pushed river levels to critical lows. According to Bloomberg, the operation aimed to ensure a suff...

Russia has warned Ireland that any attempt to board or detain Russian vessels would trigger what Moscow described as "the most serious consequences." The warning came amid growing tensions over maritime security, Western sanctions, and the protection...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his government will make every effort to end the war with Russia before the start of winter, while officials in Kyiv continue to acknowledge that negotiations remain deadlocked and a comprehensive peace...

The U.S. Army has officially established its first Multi-Domain Command, marking a major step in its ongoing modernization effort. The new formation combines conventional ground forces with advanced cyber, electronic warfare, intelligence, drone, and...

Iran has executed two men convicted of working for Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad, as the country's judiciary continues to speed up prosecutions and death sentences in national security cases. The executions come amid a broader campaign targeti...

France has deployed rapid response units, aircraft and drones to its border with Spain as European governments step up their response to the migration crisis centered on the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. French President Emmanuel Macron announced on X th...

US President Donald Trump said the United States has not authorized Ukraine to manufacture missiles for the Patriot air defense system, emphasizing that Washington will exercise extreme caution when considering the transfer of advanced military techn...

India is poised to become the world's second-largest producer of ammonia by 2030, ranking behind only the United States. According to data from the GlobalData analytical platform, the country will account for more than 15% of the projected increase i...

North Korea has accused the United States of moving the Korean Peninsula closer to armed conflict after Washington expanded the role of its military headquarters in Japan. In a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Pyongyang arg...