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NewsFeed US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Russia’s top oil firms, Rosneft and Lukoil, to pressure Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on a ceasefire in Ukraine. The EU has also approved a 19th round of sanctions, with Russian gas exports targeted. President Zelenskyy welcomed the moves, which Russia has described as ‘counterproductive’. Published On…
Ukraine has worsened fuel shortages across Russia in the past week as it has continued to hit Russia’s refineries and energy infrastructure with long-range drones while Poland has called for more oil sanctions in the wake of Russia’s first drone attack on NATO soil. In the meantime, Russia’s creeping advance resulted in the capture of…
Scott Bessent calls for secondary tariffs on Russian oil importers to bring President Vladimir Putin ‘to the table’. Published On 7 Sep 20257 Sep 2025 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has signalled that Washington is ready to tighten sanctions on Russia and urged European allies to help “collapse” the Russian economy by pressuring countries that…
The Trump administration has announced plans for continued military operations against Latin American drug cartels, following a US strike on a Venezuelan vessel that killed 11 people on September 2. The United States has had a complex relationship with Venezuela, a country of roughly 30 million people, shaped by disputes over oil, politics and security…
Moscow and Beijing agree to advance a major gas link via Mongolia, deepening their energy ties. Published On 2 Sep 20252 Sep 2025 Russia and China have agreed to move forward with a new gas pipeline during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to China, Gazprom said, highlighting the growing economic and energy ties between the…
United States President Donald Trump’s 50 percent tariff on Indian goods, which is expected to impact trade worth billions of dollars and risk thousands of jobs in the world’s most populous nation, took effect on Wednesday. The US first slapped a 25 percent tariff on India on July 30 and a week later imposed an…
NewsFeed Video shows a massive explosion at a Russian oil facility in Novokuybyshevsk, 1,000km from the Ukrainian border. Ukraine’s military says it used drones to target several sites inside Russia, including refineries, an airfield, and an electronics plant. Published On 3 Aug 20253 Aug 2025 Source link
Lagos, Nigeria – “Lord, take my soul, but the struggle continues,” the man said, before his body went limp. It swung gently from the makeshift gallows, hurriedly built a few days earlier. Before that morning, the prison had last enforced a death sentence 30 years earlier, during British rule. It was November 10, 1995. For…
Continuing strikes from both countries are draining their economies. Israel and Iran are in the second week of the conflict. As well as inflicting damage, both countries are putting their economies under strain. Israel has spent billions of dollars on its war on Gaza and has upped its spending considerably with its largely air-based attacks…
Here are the key events on day 1,213 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Saturday, June 21: Fighting Drones and missiles launched by Russia overnight have damaged energy infrastructure in central Ukraine’s Kremenchuk district in Poltava, said local military authorities. One person was injured in the attack, according to Volodymyr…
