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Social Democratic Party withdrew its six ministers from Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan’s cabinet, triggering a shift to an interim government.

Italian UNIFIL troops have replaced a statue of Jesus destroyed by an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon, with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani saying Italy is proud of the peacekeepers amid a 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.

US forces have seized the third Iranian oil tanker in five days with the boarding of the sanctioned VLCC Majestic X in the Indian Ocean, as the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire expires and Vance arrives in Islamabad for talks.

Iran's parliament vice speaker Hamidreza Haji Babaei has said the first revenue from Strait of Hormuz tolls has been deposited at the Central Bank of Iran.

US Central Command rejected reports claiming that Iranian-linked tankers have been successfully evading its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Tech

Russia's online giant Yandex, often referred to as "the Russian Google," has moved to add mobile phone service provision to many of its other areas of operation.

Russia's private space company Sputnix is developing Direct-to-Cell satellites to allow smartphones to connect directly without specialised ground equipment, part of a wider push to build sovereign satellite internet capacity.

Latvia's Fintech Latvia Association has signed a memorandum of understanding with UK industry body Innovate Finance at the Innovate Finance Global Summit in London, aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and attracting UK fintechs seeking EU market ac

Global e-commerce giant aims to strengthen its position in one of Europe’s most competitive markets.

Toyota Motor Corp has unveiled a new research and development hub aimed at advancing mobility products and services within its experimental Woven City in Susono, Shizuoka prefecture in central Japan.

Opinion

Expectations that Budapest will pivot sharply away from Russia and back a more assertive European Union policy on Ukraine post-election may prove misplaced, says commentary by Carnegie Politika.

Armenia's fragmented, pro-Russia opposition appears ill-equipped to convert discontent with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan into progress in the polls, says Carnegie Politika comment.

As the US-Israel-Iran war enters its second month, one of the most consequential geopolitical actors has been conspicuous by its silence. China has not intervened, has not condemned, and has not chosen sides in any meaningful public way.

The Middle East conflict halted growth momentum. The right policies and stronger global cooperation are needed to contain the damage.

Former Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov has emerged as a political leader in his own right.

Data

Fertility rates — which measure the average number of children per woman — have been falling worldwide. Since 1950, global fertility rates have halved, from almost 5 children per woman to 2.2, Our World in Data (OWID) reports.

Expansion supported by strong growth in the energy sector, while a steep contraction in extractive industries weighed on overall performance.

Rate-cutting cycle came to a halt as energy prices spiked with the start of the Iran war.

Bulgaria’s Fiscal Council said economic growth could stall and inflation hit 5% in 2026 under a worst-case scenario, according to new official data.

Bulgaria remains the EU’s poorest member state, despite steady economic growth in recent years.

Features

The Iran war's most insidious economic aftershock may not be measured in oil price spikes or shipping costs, but in the price of the nutrients that grow the world's food.

Testimonies emerging from Gaza have documented a pattern of sexual abuse and exploitation carried out by Hamas militants and affiliated organisations against women.

Beijing and Hanoi are stepping up co-operation centred on internal security, in the process offering a preview of how China may deepen ties across south-east Asia despite longstanding differences with several countries in the region.

Russia's coal industry is heading toward a systemic crisis from which the Kremlin's patronage network can no longer shield it, according to a paper published this week by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Peru's April vote is deadlocked: a far-right ex-mayor and a left-wing ally of jailed ex-president Castillo are separated by 13,000 votes for the runoff spot — while the count stalls, the electoral chief resigns and fraud claims spiral.

Blogs

Phew. That was an effort. EU leaders met in Brussels yesterday and signed off on releasing the €90bn loan for Ukraine that will keep it in the fight with Russia for another two years. They also passed the twentieth sanctions package on Russia,

Rumours have swirled for months that Kazakhstan’s president wants to succeed Antonio Guterres. An appearance at an event in Turkey did his chances no harm at all.

Party leader Ozgur Ozel has so far proven so ineffective that president Erdogan finds him entirely tolerable outside of a prison cell.

As Taiwan’s opposition leader, Cheng Li-wun leads a delegation across China the fine line between opposition outreach and quasi-diplomacy is being blurred. It is an issue that should concern anyone with a stake in Taiwan’s democratic integrity.

Iranians remain split in the early hours of the two-week ceasefire between their government and US and Israel on the otherside, but as things stand any return to normality is better than nothing.

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Aging industrial infrastructure remains a major challenge, while car use has increased rapidly as populations become more affluent.

Central Asia is among the regions most exposed to climate change, with accelerated glacier melt altering river flows and more frequent droughts disrupting hydropower generation.

The Middle East crisis has shown that energy transition in transport is not just an environmental goal but a national security imperative for India.

Concerns raised are an awkward matter for Bishkek – it lately made the big cat a national symbol.

At ecological summit, Tokayev names no countries, but Russia’s lobbing of missiles at Ukraine from the sea and Ukrainian oil platform attacks come to mind.

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