In December, the Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service said it had crippled three vessels in two weeks in the Black Sea, including the Dashan which it said had suffered “critical damage”. Just over a week later, the Quendil oil tanker was hit in the Mediterranean. Source link
These reports harm attempts to close the wide gender representation gap in Zambia, activists say. Source link
Etienne Davignon, a 93-year-old ex-diplomat, is accused of involvement in the assassination of the independence hero. Source link
Moldova has a population of 2.4 million, but Russia still has a military base in the Russian-speaking, breakaway region of Transnistria, which lies along much of Moldova’s eastern border with Ukraine. Local TV reports say oil has been spotted in Transnistria although officials there do not expect to impose restrictions on drinking water. Source link
The deaths of Larijani and the head of the paramilitary Basij force have not been confirmed by Iranian authorities. Source link
US allies have either pushed back or remained cautious on Trump’s initial request to send ships to the crucial oil route. Source link
National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent says Trump “started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby”. Source link
José Antonio Kast visited the ditch – a few feet wide and deep – on Monday, calling it a “milestone”. Source link
A similar position has been advertised by ChatGPT developer OpenAI. On its careers website, it lists a job vacancy for a researcher in “biological and chemical risks”, with a salary of up to $455,000 (£335,000), almost double that offered by Anthropic. Source link
Severe weather is plaguing the US from coast to coast, bringing a mix of extreme heat and bitter cold. Source link