Europe is about to start the gas stockpiling season with key storage tanks depleted, meaning it will need to compete even more with Asian buyers to secure supplies, just as the Middle East conflict disrupts energy flows. Dutch facilities are now just about 6% full, the lowest for this time of year in data going […]
Continue ReadingBetween January 2023 and mid-February 2026, at least 4,765 Palestinians from 97 locations, have been displaced by settler violence, the UN’s humanitarian office says. Most were from Bedouin and herding communities in Area C. At the start of this year, 600 people were forced from one Bedouin village, Ras Ein al-Auja, in the Jordan Valley.
Continue ReadingIran praised Pakistan’s “good intentions” but did not say how it had responded. A Pakistani analyst described “significant and rapid progress” in indirect talks.
Continue ReadingAround 2,000 new wind turbines should help Germany achieve its climate target for 2030. Mar 25, 2026, 12:52 p.mMar 25, 2026, 12:52 p.m This is what a new climate protection program that the cabinet in Berlin approved. Environment Minister Carsten Schneider and his colleagues had been negotiating the details for a long time. Germany has […]
Continue ReadingRussia launched a massive attack on Ukraine in broad daylight on March 25, firing hundreds of drones into the territory. It comes after Russia fired nearly 1,000 drones in a 24-hour period, killing a total of eight people across the country. This record attack had hit Lviv’s historic centre and residential houses in the west […]
Continue ReadingMoscow fired nearly 1,000 drones at Ukraine in 24 hours, as it starts is spring offensive. One damaged an energy facility on the region of Chernihiv, leaving close to 150,000 consumers in the city and its surroundings without power. Russia’s air defences also downed nearly 400 incoming Ukrainian drones, making it the largest reported overnight […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Russia‘s Ministry of Defence claimed on Wednesday that its air defences downed 389 Ukrainian drones across 13 Russian regions and the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula. This marked the largest […]
Continue ReadingConcern that Iran was amassing missiles to overwhelm defenses was a key factor in the push for war, officials said, and recent strikes laid bare Israel’s vulnerability.
Continue ReadingThe Russian port of Ust-Luga. (archive image)Image: www.imago-images.de Mar 25, 2026, 9:39 a.mMar 25, 2026, 9:39 a.m The Ukrainian armed forces attacked Russia at night with large swarms of drones and started several fires in the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga. Ukrainian forces successfully hit Russia’s oil export terminal at the port of Ust Luga […]
Continue ReadingThe woman had taken MDMA and three litres of vodka when she vandalised the piece nicknamed Blue Blob.
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