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A Moscow court has closed the second bribery trial of former Russian deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov to the public and media over the risk of disclosing state secrets in 94 defence ministry contracts spanning 2018 to 2023, with charges totalling

Poland's Donald Tusk has warned Russia could attack a NATO member within months as members meet in Cyprus.

Russia has stripped a 44-year-old Ukrainian-born woman of her Russian citizenship over online anti-Russian statements.

Lebanon has urged the UN to take urgent action over Israel's targeting of journalists with 28 media workers killed since October 2023, as IDF soldiers testify to widespread looting of civilian property in southern Lebanon.

Iran is bypassing the US naval blockade by using the Jask port on the Gulf of Oman, sustaining oil exports to China at 985,000 barrels per day with Vortexa data showing 10.7mn barrels of crude transited through the strait between April 13 and 22.

Tech

UK Biobank de-identified participant data was listed for sale on Alibaba-owned Chinese consumer website by three academic institutions in breach of contract.

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.

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

South Korea’s economy rebounded sharply in the first quarter, driven by strong semiconductor demand, though policymakers are warning that a global energy shock is likely to weigh on activity in the months ahead.

Bank of Russia has cut its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 14.5% in its eighth consecutive rate cut, with the regulator forecasting annual inflation will fall to between 4.5% and 5.5% in 2026.

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.

Features

A growing chorus of analysts from Moscow, Beijing and Washington think tanks argues that the US campaign against Iran was really aimed at China's oil supply chain, making Tehran the prequel to a longer confrontation

The European Union has already, for all intents and purposes broken away from the US. It is only a matter of time before the Quad either ceases to function or decides to go its own way, without the US.

Israel's military occupation of southern Lebanon is threatening to upend a landmark 2022 US-brokered maritime border agreement and derail Lebanon's best remaining hope of tapping its offshore gas wealth.

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.

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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Bangladesh has issued an operating licence for the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, after completing inspections of primary equipment and confirming the reactor is ready for first criticality.

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

Desertification is accelerating across the region, with 9 sqm of land turning into desert every minute.

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.

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