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Iran has arrested political scientist Sadegh Zibakalam after he gave a Channel 4 interview in breach of a court ban on media activity, with his case now before the Press and Culture Prosecutors' Office.

The legislative package designed to meet so-called “super milestones” attached to the EU’s RRF, which have been withheld due to rule-of-law and corruption concerns.

A US Navy fighter jet disabled an unladen oil tanker carrying 24 Indian nationals in the Gulf of Oman on June 8.

What began as a local campaign against a proposed tourism project in the coastal area of Zvërnec has evolved into a broader protest movement targeting Prime Minister Edi Rama's government.

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz signed legislation on June 8 expanding executive powers to deploy the military against road blockades that have brought the country to a near-standstill for almost six weeks.

Tech

Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5, a public version of its most powerful AI model, two months after restricting an equivalent system over cybersecurity fears.

For most of the post-Soviet era, Central Asia's economic story was written in commodities. Now technology is starting to challenge that stereotype.

Finland-based space technology company ICEYE, with Polish CEO and co-founder, completes funding round as demand grows for sovereign intelligence systems.

DC North runs one of Croatia's largest data centre facilities, at a time when demand for data centre capacity continues to rise across Europe.

Bahraini investment firm Investcorp has launched a formal AI investment methodology spanning its private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies.

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Relations between Yerevan and Moscow remain strained, following a pattern seen in Moldova, where Russian trade restrictions and political pressure ultimately helped push exports toward the EU.

Ahead of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary election, Russia is carrying out a full-scale pressure campaign against Nikol Pashinyan’s government.

Europe is in a historic decline that threatens its economic model, political autonomy and global influence, and lacks the intellectual framework needed to reverse the trend, according to the head of France's elite Sciences Po university.

The world has changed in a very fundamental way. For most of the last century the world has been run on the lines of Great Power Geopolitics: them and us; the enlightened and the barbaric; the rich and the poor.

An opposition win would not be an economic, political or geopolitical disaster.

Data

Global supply chain pressures have risen again in recent months, returning to levels last seen during the height of pandemic-related disruptions, Statista reports.

Fitch Global Ratings cut its forecast for Poland’s economic growth in 2026 to 3.3% from 3.6%, citing weaker GDP data and lower external demand, the rating agency said on June 8.

According to NASA, there is “unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate”, Statista reports.

Fitch has raised its 2026 oil and gas outlook to improving, lifting its Brent assumption to $87 on a five-month Strait of Hormuz closure, with prices seen at $100-110 before easing to $70 by September.

Data from the Indonesia Stock Exchange reveals that the Composite Stock Price Index or Indeks Harga Saham Gabungan has plunged more than 36% from its historical peak.

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Russian retail investors poured RUB138bn ($1.7bn) into mutual funds in May, with bond funds accounting for more than four-fifths of net inflows as punters expect more Central Bank of Russia (CBR) rate cuts boosting the demand for bonds.

A Eurasianet partner post from the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst.

Azerbaijan used Baku Energy Week to push new gas exports, upstream investment, and a larger US role in its energy sector.

Ukraine’s ability to keep the lights on through another wartime winter will depend as much on reform as reconstruction, according to a new report by the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE).

The escalating crisis in the Middle East and severe disruptions to energy transportation through the Strait of Hormuz have once again demonstrated how vulnerable the global oil and gas market remains to instability.

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What began as an environmental campaign against the planned development linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has rapidly evolved into a broader protest movement.

He’s passionate but ultimately dull. While he’s directing matters, the regime can happily go about dismantling the opposition.

German businessmen are going to the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia’s premier investment forum, in a public show of the fraying commitment to cutting off commercial ties under the sanctions regime.

Kyrgyzstan wants more infrastructure maintenance funds. Afghanistan is preparing to divert river flows for irrigation. Disagreements could mount.

Is Aleksandar Vučić finally running out of road? In Serbia, it is the question that follows every large protest.

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Poland’s updated National Energy and Climate Plan assumes a sharp increase in power capacity, renewables and nuclear generation by 2040, the government said.

The 169 MW Iepurești photovoltaic park in Giurgiu County, fully owned by Israeli developer Nofar Energy, has entered the operational phase and is moving towards commercial operation, the company announced.

The cooling of the North Atlantic "cold blob" is being driven by a weakening AMOC current system that may be nearing a tipping point, a new study using observational data has found.

Several countries across the region, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan, issued tsunami warnings following the quake, although most have since been lifted.

The tremor struck at 7:37 am at a depth of 33 km, with its epicentre located 32 km south of Maasim.

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