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US President Donald Trump says the United States will hit Iran hard and signals an intention to take Kharg Island and Iran's oil infrastructure, comparing the approach to US policy on Venezuela.

Former secretary of state Antony Blinken banned Sali Berisha and his family from entering the US in 2021 because of "significant corruption".

Israeli data security company Cyera has raised $600mn in a new funding round at a $12bn valuation, cementing its position as one of Israel's most valuable private technology companies with backers including Accel, Blackstone, and AT&T Ventures.

Trump says there won’t be military conflict between Israelis and Turks “while I am president”.

Tech

Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has revealed plans to build a "state-run VPN," which is supposed to help the country's IT sector, cut off from foreign services and repositories.

IOWN, or Innovative Optical and Wireless Network, is designed to enable large-volume data communications with low latency and lower power consumption.

Deal helps Lithuania bolster military communications infrastructure as defence requirements continue to evolve.

Regulatory environment being shaped by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan is laying the groundwork for competitive disruption.

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.

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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.

CHP Party legitimises entire spectacle by participating vigorously in compromised races.

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.

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Two thirds of Russians are no longer paying close attention to the war in Ukraine, according to the latest survey from the independent Levada Center, up from a third in March.

For most of human history, more people were born each year than died. Populations grew very slowly for most of this history, then rapidly in recent centuries, as child mortality plummeted and people lived longer.

Inflation accelerated earlier this year with the rise partly driven by fuel prices.

European Commission expects Romania’s public debt to rise further to 61.6% of GDP at end-2026 and 63.4% by end-2027.

High fuel prices have not pushed up food prices in Czechia, but warned the Middle East conflict is expected to affect other categories.

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For much of the 26 years since the beginning of the millennium, India has aimed at becoming a rising economic power by way of first becoming a service centered hub and gradually shifting towards becoming a centre of manufacturing.

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).

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The E3 European leaders met in London over the weekend to thrash out a new formula to take to the Kremlin and end the war in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the document they produced takes us all the way back to the very beginning of the process.

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.

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Under the lease, Acwa Power Philippines will develop an integrated solar and battery storage facility with an eventual capacity of up to 500MW.

Confirmation of move comes after lawmaker revealed not a single shovel had hit the ground at the project site.

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.

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