The Ukrainian government has cracked down on corruption with a wave of arrests of lawmakers, as it attempts to undo the damage caused after rushing through a law that gutted Ukraine anti-corruption reforms.
Ukraine has imposed sanctions on 94 individuals from Russia, Myanmar, Iran, Pakistan, China, India, Bangladesh and Georgia, as well as five oil transportation companies.
Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula erupted for the first time in recorded history on August 2, sending a plume of ash up to 6km into the atmosphere, according to the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT).
Bilateral trade between China and Russia declined in the first half of 2025, but the downturn masks a deeper entrenchment of economic ties that continue to sustain Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine.
As part of the Trump administration’s attempts to take the Climate Crisis off the agenda, the US Department of Energy has released a report downplaying the impact of fossil fuels on global warming.
Ukrainian Security Service drones struck a military airfield used for storing and launching Shahed drones in Primorsko-Akhtarsk on August 2.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is prepared to wait if Kyiv believes it is not yet time to engage in negotiations, stating that Russia can be patient regarding the settlement process in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump called Russia’s attacks on Ukraine “disgusting” in his most strongly worded criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin yet, and warned that Washington will impose new sanctions if no agreement is reached by August 8
Russia’s manufacturing sector saw its most severe contraction in output since early 2022, to 47, as demand faltered and firms struggled with financial pressures, according to new data from S&P Global released on August 1.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is facing mounting scrutiny over his decision to curb the independence of the country’s top anti-corruption bodies – provoking the largest domestic protests since Russia’s full-scale invasion began.
Ukraine’s parliament voted overwhelmingly to pass Law 31533 that reverses Law 21414 passed a week earlier that gutted Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms. The new bill restores the independence of the country’s key anti-corruption bodies.
The death toll from a Russian combined attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv has risen to eight people with 88 injured, according to official sources.
Nicaragua has formally endorsed Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions, becoming one of the few countries to explicitly back Moscow's territorial claims as Putin seeks international legitimacy for his seizure of sovereign territory.
The long running PrivatBank saga passed an important milestone after a London court ruled that Ukrainian oligarchs Ihor Kolomoisky and Hennadiy Boholiubov are liable for damages after they stole billions of dollars from bank dispositors.
Despite uncertain market conditions amid the Trump administration's tariff regime and major global conflicts, the International Monetary Fund has upped its global economic growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 slightly, Statista reported on July 30.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on July 30 that there are “many signs” that suggest the war in Ukraine may soon be at least temporarily halted but warned that even a ceasefire would not change Poland’s policy of building up its army.
Russian troops are steadily advancing on key logistical hub Pokrovsk in the Donbas from the north, east, and south, using small infantry groups and drone surveillance to stretch Ukrainian forces facing acute manpower and equipment shortages.
Ukrainian counterintelligence has discovered that Mexican and Colombian criminal groups have infiltrated the country's volunteer programme to acquire advanced military drone capabilities for narcotics operations.
Ukraine's PrivatBank won its London lawsuit against its former owners for allegedly siphoning off nearly $2bn, in a landmark case.
The European Union has suspended all financial aid to Ukraine after lawmakers voted through the controversial Law 21414 that strips the leading anti-corruption law enforcement agencies of their independence last week.