Crude oil deliveries to Slovakia resumed this week through the Druzhba pipeline, ending a nearly three-month interruption that had strained energy supplies across Central Europe and complicated European Union decision-making. The restart restored a critical route for Russian crude that runs through Ukrainian territory and supplies refineries in Slovakia and Hungary. The pipeline had been inactive since late January following…
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80, her party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), said in a statement issued Tuesday. Zia, the first woman elected to lead Bangladesh as prime minister, spent decades at the center of national politics in a rivalry with Sheikh Hasina that dominated elections, street protests and governance for a…
Rising Tensions After a Fragile Truce Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have resurfaced after the Thai army accused its neighbor of breaching a recently agreed ceasefire along their disputed border. The truce had been welcomed as a critical step toward calming weeks of violent clashes that forced close to one million people to flee their homes and disrupted daily life…
A passenger service on Mexico’s Interoceanic Train line derailed in the country’s south on Sunday, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens, according to federal and state officials. The crash occurred as the train rounded a curve near the town of Nizanda, in the state of Oaxaca, and it halted traffic along a rail line intended to connect the…
Protest and Arrest in Central London Climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested in London after attending a protest linked to support for Palestine Action affiliated hunger strikers, according to police statements. Thunberg arrived after the protest had begun outside the offices of Aspen Insurance and sat down holding a placard expressing support for imprisoned activists and opposition to the war…
India and New Zealand said on Monday they had concluded a free trade agreement aimed at deepening economic ties amid growing trade uncertainty. The announcement followed a conversation between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, with officials describing the pact as a vehicle to expand commerce in goods, services and investment. A formal signing…
Attack Unfolds Across Transport and Shopping Hubs A rare mass stabbing has shaken Taiwan’s capital after an assailant carried out a coordinated violent attack across central Taipei, leaving at least four people dead and several others injured. Authorities said the suspect also died after falling from a building during a police pursuit. The incident began inside Taipei Main Station, one…
