NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russia has built what human rights investigators describe as a global pipeline recruiting vulnerable foreign nationals into its war against Ukraine, drawing tens of thousands from more than 130 countries through what groups allege are coercive, deceptive and in some cases trafficking-like practices. After suffering major battlefield…
A dam in the body of water that separates Eurasia from the Americas could potentially help stabilise the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a large system of ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean, according to new research by a PhD student from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Using climate models, Jelle Soons investigated how closing…
The spillovers from American wars have long triggered global instability. The first Gulf War, in 1991, doubled oil prices and sparked inflation. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan also disrupted oil markets, added trillions of dollars to the U.S. national debt, and caused regional insecurity, including contributing to the rise of the Islamic State and…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, April 28 (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged partner countries in Southeast Asia on Tuesday not to turn to Russia for oil supplies as they try to cope with widespread fuel shortages caused by the Middle East conflict. The EU approved a fresh round of sanctions…
MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters) – An employee of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, controlled by Russian forces, was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack, the Russian-installed management of the station said in a Telegram post on Monday. “A driver was killed today when a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone struck the transport department at the Zaporizhzhia…
The Kremlin offered more indications that it’s acknowledging Russia’s economy is in trouble after years of relying on military spending for growth. Last week, Economy Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov told a business conference that the economy “is not easy” and called for reallocating the workforce, which has been tight as Russia’s war on Ukraine and…
KYIV, April 25 (Reuters) – A major Russian overnight attack on Ukraine killed four people and injured more than 30 others as Moscow launched over 660 drones and missiles in a barrage that targeted the city of Dnipro in southeastern Ukraine, and hit several other regions. “Practically all night, the Russians bombed Dnipro and our…
By Alex Lefkowitz and Edward McAllister SOFIA, April 19 (Reuters) – Bulgarians will vote on Sunday in the eighth parliamentary election in five years, with the clear frontrunner, pro-Russian former president Rumen Radev, promising to end a spiral of weak, short-lived governments and stamp out widespread corruption. Radev, a eurosceptic former fighter pilot who opposes…
April 18 (Reuters) – A fire broke out at an oil terminal in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region, prompting a large firefighting operation, the region’s emergency operational headquarters said early on Saturday. No casualties were reported and there was no indication as to what may have caused the fire. The emergency headquarters, writing on Telegram, said…
A man stands as a tugboat guides the Russian oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin at the oil terminal in the port of Matanzas, northwestern Cuba, on March 31, 2026. Yamil Lage | Afp | Getty Images Energy shipments are increasingly being used as a foreign policy tool as the Trump administration attempts to hold down two…