Ukraine restarts Russian oil to Europe, unblocking 90-billion-euro EU loan
Resumption of oil deliveries enables Hungary to lift veto, with EU's 27 members now on track to formally approve loan.
Roman Abramovich takes Jersey to European human rights court over Chelsea sale proceeds
Lawyers for oligarch claim freezing of £5.3bn of assets ‘unfair and abusive’ amid row over use of funds for Ukraine
Roman Abramovich has gone to the European court of human rights (ECHR), claiming that a criminal investigation into his financial affairs by the Jersey authorities has breached his human rights, according to reports.
The former owner of Chelsea FC, who is under UK sanctions over his links to Vladimir Putin, is being investigated in Jersey over allegations of corruption and money laundering.
Continue reading...How Israel is destroying Lebanon’s water infrastructure
Israel is 'deliberately' attacking Lebanon's water, experts say, aiming to displace or kill south Lebanon's population.
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The Strait of Hormuz is today’s energy chokepoint. China is tomorrow’s. – Big Think
- The Strait of Hormuz is today’s energy chokepoint. China is tomorrow’s. Big Think
- Oil exporters scramble for routes beyond Hormuz — but there are no easy options CNBC
- Alternative routes for Middle East oil and gas due to Hormuz disruption Reuters
- What the War Against Iran Means for the U.S.-South Korean Alliance War on the Rocks
- Top Oil Traders Warn Worst of Demand Hit From War Is Yet to Come Bloomberg.com
Billionaire sues digital currency venture co-founded by Trump and sons for illegal account freezing
Justin Sun alleges World Liberty Financial installed tools to prevent sale of his tokens after they became tradeable
Billionaire crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Tuesday sued World Liberty Financial, the digital currency venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, alleging that World Liberty illegally froze his holdings of tokens issued by the company.
Sun, the largest investor in World Liberty, alleged in the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, that the company secretly installed tools to prevent the sale of his tokens after they became tradeable in September 2025. The lawsuit also alleges that World Liberty threatened to “burn” – or permanently delete – his holdings, even while they were in Sun’s digital wallet.
Continue reading...Four people arrested over suspected £44m UK home insulation scam
Serious Fraud Office investigation relates to firms allegedly submitting false invoices for work they failed to carry out
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has arrested four people on suspicion of a home insulation scam that may have cost energy companies as much as £44m.
The SFO and the National Crime Agency said on Wednesday that the unnamed people were arrested in coordinated dawn raids across England on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud.
Continue reading...In This Mass Trial, Suspects Could Get 245 Years Each – Newser
- In This Mass Trial, Suspects Could Get 245 Years Each Newser
- A mass trial in El Salvador and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean AP News
- Shackled and shaved: El Salvador holds mass trial for hundreds of gang members South China Morning Post
- El Salvador holds mass trial for 486 alleged gang members NBC News
- Mass MS-13 trial held at El Salvador mega-jail The Herald Palladium
Strait of Hormuz is hosting gunboat diplomacy as US and Iran vie for most effective blockade
Iran’s goal is to maintain chokehold on the global economy, even as some say it could run out of oil storage by Sunday
Donald Trump’s indefinite shelving of the plan to bomb Iran’s bridges and power stations on Tuesday night is being widely described as leaving the conflict in limbo, but that is anything but the truth.
Pakistan insists the prospect of talks in Islamabad has not evaporated, and positive messages are still being exchanged, but in the meantime the site of kinetic activity has switched from land to sea.
Continue reading...AP Exclusive: Cyprus president says the EU needs a clear playbook on helping members under attack – AP News
- AP Exclusive: Cyprus president says the EU needs a clear playbook on helping members under attack AP News
- Costa steps up pressure to break EU budget deadlock politico.eu
- Zelenskyy to crash EU summit after calling Orbán’s bluff in €90bn loan row Financial Times
- Informal meeting of heads of state or government of 23-24 April 2026 - Invitation letter by President António Costa to the members of the European Council consilium.europa.eu
- Cyprus summit will struggle to exit EU crisis doom loop Euractiv
Israeli settlers block Palestinian children from school in the West Bank
Students, teachers and families stage daily peaceful sit-ins at the site of the fence near Umm al-Khair village.
Iran’s leaders debate war and peace after Trump ceasefire extension
State television pushes line that Iranians want more war, but others urge reason and moderation.
Britain’s military dependence on US ‘no longer tenable’, says former Nato chief
George Robertson says diplomatic tone from White House is at ‘historic low’ and two allies are likely to keep diverging
Britain’s high military dependence on the US is “no longer tenable” and the UK has to become increasingly independent of the special relationship with Washington, a former Nato chief has said.
George Robertson, who last week accused British leaders of a “corrosive complacency” towards defence, said on Wednesday that the traditional allies were diverging over values – and that even after Donald Trump leaves the White House, the separation was likely to continue.
Continue reading...UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today’s under-18s – Reuters
- UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today's under-18s Reuters
- Opinion | Butt out, cigarette banners The Washington Post
- UK passes bill that will eventually ban cigarette purchases AP News
- Proposed Lifetime Smoking Ban to Become Law in Britain The New York Times
- UK bans a generation of children from smoking: How it works Al Jazeera
Trump calls Iran’s leadership ‘fractured’. Is it, and who’s in charge?
Almost 53 days into war, there is little evidence suggesting that Iranian government is fragmented.
Palestine Action activist who hit officer with sledgehammer ‘panicked’, court told
Samuel Corner, 23, says he struck Sgt Kate Evans to protect co-defendant amid 2024 Elbit Systems raid near Oxford
A Palestine Action activist who struck a police officer with a sledgehammer during a protest at an Israeli-linked arms factory acted to protect a co-defendant he believed was being seriously hurt, a court has heard.
Samuel Corner, 23, is accused of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Sgt Kate Evans during a raid on the Elbit Systems facility, in Filton, near Bristol, on 6 August 2024.
Continue reading...The Jewish Labor Bund Stood Against Zionism – Jacobin
Fires ignited by Ukrainian drones rage at Russian oil refinery
Hundreds of firefighters are trying to contain fires at Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery.
EU agrees to unblock €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto
Agreement for urgently needed loan reached after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia
EU member states have reached agreement on unblocking an urgently needed €90bn (£78bn) loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions against Moscow after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, prompting Budapest to lift its veto.
Cyprus, which holds the bloc’s rotating presidency, said member states’ ambassadors had agreed to launch “written procedures” for the final approval of the loan and the sanctions package, with formal signoff on both due by Thursday afternoon.
Continue reading...Nepal’s home minister resigns, second cabinet exit in one month
Sudan Gurung steps down after less than a month in office, citing questions about his investments and other matters.