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Live: Russia strikes four Ukrainian vessels in Black Sea

Europe

India vows to protect energy security after new US tariffs over Russian oil

Asia / Pacific

Live: Russia to open voting stations at border with Poland, Baltic states

Europe

France stalls EU Russia sanctions renewal over oligarch de-listing

Europe

Zelensky urges Trump to impose new Russia sanctions 'now', after deadly Ukraine strikes

Europe

UK, France, Canada to ban imports from Israeli settlements

Middle East

Israel to close British consulate in Jerusalem after sanctions on settlements

As it happened
Middle East
Business

Xi, Putin hold talks ahead of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit

Business

With sanctions and tariffs, US bets on its economic power to get what it wants

Americas

Iran threatens retaliation as new US sanctions hit already-struggling economy

Middle East

US unveils expanded sanctions aimed at Iran's 'economic asphyxiation'

Middle East

FIFA sanctions Argentina over brawl at World Cup final game

Sport

EU will 'stand firmly' behind ICC chief as the US levies new sanctions

Americas

Cuba: No power, no fuel, no internet

Americas

Cuba could collapse. Here’s what Trump wants.

Explainer
Americas

War in Ukraine: EU agrees 21st round of sanctions on Russia

Europe

'Mykhailo Fedorov was fired for his successes in fighting corruption in the defense sector'

Europe

EU, UK slap sanctions on Russian spies and hackers over cyberattacks

Europe

Netanyahu warns US could 'destroy' Mideast power balance as Trump floats F-35 jet sale to Turkey

Middle East

Iran needs to 'normalise relations with the US somehow' to save economy, expert says

Middle East
Tête à tête

DR Congo conflict: Rwandan FM 'disappointed by increasingly biased US mediation'

Africa
Spotlight

Irish company 'assisting in commission of crimes' by supplying alumina to Russia for Ukraine war

Middle East
Business

US waives Iran oil sanctions as part of 60-day peace negotiations

Business

Vance says UN nuclear inspectors will return to Iran as US suspends sanctions

Middle East

China sanctions US tech giants weeks after Pentagon blacklisted Chinese firms

Business

US forces lift Iran ports blockade as uncertainty clouds planned Switzerland talks

Middle East
Business

Trump suggests US can swiftly reimpose sanctions on Russian oil

Business

France bans Israel’s finance minister, slams him for promoting ‘recolonisation’ of Gaza

Middle East

US sanctions Cuban president, Castro relatives in latest pressure campaign

Americas

Ukraine war and risk of stagnation hang over St Petersburg economic conference

Europe

Russian oil tanker intercepted by France and allies in Atlantic

RUSSIA

US lifts sanctions against Francesca Albanese, UN rapporteur on Palestinians

Americas

Ukrainian PM Lisa Yasko asserts: Any country trading with Russia is on 'the wrong side of history'

Europe

'Very bad optics for Kremlin': Putin's China visit regarded as 'crisis & relations management trip'

Adani, Trump and Modi: Why US settled fraud case with Asia's richest man

Asia / Pacific

Cuba warns of ‘bloodbath’ as US imposes new sanctions amid rising tensions

Americas

Iran’s small businesses collapse under war, inflation and internet blackout

US renews $100 million aid offer to crisis-hit Cuba while tightening sanctions

Americas

EU approves new sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

Europe

New US sanctions are 'collective punishment', Cuba's FM says during May 1 marches

Americas

Ukraine reopens damaged Druzhba pipeline to unlock €90 billion EU loan

Europe

US issues sanctions waiver on Russian oil sales again

Europe

How a Russian ship under sanctions delivered armoured vehicles to Mali

France to target Russia's 'shadow fleet' with tougher penalties for ships sailing under false flag

Europe

France hands captain of suspected Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker one-year jail sentence

Europe

Russian oil tanker nears Cuba in test of US resolve on blockade

Analysis
Americas

Iran exploiting Trump administration's sensitivity to pressure from markets, expert says

Middle East

French navy boards Russia-linked tanker in Mediterranean

France

Oil shortage, not removal of sanctions, will boost Russia's energy exports, expert says

Europe
Business

Can Iran's economy survive if the war drags on?

Business

Venezuela's interim leader urges Trump to lift sanctions after Maduro's ouster

Americas

Hungary blocks EU Ukraine loan, Russia sanctions on eve of war anniversary

Europe

US forces board oil tanker in Indian Ocean that fled Caribbean blockade

Americas

US blockade deepens Cuba energy crisis

Americas

Cuba implements emergency measures to save fuel under US pressure

Americas
Business

India says trade deal with US 'best in the region', but keeps mum on Russian oil

Business

Iran declares European armies 'terrorist groups' in retaliation for IRGC designation

Middle East

Are the West's tightening oil sanctions finally taking their toll on Russia’s economy?

Analysis
Europe

Venezuela approves oil sector privatisation in major policy shift

Americas

EU lists Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards as terrorist organisation

Asia / Pacific

Ukraine steps up campaign to strike deep into Russia

Europe

France backs push to put Iran's Revolutionary Guards on EU terrorism list

Asia / Pacific

North Korea's Kim purges vice premier, slams ‘incompetent’ officials

Asia / Pacific

US military seizes sixth oil tanker it says has links to Venezuela

Americas
The Observers

Tracking the ships delivering sanctioned Russian LNG to China

Donald Trump pushing for strikes in Iran while advisors push for diplomacy

Middle East

'Absence of credible alternatives' has allowed Iranian regime to survive, analyst says

Middle East

Cuba's Diaz-Canel says there are no current talks with US after Trump threats

Americas

What can Trump offer Big Oil to bring US capital back to Venezuela?

Analysis
Americas

US military seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker in North Atlantic

Americas

Iran urges courts to show 'no leniency' for 'rioters' as deadly protests persist

Asia / Pacific

'Locked and loaded': Trump says US will intervene if Iranian regime kills peaceful protesters

Asia / Pacific