The U.S. Is Preparing to Inspect Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz—Iran Has Reimposed Tight Control Over the Waterway in Response

The Truce Expires on Wednesday, and Trump Warned He Is Ready to “Drop Bombs Again”

In Kyiv, a Man Opened Fire on the Street and in a Store—Six People Were Killed and Ten Injured

The Shooter Legally Owned the Weapon and Had Previously Been Convicted of Assault

“More Than 100 Million Barrels of Oil Are in Transit.”

The U.S. Extended Its License for Operations Involving Russian Oil for Another Month—Until May 16

Trump Refused to Seize Iran’s Key Oil Island for Fear of Heavy Losses—and Increasingly Wants Out of the War

The WSJ Reports That His Harsh Rhetoric Was a Pressure Tactic, Not a Real Plan

Markets Are Falling on News of the Truce, but Experts Warn—the Energy Crisis Has Not Gone Away

Infrastructure Has Been Destroyed, Supply Chains Broken, and Recovery Will Take Months—not Days

Iran Said the Strait of Hormuz Is Once Again “Under the Strict Control” of the Country’s Armed Forces

Vessel Traffic Will Be Restricted Until the U.S. Lifts the Blockade of Iranian Ports

In Kyiv, TCC Officers Blocked a Car, Tried to Smash the Windows, and Opened Fire After the Driver Drove Away

All of It Happened in the Presence of Police

Oil Fell 11% and Gas 10% After the Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz

Trump Said the Waterway Is “Fully Open,” but Industry Experts Warn That the Situation Remains Uncertain

Budanov Said Ukraine Intends to Bring in Workers From Africa Amid an Acute Labor Shortage

The SBU and the Foreign Ministry Have Been Told to Revise the List of “Migration Risk” Countries, Which Determines Whether Foreigners Can Enter

Durov Said the European Age-Verification App Was Deliberately Hacked in Two Minutes

He Says the Vulnerability Was Built In From the Start—So the System Could Later Be Replaced With a Tool for Mass Surveillance

70,000 Soldiers, Tanks, and Air Superiority—Israel Captured Less Than a Fifth of Its Objective in Lebanon in a Month

The War With Hezbollah Showed That Overwhelming Superiority No Longer Guarantees a Quick Victory

Ukraine Wants to Impose Prison Terms of up to Five Years for Illegal Departure From the Country Under Martial Law

The Number of Such Violations Rose From 3,000 in 2021 to 20,000 in 2024—And the Current Fines Are Not Working

The U.S. Is Delaying Weapons Deliveries to Its European Allies Because of the War With Iran

The Baltic States and Scandinavia Are Among Those Hit—including Countries That Border Russia

Will the War With Iran End—or Will the Truce Collapse Again

The Strait Is Open, Trump Claims Progress, but the Nuclear Program, Lebanon, and the Sides’ Mutual Demands Still Offer No Answer

The Right Is Slowly Winning in Europe

Why AfD, Reform UK, and Other Parties Are Rising

Russia’s Oil Tax Take Will Double in April-to $9 Billion

The War in Iran Has Pushed the Ruble Price of Urals to a Four-Year High

Orban Is Gone, the System Remains

Magyar Comes From the Same Elite and Has Not Promised to Change Dependence on Russia or the Approach to Ukraine

“Thanks to the Blood of Ukrainians, Who Are Buying Us This Time—We Still Have a Few Years.”

Belgium’s Chief of Staff Said the War in Ukraine Must End Before 2030—Otherwise Europe Will Not Have Time to Prepare for a Possible Russian Strike

Russia Launched Massive Strikes on Kyiv, Odesa, and Dnipro—at Least 15 People Were Killed and Dozens Injured

Among the Victims Was a 12-Year-Old Girl, and One Strike Hit a Children’s Playground

A Dnipro Resident Beaten by Balaclava-Clad TCC Officers Has Been in a Coma for 22 Days

His Wife Says the Case Is Being Prepared for Closure

“The International Order Is Disintegrating and Descending Into Chaos.”

Xi Received Sanchez in Beijing—Both Condemned the War Around Iran and Called for a Multipolar World

Anthropic’s AI Found Thousands of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in the Largest Operating Systems and Browsers

The Company Classified the Model and Granted Access Only to Selected Partners-Apple, Google, Microsoft, and JPMorgan

After Khamenei’s Death, Power in Iran Passed to Harder-Line Radicals

The New Leadership Is Intensifying Repression at Home and Taking a Tougher Line Abroad

“We Are Not Obliged to Support Them.” Merz Demanded Limits on Benefits for Ukrainians—Germany Cannot Deport Them for Now

We Explain What European Law Allows for Ukrainian Men of Conscription Age—and What It Does Not

Which Messenger Is the Most Secure?

Signal, Telegram, Threema, and Five Alternatives—Confidential, but Not Quite

Russian Crypto Exchange Grinex Halted Operations After a Hack—More Than 1 Billion Rubles Was Stolen

The Exchange Blamed Foreign Intelligence Services for the Attack, but It Is Itself Under Western Sanctions Over Links to Money Laundering

Record Russian Gas Deliveries to Spain—Nearly 10,000 GWh in a Month

The War in the Middle East Is Forcing Europe to Buy More From Russia, Even as It Officially Moves Away From It

U.S. Defense Secretary Quoted the Bible at the Pentagon—but the Text Turned Out to Be From Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction

Hegseth Presented Samuel L. Jackson’s Character’s Monologue as the Words of the Prophet Ezekiel

France Released a Russian “Shadow Fleet” Tanker Detained in Marseille a Month Ago

The Court Limited the Case to a Fine—Whose Amount Was Not Disclosed

Russia Warns Europe of Escalation Over Drone Supplies to Ukraine and Publishes the Addresses of Their Production Sites

Moscow Calls These Facilities Legitimate Targets for Strikes

China Gave Iran an Intelligence Satellite Used to Guide Strikes on U.S. Bases

Beijing Denies Involvement, and Trump Warned of “Serious Problems”

“The Overwhelming Majority of Member States Have No Desire to Discuss This Issue.”

The EU’s Biggest Countries Are Slowing Ukraine’s Accession to the Bloc—And the Issue Risks Disappearing From the Agenda of the April Summit

Five People Were Killed and Another 25 Injured in Dnipro as a Result of a Russian Strike

An Infrastructure Facility Was Hit

Complaints About TCC Units Have Increased 340-Fold in Three Years

Budanov Said Chaos Is Inevitable—and Signaled That Killings and Maimings Will Remain Part of the System

“I Always Knew NATO Was a Paper Tiger.” Trump Put U.S. Withdrawal From the Alliance on the Agenda After Allies Refused to Fight Iran

An Analysis of the Legal Obstacles, Historical Precedents, and Four Possible Scenarios

Gas Prices in Europe and Britain Are Falling Despite the Closed Strait of Hormuz

The Market Expects a Shortage to Be Avoided, but Crisis Risks Remain

School Shooting in Turkey: Four Dead, 20 Injured

The Attacker Was an Eighth-Grade Student, and a Similar Case Occurred at Another Turkish School Two Weeks Earlier

A Polish Sejm Deputy Displayed an Israeli Flag With a Swastika While Speaking Against the Genocide of Palestinians

He Now Faces a Criminal Case

Democrats Want to Launch Impeachment Proceedings Against Defense Secretary Hegseth Over Accusations of War and Abuse

The Effort Has Little Chance, but Shows He Has Become the Party’s Main Target

Norwegian Oil Exports Rose 68% in March and Hit a Record as the Closure of the Strait of Hormuz Pushed Prices Higher

Trump Has Already Accused Norway of “Making a Fortune” From Europe’s Energy Shortage

Saudi Arabia Urged the U.S. to Abandon the Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and Return to Talks

Meanwhile, a Chinese Tanker Became the First to Break Through the American Cordon

The ECB Called for Faster Creation of a Unified Deposit Insurance System in the EU—Talks Have Been Stalled for Years

The Main Opponent Is Germany, Which Does Not Want to Take On Other Countries’ Risks

The U.S. Has Deployed More Than 15 Warships for a Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz-They Have Approached the Iranian Coast More Closely Than at Any Point Since the Start of the War

Iran Threatened Strikes on U.S. Vessels, While China Said It Would Continue to Use the Strait