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
“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
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
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
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
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
A Russian Geran-2 drone over Kyiv. Russian forces also struck Odesa, Dnipro, and Kharkiv.
April 16, 2026, Reuters
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
Iran Reopened the Strait of Hormuz to Commercial Shipping After the Truce in Lebanon
The Foreign Minister Announced the Resumption of Traffic Through the Waterway, Which Carries a Fifth of Global Oil Supplies
“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
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
“I Thought She Had Courage, but I Was Wrong.”
Trump Fell Out With Meloni Over Her Refusal to Back the War With Iran and Her Defense of the Pope
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
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
“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
“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
China Gave Iran an Intelligence Satellite Used to Guide Strikes on U.S. Bases
Beijing Denies Involvement, and Trump Warned of “Serious Problems”
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
“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
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
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
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
