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Despite plans to go from zero to four nuclear power plants by 2050, Kazakhstan’s strategy comes with significant challenges.
LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - A man who last year tried to enter Israel's London embassy armed with two knives and carrying a "martyrdom note" was on Friday convicted in a London court of preparing an act of terrorism. Abdullah Albadri, 34, a failed asylum seeker from Kuwait, attempted to breach the embassy's perimeter in April 2025 because he wanted to send a message about "the killing of children", prosecutors said at his trial this month.

WADA announced 291 individual Russian athletes punished, with 11 of them sanctioned twice for separate violations.

The latest developments in the Middle East war: - Iran open to US talks: judiciary chief - Iran's judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on Friday said Tehran was open to talks with the United States but would not accept what he called policy "imposition" under threats. "The Islamic Republic has never shied away from negotiations... but we certainly do not accept imposition," Ejei said in a video carried by the judiciary's Mizan Online website. - Air defences activated in Tehran -

The recent launch of the World Data Organization in Beijing added another node to a growing network of bodies headquartered in China with international participation and cross-border mandates. China is fostering these lenders, institutions and intergovernmental organisations as President Xi Jinping pushes for improved “global governance”. The move came as Washington’s measures – from global tariff hikes, war on Iran and the recently released “Economic Fury” strategy – have set back some key...
The Russian army carried out an airstrike on an agricultural enterprise in the Zaporizhzhia district, damaging machinery and injuring a man.

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The Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) provided assistance to victims in Odesa and Mykolaiv after overnight Russia drone attacks.

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Stephen Sklenka, 3-star U.S. Marine General who oversees logistics and bases for the United States Marine Corps: There is no threat that looms larger than… China. Don’t listen to this garbage about them being a near peer. They’re a peer because they rival us in nearly every single measure of national influence. [China wants to] supplant us as the global leaders. They’re not interested in sharing that position. Think about… Iran… then ask yourself… against a nation that’s number two in GDP? T
There are casualties in Ternopil following a Russian drone attack.

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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, May 1 (Reuters) - The cost of sending some aid to Sudan - the world's largest displacement crisis - has more than doubled due to the Iran war, as shipping disruption pushes up costs and delays the delivery of relief, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. Heightened insecurity around key Gulf shipping routes, including the Strait of Hormuz, as well as congestion at ports, rising fuel prices and higher insurance premiums have all hampered the delivery of aid, partic

The 'Badr 2026 tactical manoeuvres' in the Sinai Peninsula featured army units, special forces, fighter jets, and tanks.

Israel’s military reportedly seized 22 vessels sailing among the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Shocked: Trump floated pulling U.S. troops from Germany, catching the Pentagon completely off guard. Officials said they “were not expecting it” and had no plans for a drawdown, despite a recent review that didn’t call for cuts. Germany hosts ~35–40k U.S. troops and key bases. Source: Politico
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have carried out a precise airstrike on a concentration of Russian troops in the central part of Hryshyne.
The Cyberpolice of Ukraine warned citizens about a fraudulent scheme where criminals call Ukrainians, identifying themselves as bank employees, to obtain payment card data or passwords for access to online banking.

For many journalists in Iran, the truth is increasingly being treated as a security threat. Authorities are tightening an already repressive reporting environment, where information is strictly controlled.

The Route Back Home: How Gaza's children use art to express the nightmares of genocide Amid the remarkable, moving artwork and written testimonies of children from Gaza on display at the Old Palesteine House in Brighton, there is one blank canvas suspended among the others. It belongs to Ghazi Ramadan. The eight-year-old Palestinian boy wanted to draw a shopping mall where he could go and buy things. Just the ordinary pleasures of life that existed in Gaza, as in other parts of the world,

ISLAMABAD: Power Minister Awais Leghari on Friday declared the end of a month-long loadshedding period after a shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrived in Pakistan a day earlier. The power minister made the announcement in a recorded televised message, saying that the recent power outages were caused by a gas shortage linked to the war between the US and Iran, and were not the result of “incompetence or system failure”. He recalled that on “April 13 and 14, consu

A group of Russian forces has been killed in the centre of the village of Hryshyne, Donetsk Oblast, in an airstrike by Ukraine's defence forces.

A series of explosions rocked Ternopil while an air-raid warning was in effect in the city due to a Russian attack on 1 May. Public transport in the city was temporarily suspended, and several residential areas were left without electricity.

Soaring jet fuel prices stemming from the war, the government of India said, have forced it to hike hajj package prices for its citizens.

The Latvia- and UK-led group already has more than 20 members; Finland wants in for both Ukraine's frontline and its own defense industry.

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The US defence secretary says the timer for the president to report to Congress "pauses or stops" in a ceasefire.

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After five years of war, armed resistance groups still challenge Myanmar's military across much of the country. But the generals are now stemming losses and reclaiming some territory.

[Vanguard] Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State on Thursday night sacked the paramount ruler of embattled Ogboinbiri Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Chief Okosughe Eseimokumo, over a conflict that has left at least one person dead and houses set ablaze.

Oil prices steadied and stocks diverged Friday in thin holiday trading, as investors awaited the next move in the Middle East crisis and digested corporate earnings. Several markets were shut in Europe and Asia for the May 1 holiday, including in France, Germany, Hong Kong and mainland China. Among markets that were open, Tokyo climbed while London fell, weighed by British bank NatWest, which reported higher quarterly net profit but warned economic conditions were deteriorating.
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Japan's trading houses see benefits from Iran war but set buffers
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Between February and April 2026, a special unit of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR), "Shamanbat," which includes fighters of free Ichkeria, together with the 104th Territorial Defense Brigade "Horyn," and in coordination with HUR's agent operations unit, carried out an operation to eliminate mercenaries of the "Akhmat" unit in the Sumy direction.

For many journalists in Iran, the truth increasingly treated as a security threat as authorities tighten an already repressive reporting environment where infromation is strictly controlled.

Forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed 14 unmanned Ukrainian Navy boats over the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry said

US president says European countries are ‘absolutely horrible’ to refuse to support operations in strait of Hormuz Europe live – latest updates Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain a day after saying he was looking at reducing the number deployed in Germany. The US president’s threat to Germany came after the country’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said America was being “humiliated” by Iran. Continue reading...