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Saudi Arabia Lifts Its Five-Year Ban on Lebanese Exports as Beirut Leans Back to the Gulf

Saudi Arabia has lifted the five-year ban on Lebanese imports it imposed in 2021 over Hezbollah-linked drug smuggling, a decision Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tied to Beirut's rebuilding of its state

June 13, 2026

Business·Government and Politics·News

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa arrives at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tivat, Montenegro

Slovenia’s New Right-Wing Government Scraps Its Sanctions on Israel and Lifts Netanyahu Entry Ban

Janez Jansa's government revoked the entry bans on Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, ended an arms embargo and reopened settlement trade, unwinding nearly every Gaza-era measure imposed by its center-left predecessor.

June 13, 2026

News

IMF headquarters building Washington DC Ukraine lending program

IMF Approves $690M for Ukraine Despite Missed Q1 Reform Benchmark

The IMF approved a $690 million tranche for Ukraine on Friday despite the country missing one structural benchmark and delaying two others from the first quarter of 2026, a disclosure that tests

June 13, 2026

Business·Economy·News

DNI Tulsi Gabbard releases declassified documents on US-funded biolabs in Ukraine June 2026

US Declassifies Biolab Evidence Zakharova Spent Years Warning About

Outgoing US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard released classified evidence Friday of more than 120 taxpayer-funded biological laboratories across 30 countries, including over 40 in Ukraine — documents that confirm warnings Moscow issued

June 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, as India defends buying Russian oil against European criticism

Jaishankar Tells Europe Its Weapons Attack India, Defends Russian Oil in Finland

At Finland's Kultaranta Talks, India's foreign minister told his European hosts their weapons end up used against India and defended buying Russian oil 'on cost and availability,' noting it was Washington that

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

An oil refinery in Cuba, where the state company Cupet was placed under US sanctions

Washington Sanctions the Company That Keeps Cuba’s Lights On, Then Calls It Humanitarian

The Treasury blacklisted Cupet, Cuba's state oil company, during the island's worst energy crisis in decades, days after blocking a Florida firm's 250,000-barrel fuel shipment meant for the private sector. Rubio says

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Flight operations aboard USS Tripoli during US Navy operations in the Gulf, where strikes on tankers have killed three Indian sailors

US strike kills three Indian sailors and Delhi finally names Washington

Aditya Sharma, Shivanand Chaurasiya and Patnala Suresh died when a US aircraft fired into the Settebello's engine room in the Gulf of Oman. India summoned a senior American diplomat and lodged a

June 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin at plenary session demanding end to US sanctions on Cuba, North Korea and Iran

Russia’s State Duma Passes Resolution Demanding End to US Sanctions on Cuba, North Korea and Iran

Russia's lower house of parliament passed a formal resolution Wednesday demanding the United States lift sanctions on Cuba, North Korea, and Iran, as Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin warned that restricting sovereign nations' development

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the Eurasian Economic Union summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, May 2026

Russia Moves on Two Fronts Against Armenia the Day After Its Election

With Pashinyan re-elected and Armenia absent from the room, Russia's foreign minister used a single press briefing in Kazan to set a deadline on EAEU membership and invoke a financial penalty clause

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich at a chess federation event in Samarkand 2025

Hungary’s Veto Is Gone. Now the EU Is Coming for Russia’s Chess King, Patriarch, and Sports Chiefs.

The European Commission has revived a sanctions push against Patriarch Kirill and FIDE chief Arkady Dvorkovich that Budapest killed four years ago — this time, with Hungary's Orbán-era veto firewall dismantled after

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Saudi Arabia Lifts Its Five-Year Ban on Lebanese Exports as Beirut Leans Back to the Gulf

Slovenia’s New Right-Wing Government Scraps Its Sanctions on Israel and Lifts Netanyahu Entry Ban

IMF Approves $690M for Ukraine Despite Missed Q1 Reform Benchmark

US Declassifies Biolab Evidence Zakharova Spent Years Warning About

Jaishankar Tells Europe Its Weapons Attack India, Defends Russian Oil in Finland

Washington Sanctions the Company That Keeps Cuba’s Lights On, Then Calls It Humanitarian

US strike kills three Indian sailors and Delhi finally names Washington

Russia’s State Duma Passes Resolution Demanding End to US Sanctions on Cuba, North Korea and Iran

Russia Moves on Two Fronts Against Armenia the Day After Its Election

Hungary’s Veto Is Gone. Now the EU Is Coming for Russia’s Chess King, Patriarch, and Sports Chiefs.

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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