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Ukraine Targets Russia’s Shadow-Fleet Tankers Supplying Crimea
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EASA Warning Puts European Airlines Back Under Middle East Airspace Pressure
Separate high-risk advisories for Iran, Iraq and Lebanon show that Europe's aviation regulator does not regard regional de-escalation as sufficient to restore normal flight planning, leaving airlines with longer routes, higher costs and continuing safety exposure.
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Hormuz Tankers Turn Back as Gulf Shipping Risk Returns
At least four oil and gas tankers reversed course after renewed attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, showing that physical access to the Gulf chokepoint can remain open while commercial confidence, insurance and European energy security deteriorate.
EASA Warning Puts European Airlines Back Under Middle East Airspace Pressure
Separate high-risk advisories for Iran, Iraq and Lebanon show that Europe's aviation regulator does not regard regional de-escalation as sufficient to restore normal flight planning, leaving airlines with longer routes, higher costs and continuing safety exposure.
Russia’s Fuel Queues Turn Ukraine’s Refinery Campaign Into Domestic Pressure
Hours-long queues and purchase restrictions from the St Petersburg region to Siberia are moving the effect of Ukrainian energy strikes beyond industrial statistics and into the daily lives of Russian drivers.
Iran War Oil Shock Looks Contained, but Reserve Drawdown Leaves Europe Exposed
Markets have absorbed the loss of more than one billion barrels of supply with less disruption than feared, but depleted emergency and commercial stocks leave Europe with a thinner defence against another Gulf crisis.
EU-China Trade Pressure Turns on Rare Earths, Overcapacity and European Unity
Europe has stronger trade-defence tools and a clearer understanding of its dependence on China, but Beijing’s control of critical materials can still divide member states unless Brussels cushions the cost of retaliation.
Czech Investors Eye Pirelli Stake as Chinese Control Faces Pressure
Interest from Michal Strnad and Pavel Tykač in part of Sinochem's Pirelli holding could return a strategic European manufacturer to greater European ownership while testing Italy's limits on Chinese influence.
Human Rights and Social Issues
British Couple’s Hunger Strike Deepens Pressure Over Iran’s Detention Diplomacy
Craig and Lindsay Foreman remain on hunger strike in Tehran amid reports of severe weight loss, inadequate medical care and blocked family contact, intensifying questions about consular protection and politically motivated detention.
Venezuela Quake Response Tests Europe’s Civil-Protection Reach
European rescue teams have joined the search for survivors after Venezuela's twin earthquakes, but difficult access and a narrowing rescue window are testing whether the EU's civil-protection machinery can deliver rapidly in a country with fragile institutions and strained international relations.
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The return of 160 prisoners to each side, mediated...
Brussels Extends Lifeline to Millions Fleeing Ukraine Conflict
More than four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of...
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