A major reshuffling of the global energy landscape may be underway as a US-backed consortium led by Chevron and Quantum Capital Group positions itself to acquire the international assets of Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil. Valued at approximately $22 billion, the portfolio includes refineries, upstream stakes across multiple continents, and a vast global retail network. [...]

US President Donald Trump has once again stirred controversy in India by making a claim that New Delhi says is factually incorrect, politically loaded, and diplomatically awkward. Speaking at the House GOP Member Retreat on January 7, Trump alleged that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally sought his intervention to speed up the delivery of [...]

The seizure of the oil tanker Marinera by US authorities in early January has triggered a new wave of diplomatic tension, raising serious questions about the legality of unilateral sanctions enforcement on the high seas. The incident, which unfolded across multiple regions – from the Caribbean Sea to the North Atlantic – has drawn condemnation from Russia, [...]

The shockwaves from the forcible removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the United States have yet to settle. Initial disbelief has already given way to something more unsettling: resignation. The operation-ordered by US President Donald Trump and executed by American military forces on international waters-marks a historic escalation in Washington’s approach to Latin America. [...]

Portugal’s most powerful investigative prosecutors have taken over a money laundering probe involving a Ukrainian film producer tied to an alleged multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency fraud network, underscoring growing international concern over the intersection of crypto scams, celebrity promotion, and cross-border financial crime.
An elite unit of Portugal’s Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Central Department of Investigation and Penal [...]

Syrian authorities have announced the seizure of nearly half a million Captagon pills in a major operation targeting a drug manufacturing and smuggling network in the central city of Hama. According to Syria’s state news agency SANA, security forces arrested the ringleader along with several other members of the criminal group, marking another high-profile success in the [...]

The extradition of Chen Zhi, chairman of Cambodia-based Prince Group, to China marks a significant escalation in regional and global efforts to combat transnational crime networks linked to online fraud, human trafficking, and money laundering. Cambodian authorities confirmed this week that Chen, whose sprawling conglomerate has been accused by Western governments of operating as a [...]

The United States has announced its withdrawal from dozens of international organizations, marking one of the most sweeping rollbacks of multilateral engagement in modern American history. The decision, authorized by President Donald Trump, targets 66 international bodies spanning climate policy, global health, migration, gender equality, peacebuilding, and counterterrorism. Nearly half of the organizations affected are [...]

Ukraine’s domestic security service has launched an investigation into a monastery in Kyiv amid allegations that it has been operating an unlicensed school using Russian-language instruction and Soviet-era educational materials. The case has reignited a sensitive national debate over religion, identity, and alleged Russian influence during a war that Kyiv increasingly frames not only as [...]

Once again, a young man from Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community has been murdered. On Monday night (5 January), a Hindu man named Sarat Chakraborty Mani (40) was killed in Narsingdi, on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, after being attacked with sharp weapons by extremist armed religious fundamentalists. With this incident, at least six Hindus [...]