(TEHRAN, IRAN) – Iran has sold crude oil worth $18 billion since the beginning of its conflict with the United States, securing more than 60 percent of the annual budgeted oil revenue even during the most intense period of hostilities, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said. Paknejad told Al Jazeera thatContinue Reading
(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) – Russia will extend its ban on petrol exports until the end of the year as the country grapples with a fuel crisis triggered by damage to several refineries from drone strikes, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said. The decision, taken at a meeting of the relevant governmentContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The Ukrainian government is working with international partners on a package of measures to protect export logistics as daily Russian attacks on critical infrastructure threaten to disrupt transport links and weaken the country’s economic stability. President Volodymyr Zelensky said separately that the state is updating its grainContinue Reading
(GENEVA, SWITZERLAND) – Ukraine has called on the World Trade Organization to help restore safe shipping in the Black Sea, warning that Russian attacks on port infrastructure and foreign civilian vessels carrying Ukrainian farm products pose a serious threat to the global trading system and food price stability. Ukraine’s PermanentContinue Reading
(LONDON, UK) – British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to sell its Russian hygiene business to local manufacturer Arnest Management, pressing ahead with plans to reduce its presence in Russia first announced in 2022. The sale covers a production facility in Moscow, intellectual property rights for local brandsContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukrainian officials and their family members declared cryptocurrency holdings worth nearly 839 million hryvnias, equivalent to approximately $20.5 million (around £16.1 million or €18.8 million), in their 2025 asset declarations, with the most valuable crypto assets reported by officials based in the capital. The National Agency onContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Total deposits held by individuals in Ukrainian banks reached 1,749.2 billion hryvnias as of 1 July 2026, an increase of 131.5 billion hryvnias from the start of the year, as confidence in the banking system held firm through the first half. Data released by the Deposit GuaranteeContinue Reading
(WASHINGTON, USA) – The United States is preparing to impose substantial tariffs on the European Union after the bloc fined Google a combined total of roughly $1 billion for breaking digital competition rules, with President Donald Trump warning the EU would pay a very high price for targeting American technologyContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has committed more than €1.4 billion (around $1.53 billion or £1.2 billion) to projects in Ukraine since the start of this year, covering energy, transport and critical infrastructure recovery with concrete results expected before the end of 2026. Prime MinisterContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The Allseeds group, one of Ukraine’s largest producers and exporters of vegetable oils and oilseed meals, has suspended operations in the Odesa region, citing a sharp rise in security risks from Russian missile and drone attacks on port and logistics infrastructure. The company made the announcement inContinue Reading
