A record 27,595 cases of the coronavirus infection were detected in China on Sunday, with most of the new cases occurring in Shanghai, according to data from China's State Health Affairs Committee. According to the committee, 1,184 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 26,411 asymptomatic cases were...

According to the British Times, citing unnamed sources, Sweden and Finland aim to join NATO as soon as this summer. Unnamed US officials told the newspaper that the alliance's membership of these countries has been "a topic of discourse" during NATO foreign ministers' meetings. The Times claims...

Head of the U.S. Treasury admitted that it will not be possible to exclude Russia from the IMF. Russia cannot be excluded from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. "Russia is a member of the IMF... The majority of IMF members agree that Russia's...

The number of refugees who left the territory of Ukraine after February 24 exceeded 4 million people, the UN estimated. This is almost a tenth of the country's population. The vast majority of Ukrainians (2.3 million people) moved to Poland. The number of refugees who have left the territory of...

Israel and Turkey are discussing construction of a pipeline to Israel's Leviathan field as an alternative to Russian gas supplies to southern Europe. Decisions on the route and participants could emerge in the coming months, Reuters reported, citing the countries' representatives. "The...

Yemen's Houthis said they started strikes on Saudi energy infrastructure on Friday, while the Saudi-led coalition said an attack on oil giant Aramco's petroleum products distribution station in Jeddah caused a fire in two storage tanks but no injuries.   An eyewitness reported seeing a...

In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), claimed that rise in global food prices due to the situation in Ukraine could cause unrest among hungry people in developing nations. "This year and next, the impact (of the situation in...

A drone targeted an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, on Thursday, causing a small fire, according to the Saudi news agency SPA, quoting an official from the energy ministry. The attack happened on Thursday morning, according to a ministry official. There were no casualties or...

Norway is exporting gas to Europe at maximum capacity, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said at a press conference on Tuesday, March 8. He was broadcasted on the government website. "Norway is supplying gas at its maximum capacity," the politician said. It is also noted that now Norway can...