ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The number of tankers waiting to leave the Black Sea through Turkish straits increased on Friday, and Turkiye became a significant roadblock in the way of a complicated international scheme to deny Russia the proceeds from oil sales during times of conflict. Despite days of pressure fromRead More →

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain slapped sanctions on 30 people globally on Friday, including Russian and Iranian authorities, for acts of torture, sexual abuse, and violent repression of public movements. The action comes a day after France imposed additional European Union sanctions against Iran for human rights violations in its securityRead More →

BENGALURU (Reuters) – According to NordVPN, one of the world’s major VPN service providers, about five million people worldwide have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market, including 600,000 from India, making it the most impacted nation. Hackers use bot marketplaces to sell stolen data from victims’Read More →

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian soldiers moved in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, blasting important cities and intending “to destroy everything there,” as Moscow signalled it was preparing for a long war with its neighbour. Zelensky grieved the thousands of Ukrainian men and women who have died three months after RussiaRead More →