Day: March 27, 2026

A group of international travelers led by Harry Mitsidis, the Greek-born British founder and head of NomadMania, has visited the city of Lachin as part of an ongoing tour across Azerbaijan’s Karabakh and East Zangezur regions, AzerNEWS reports.

Germany once terrorised Europe, but now Europe is welcoming a resurgent German military.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has asked oligarchs to donate to the country’s budget in a bid to stabilise the country’s finances as he presses on with his invasion of Ukraine, The Bell online media outlet reported late on Thursday, citing unnamed sources. It said Putin met top Russia’s businessmen behind…

Moscow is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into an aggressive, yearslong buildout of transport and trade infrastructure.

The International Olympic Committee says women’s events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games will be restricted to biological females, after years of controversy over transgender participation. Also: President Trump has again pushed back his threat to start bombing Iranian energy plants, giving Tehran ten more days to open the Strait of Hormuz. An initial deadline was supposed to expire on Friday. Lawyers for the former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores argue they should be allowed to use Venezuelan state funds to pay for their defence against drug trafficking-related charges; Paul McCartney announces his first new album in more than five years; and the Manchester City striker Erling Haaland donates a rare Viking book to the town in Norway where he grew up. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight.
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A new phase in the ongoing war has brought energy infrastructure into sharp focus. Ukraine has increased long-range strikes on Russian oil facilities after

Former Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy reacts to President Donald Trump spending 4 minutes and 56 seconds talking about a Sharpie pen during a cabinet meeting.