Reuters

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that 30% of Ukraine's power stations had been destroyed.

Mallikarjun Kharge, an 80-year-old from the lowest rung of India's caste system, is seen as a Gandhi family loyalist.

The figures hammered home the difficult environment for British households, especially those on the lowest incomes.

North Korea has condemned the drills for raising tensions and has test-fired rockets and artillery in response.

Bryce Provance, the founder of the now-disbanded NMCG, said the group tried to protect the community and prevent clashes.

Europe's energy crisis has cooled efforts to lower the carbon intensity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc's strategy pivot has solved one problem for investors who didn't love its foray into consumer banking.

The tussle comes when Pernod Ricard is facing business and regulatory stress in India, one of its key growth markets where it accounts for a 17% share.

South Korea will reportedly supply 288 multiple rocket launchers worth $6 billion.

The COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about more immediate issues such as health and livelihoods may partly explain the drop.

The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine made a rare acknowledgment of the pressures they were under from Ukrainian offensives to retake southern and eastern areas that Moscow claims to have annexed just weeks ago.

Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Wednesday, paring losses from the previous session, as concern over tight supplies following reports of lower inventories in the United States offset fears of lower demand from top oil importer China.

The United Arab Emirates believes OPEC+ made the correct technical choice when it agreed to cut production targets and the unanimous decision had nothing to do with politics, energy minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said on Tuesday.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi expects to return "soon" to Ukraine, he told Reuters on Tuesday, amid negotiations to establish a security protection zone around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Sensing that Russia has been weakened by its war in Ukraine, some of its closest allies in Central Asia are displaying a newly assertive streak.

Decades-high inflation is forcing central banks to aggressively hike interest rates again.

BTS' economic impact will be partly eroded while the members carry out their military service.

Israel's Foreign Ministry voiced "deep disappointment" with the decision and said it would summon the Australian ambassador.

"Look at Ben-Gvir's history, his actions, his statements," an unnamed Biden administration official was quoted as saying by local media. "This is not someone we want to see as part of the government."

As tensions rise in the euro zone's second-biggest economy, strikes have already spilled over into other parts of the energy sector.

Bitcoin has lost 17% in the past three months, while Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, the world's largest bitcoin fund, is down 34% in the same time.

Ukraine has reported a spate of Russian attacks using Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in recent weeks.

"We will launch ... a sanctions package today that will hold accountable those who are responsible for the brutal crimes against women, youths and men," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.

Protests which started at Mahsa Amini's funeral in her Kurdish hometown spread rapidly across the country, to the capital of Tehran and cities in central Iran.

The Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival, which opened on Thursday, is showing around 40 films at a recently renovated culture centre in the Gaza Strip.

K-pop boy band BTS will go off on mandatory military service, starting shortly with oldest member Jin, their agency said on Monday.

Protests sparked by 22-year-old Mahsa Amini's death have turned into one of the boldest challenges to Iran's clerical rulers since the 1979 revolution.

Australia's defence minister Richard Marles was due to arrive in Tonga on Monday ahead of the South Pacific Defence Ministers Meeting this week.

Kyiv's city administration said after the first wave of explosions that "critical infrastructure" was being attacked.