They may have agreed on a provisional peace agreement last August, but Armenia and Azerbaijan nevertheless each had some of the highest military spending as a share of GDP in the world in 2025, according to data compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.  Azerbaijan ranked 6th (6.5 percent) and Armenia 7th (6.1 percent) in SIPRI’s Top Ten countries in terms of highest military spending last year. The country with the highest spending on defense was, not surprisingly, Ukraine at 40 percent. Russia (7.5 percent)…

El presidente de la Federación Nacional de Hoteles de Venezuela (Fenahoven), Alberto Vieira, afirmó que el interés de cadenas internacionales por la hotelería venezolana ha aumentado, impulsado por la mejora en la conectividad aérea y por la combinación de destinos con alto potencial turístico...

El Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, a través de su Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores, rechazó de manera categórica las recientes declaraciones del presidente de Guyana, Irfaan Ali, calificándolas como una maniobra distractora para evadir las responsabili...

A major fire reportedly broke out on Wednesday at a Russian oil pumping station in the Perm region in the Ural Mountains in a suspected drone attack just a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touted the increasing range and accuracy of Ukrainian drones.  Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) targeted a production and dispatch station owned by Transneft more than 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine’s border, with unconfirmed reports indicating that almost all oil storage tanks at the facility were set ablaze.  Perm Governor…

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Wednesday that the country’s oil import bill has jumped 167% to $800 million per week amid the war in Iran from around $300 million weekly before the conflict began. Brent crude for June delivery was trading at $114.75 per barrel at 7.00 am ET on Wednesday, a big jump from the low 70s before the war, while the corresponding WTI crude contract was changing hands at $103.33/bbl from mid 60s in late February. According to Prime Minister Sharif, the spike in fuel prices has “dented…

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Wednesday that the country’s oil import bill has jumped 167% to $800 million per week amid the war in Iran from around $300 million weekly before the conflict began. Brent crude for June delivery was trading at $114.75 per barrel at 7.00 am ET on Wednesday, a big jump from the low 70s before the war, while the corresponding WTI crude contract was changing hands at $103.33/bbl from mid 60s in late February. According to Prime Minister Sharif, the spike in fuel prices has “dented…

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Wednesday that the country’s oil import bill has jumped 167% to $800 million per week amid the war in Iran from around $300 million weekly before the conflict began. Brent crude for June delivery was trading at $114.75 per barrel at 7.00 am ET on Wednesday, a big jump from the low 70s before the war, while the corresponding WTI crude contract was changing hands at $103.33/bbl from mid 60s in late February. According to Prime Minister Sharif, the spike in fuel prices has “dented…

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Wednesday that the country’s oil import bill has jumped 167% to $800 million per week amid the war in Iran from around $300 million weekly before the conflict began. Brent crude for June delivery was trading at $114.75 per barrel at 7.00 am ET on Wednesday, a big jump from the low 70s before the war, while the corresponding WTI crude contract was changing hands at $103.33/bbl from mid 60s in late February. According to Prime Minister Sharif, the spike in fuel prices has “dented…

El movimiento estudiantil equipo 10 se dirige al país para denunciar la crítica situación presupuestaria que enfrenta la Universidad de Los Andes (ULA), luego de la aprobación de apenas el 4% del presupuesto requerido para el ejercicio fiscal 2026. Esta decisión no solo representa u...