Marinakis-backed Capital Clean Energy hails LNG upturn as it banks newbuilding loan
Owner clinches financing for LCO2 newbuildings while Greek property investor expands stake
Day: July 31, 2025
West must impose “comprehensive arms embargo” on Israel
UK HRW Director Yasmine Ahmed says Israel is “exterminating Palestinians” in Gaza, urging an immediate arms embargo
US lightning flash was longest on record at 515 miles, scientists say
The 2017 flash, which stretched from east Texas to near Kansas City, beat the previous record by almost 50 milesA 515-mile (829km) lightning flash has set a new record as the longest ever identified.The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed…
d’Amico stays upbeat after sharp drop in profits
Fundamentals are solid as structural shifts favour product tankers, says CEO
QinetiQ clears H145 helicopters for rapid deployment
QinetiQ has completed an accelerated test and evaluation campaign, enabling the Ministry of Defence to press ahead with the deployment of six Airbus H145 D3 aircraft to support British forces in Brunei and Cyprus.
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US strikes oil agreement with Pakistan: Trump
The US and Pakistan have concluded a deal in which Washington will help Islamabad develop its “massive oil reserves”, American President Donald Trump has stated.
Once-in-a-decade push for the ‘locked out’: Global leaders set for landmark UN conference in Turkmenistan
In early August, Heads of State, ministers, investors and grassroots leaders will gather in Awaza on Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast for once-in-a-decade UN conference aiming to rewire the global system in support of 32 landlocked developing countries who…
In Myanmar, conflict and floods collide as UN warns of deepening crisis
As Myanmar reels from deadly floods, renewed fighting and widespread displacement, the United Nations warned on Thursday that urgent humanitarian needs are going unmet due to escalating violence and blocked access.Read the full story, “In Myanmar, conf…
Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians
Famine conditions are tightening their grip on the Gaza Strip, as the latest UN humanitarian update warns of soaring malnutrition-related deaths, relentless civilian attacks, and mounting obstacles to aid access amid deepening crisis. Read the full sto…
World News in Brief: First UN mission to Syria’s Sweida, fresh displacement in Haiti, new lightning record
The first UN inter-agency mission to embattled Sweida governorate in Syria arrived there on Thursday, UN aid coordination office OCHA has reported. Read the full story, “World News in Brief: First UN mission to Syria’s Sweida, fresh displacement in Hai…