The Southern Command of the US Armed Forces reported the capture of another ship that violated the American naval blockade of Venezuela. In a message from the US military, the captured ship is called Veronica. Previously, specialized publications reported that off the coast of Venezuela there is a ship with the same name under the number 9256860.

A Siberian musk deer. Photo: Uranimated18 A Russian attempt to create a domestic anti-impotence drug has been criticised for its inefficient use of state funds by the parliamentary body responsible for financial oversight of the federal budget, Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Thursday.

People remain without communication for more than 160 hours, human rights activists report thousands of deaths, Trump backs down from threats Participants in an anti-government rally in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. Photo: AP / Scanpix / LETA US President Donald Trump said Iran has canceled its planned executions of protesters. He previously threatened to strike the Islamic Republic if the crackdown continued.

The prison in Omsk where Roman Tyurin was held. Photo: Zona Mag A Russian political prisoner from western Siberia’s Omsk region was revealed to have died almost a year ago while serving his sentence, according to an activist who regularly exchanged letters with him.

Photo: Governor Vladimir Solodov / Telegram In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a state of emergency at the municipal level was introduced after the death of two people due to snow falling from the roofs. The mayor of the city, Evgeny Belyaev, announced this in his telegram channel. A snow cyclone hit Kamchatka on January 12; over two days, at least 39 millimeters of precipitation fell in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Vilyuchinsk, the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said .

Will this deprive the Kremlin of money to continue the war - or will the authorities raise taxes again? The US-captured Russian shadow fleet tanker Bella 1 sits next to a US Coast Guard ship off the coast of northern Scotland, January 14, 2026. Photo: Andy Buchanan / AFP / Scanpix / LETA The price of shipment of Russian oil at the end of December - beginning of January collapsed to multi-year lows - the last time raw materials were so cheap was in the covid year of 2020.

Could Anna Stepanova’s anti-war activism see her property in Russia be confiscated and handed to her pro-Putin cousin? Anna Stepanova attends a protest against the construction of a landfill in the Arkhangelsk region village of Shies.

Photo: FSIN Political prisoner from the Omsk region Roman Tyurin, convicted four times for posts on social networks, died in prison almost a year ago, on February 17, 2025, Memorial reported . Human rights activists managed to learn about the death of a political prisoner when the activist, who was in correspondence with Tyurin, was returned an unopened envelope with her letter.

The UK’s diplomatic flag is flown outside the British Embassy building in Moscow, Russia, 10 March 2025. Photo: EPA /Maxim Shipenkov Russia’s Foreign Ministry has revoked the accreditation of a diplomat at the British Embassy in Moscow after the Federal Security Service (FSB) identified him as an undeclared intelligence agent, the FSB said on Thursday.

18 people were injured Photo: Syktyvkar No. 1 / Telegram A fire occurred at the Professional Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Syktyvkar, the Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Komi Republic confirmed to TASS. According to telegram channels SHOT , Mash and “112” , the fire was preceded by an explosion. The fire has now been localized to an area of ​​340 square meters, the Ministry of Emergency Situations added.

Oil dereks at an oil filed near the city of Surgut in Russia’s Khantiy-Mansiysk autonomous district in western Siberia. Photo: EPA / Vadim Rusakov The European Union announced a further lowering of the price cap on Russian oil from $47.6 to $44.1 per barrel on Thursday, in a move aimed at reducing the Kremlin’s revenue from its energy exports, which remains lucrative despite international sanctions. The measure, which is due to come into force on 1 February, applies only to seaborne shipments.

Ayna Mankieva. Screenshot: Marem Police in Moscow have released a 21-year-old woman from the republic of Ingushetia, in Russia’s North Caucasus, who fled domestic abuse at home, after she spent the night in custody, Russian human rights group Marem reported on Thursday.

Photo: Andrej Cukic/EPA Serbian intelligence, together with FSB officers, tested long-range acoustic devices (LRAD) on dogs, Politico writes , citing relevant documents. The tests took place after massive anti-government protests in Belgrade on March 15, 2025.

Georgian Dream renounced him and put him on the wanted list. Let's figure out how the Georgian authorities got involved in a war between mafia clans Illustration: “New newspaper Europe” Murder at a funeral Tbilisi, late evening of March 14, time 22:35, two men come out of the entrance of a house on Chavchavadze Avenue - this is Vake, the most prestigious area, with wide sidewalks, bicycle paths, facades of university buildings, shop windows of expensive shops and banks.

Rescue workers at the site of a Russian airstrike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, 9 January 2026. Photo: EPA / Maxym Marusenko Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared a state of emergency in Ukraine’s energy sector on Wednesday as Russian airstrikes continue to leave thousands without power, heating and water, especially in the capital Kyiv.