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Iran
US resumes daylight strikes on Iran as tensions escalate over Hormuz
US Central Command said it has resumed daylight strikes on Iran, targeting coastal defences and missile sites. Tehran has reported casualties as tensions rise over a renewed blockade threat, calls for retaliation and the ongoing dispute over the Strait of Hormuz.
Europe Today
Cypriot minister defends EU-Cyprus special representative appointment
Cyprus says the EU’s appointment of Raffaele Fitto as special representative for the divided Mediterranean territory will support reunification efforts, but Turkish Cypriot leadership has blasted the move as biased and putting strain on efforts to improve EU-Turkey relations.
Cuba
Cuba plunged into nationwide blackout in 10days as fuel runs low
Fuel has been scarce across Cuba since January, when US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on any nation that supplies or sells oil to the island, exacerbating the island's continuing financial and economic crises.
Europe News
Ukraine's EU accession path becomes clearer as Cluster 6 opens
Ministers in Brussels approved the opening of another portion of Ukrainian accession negotiations on Tuesday. The decision continues the erosion of a two-year deadlock caused by the former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Europe Today
Sanctions should be ‘economic’ not ‘symbolic’, Bulgarian FM says
Velislava Petrova-Chamova told Euronews that the EU’s sanctions against Russia should have a financial impact and not be a symbolic instrument – and that this, among other reasons, is why Sofia championed the removal of the head of Russia's Orthodox Church from the 21st sanctions package.
