Veniamin Kondratyev/Reuters A major Russian oil refinery on the Black Sea has been hit for the third time this month by Ukrainian drones, causing a "massive fire" and forcing the evacuation of people living nearby, local officials have said.
Earlier strikes in the past two weeks at the Tuapse refinery caused a big oil spill in the sea and residents reported "black" rain falling on the city and leaving an oily residue
AFP via Getty Images The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quitting the Opec and Opec+ groups of major oil producing nations next month after nearly 60 years of membership.
The UAE said its decision would help it meet growing global energy demand in the long term after recent investments to boost its production capacity.
It is seen as a blow to the cartel, with one analyst describing the exit as "the beginning of the end of Opec".
The Gulf state's energy minister said being a country with no
Reuters Police in Greece have arrested an 89-year-old man following a double shooting which left five people injured.
The attacker initially opened fire at a social security agency in the Kerameikos area of Athens on Tuesday, wounding an employee in the leg, police say.
He then travelled to a courthouse around 5km (3.1 miles) away in Ambelokipi, where a further four people were reportedly injured, before fleeing the scene and leaving behind a shotgun, authorities add.
There is a heavy police presence
AFP A diplomatic row has broken out over allegations that Israel is receiving shipments of grain from Russian-occupied Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that "another vessel" carrying grain "stolen by Russia" had arrived at a port in Israel and was preparing to unload.
He said Israeli authorities "cannot be unaware" of what cargo was inside vessels arriving at their country's ports, and
The man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at a Washington dinner lived with his parents in a quiet coastal suburb of Los Angeles.
Some people here lovingly refer to the city of Torrance, known for its good schools, ocean breezes and million-dollar homes, as "Bore-ance" because nothing much ever happens.
Cole Thomas Allen's neighbours in the community told the BBC they were shocked to see his face on TV - handcuffed, topless and
Japan Airlines (JAL) will start using humanoid robots in ground handling tasks at Tokyo's Haneda airport from May, in a two-year trial it said is aimed at easing employees' workload.
For a start, the Chinese-made robots will be deployed to load and unload cargo containers, JAL and GMO AI & Robotics, its partner in the project, said in a demonstration to the media on