The Hindu festival, which celebrates the victory of good over evil, also marks the end of winter.

It is the fourth Australian death at a Japanese ski resort this year.

A project to introduce unmanned sites is part of a broader adoption of digital technologies.

Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a Russian agent in Kropyvnytskyi who, on orders from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), was registering Starlink satellite terminals under other people’s identities.

The largest negative temperature deviation recorded in Kyiv during the winter occurred in January (-4.4°C), while the coldest day was February 10, when temperatures dropped to -20.2°C.

Russian propaganda resources have intensified a disinformation campaign alleging that Ukraine is selling NATO weapons on the black market.

The Cypriot government suspects the Iran-backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon targeted the UK’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been elected as Iran’s new Supreme Leader.

Markets react as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies and concerns grow over how long it will last.

Leading economic institutions in Russia have confirmed that the country’s economy is on the verge of stagflation.