Belarus is offsetting shortfalls in tax revenues with non-tax income, primarily transfers from Russia.

The BBC’s Orla Guerin travels to the edge of the critical waterway that Iran has put a stranglehold on.

The operation to extract him from the ground in hostile territory was hugely complex and involved multiple US government agencies.

In Charleston, the clay-court WTA 500 tournament – the Credit One Charleston Open with a prize fund of $2.3 million – has concluded.

Throughout April 5, 108 combat clashes took place along the frontline between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders. In particular, the enemy launched 24 attacks in the Pokrovsk sector.

Following talks between Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, the two sides reached an agreement to reopen embassies in Kyiv and Damascus.

During Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Damascus, a trilateral meeting took place involving the teams of Ukraine, Syria, and Türkiye.

The incident comes a week before the polls, and follow warnings of a potential operations staged to influence voters.

Members of OPEC+ – the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their partners — have for the second time in a row decided to raise oil production quotas.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi stated that Kyiv has no connection to the incident in Serbia, where explosives were discovered near the TurkStream pipeline.