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Paris (France) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron says that the G7 countries will draw “up to 100 million barrels” of diesel and crude oil from their reserves “within the next four months” to ease pressure on prices at the pump. They have agreed not to restrict their exports of these products, he adds. The announcement comes after G7 leaders held a video conference chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron, as the United States stepped up pressure on Europe to release strategic reserves and threatened a diesel export ban.

Khasab (Oman) (AFP) – Drone footage shows ships anchored off the coast of northern Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as shipping through the vital waterway continues to face major disruption impacting oil and energy prices globally amid the ongoing US-Iran war. The Hormuz passage, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and LNG passed before the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran in late February and sparked the war, remains at the heart of the conflict.

Backa Topola (Serbia) (AFP) – Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson’s press conference ahead of their Nations League clash against Israel is cut short after questions about the flydubai attack and allegations that an Irish player made racist remarks, which Ireland’s press officer denies.

Backa Topola (Serbia) (AFP) – Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson’s press conference ahead of their Nations League clash against Israel is cut short after questions about the flydubai attack and allegations that an Irish player made racist remarks, which Ireland’s press officer denies.

Berlin (AFP) – Hundreds of people take part in a protest rally against military service and rearmament in central Berlin. “If the government or those old men decide once again that they have to go to war, they can go themselves,” says one protester. German lawmakers backed a new military service scheme in December 2025 in a bid to bolster its understaffed armed forces. The scheme does not include conscription but does involve mandatory screening of all 18-year-old men.

Panama City (AFP) – Fishermen along the eastern Pacific say they are feeling the impact of ocean warming from the El Nino phenomenon, which is forcing several species to migrate to deeper waters, leaving nets half empty and communities in crisis. Small-scale fishermen in Panama struggle with extra fuel and ice costs amid the rising temperatures as fish move away in search of cooler waters.

Panama City (AFP) – Fishermen along the eastern Pacific say they are feeling the impact of ocean warming from the El Nino phenomenon, which is forcing several species to migrate to deeper waters, leaving nets half empty and communities in crisis. Small-scale fishermen in Panama struggle with extra fuel and ice costs amid the rising temperatures as fish move away in search of cooler waters.

Jerusalem (AFP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that Israel will impose a “very heavy price” on any power behind the flydubai incident, without offering evidence that any country was responsible. Israeli officials and witnesses say the co-pilot of the Tel Aviv-bound flight stabbed the Indian pilot, who let passengers come into the cockpit to overpower the attacker. The plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia with no deaths.

Jerusalem (AFP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that Israel will impose a “very heavy price” on any power behind the flydubai incident, without offering evidence that any country was responsible. Israeli officials and witnesses say the co-pilot of the Tel Aviv-bound flight stabbed the Indian pilot, who let passengers come into the cockpit to overpower the attacker. The plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia with no deaths.

Melbourne (AFP) – A sperm whale has cracked the hull of a yacht sailing in the remote South Pacific, forcing four sailors into a day-and-night fight for survival on the high seas. Crew members on the 16-metre Tai Tam tell AFP of their encounter with a pod of sperm whales 250 nautical miles north of tiny Norfolk Island. At 1 pm New Zealand time, about 30 minutes after the whale collision, they activated an emergency beacon. A container ship, the MV Sofrana Surville, rescued the sailors at 6 am Sunday — about 18 hours after their encounter with the sperm whale.

Melbourne (AFP) – A sperm whale has cracked the hull of a yacht sailing in the remote South Pacific, forcing four sailors into a day-and-night fight for survival on the high seas. Crew members on the 16-metre Tai Tam tell AFP of their encounter with a pod of sperm whales 250 nautical miles north of tiny Norfolk Island. At 1 pm New Zealand time, about 30 minutes after the whale collision, they activated an emergency beacon. A container ship, the MV Sofrana Surville, rescued the sailors at 6 am Sunday — about 18 hours after their encounter with the sperm whale.

Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin says that Russia has “no intention of attacking anyone” but warns that if “we’re faced with aggression, we will have to respond”. His comments come as tensions mount over Kaliningrad — Russia’s heavily militarised territory that borders Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea.