Russian satellites have made dozens of detailed imagery surveys of military facilities and critical sites across the Middle East to help Iran strike US forces and other targets, according to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment.

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have warned, after the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, marking the bleakest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the clock was first introduced in 1947.

OPEC+ will create a new mechanism to evaluate the maximum oil production capacities of member countries, which will help determine base production levels for the 2027 OPEC+ agreement, according to a statement released after the latest ministerial meeting.

The European Union, Britain, and climate-vulnerable developing countries have expressed concerns about delays to the next global climate assessment by the UN's climate science panel, following the US administration's withdrawal from the process.

The Kremlin will not give any assessment of the plane crash near Aktau until the investigation is completed,  press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov said, News.az reports.

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the outlook on the rating of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) from stable to positive.