On October 17, a Polish court denied Germany’s request to extradite a man suspected of masterminding one of the most daring acts of sabotage in recent decades: the 2022 destruction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was built to carry billions of cubic metres of Russian natural gas direct …

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban visited Serbia on Thursday to discuss increasing oil exports there, before jetting off to Russia on Friday to talk with Vladimir Putin about crude oil and gas supplies to Hungary. Orban met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the northern Serbian town of Subotica on Thursday …

An Israeli attack on Sunday killed one of Hezbollah’s top leaders, threatening to unravel a November 2024 ceasefire that has kept most of the Lebanese population out of the crossfire. Hezbollah has been rebuilding its missile and drone arsenal, but its capacity to retaliate is limited by continued military weakness …