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The first car made during Soviet-era Poland goes on display 73 years later

The very first car produced in Soviet-era Poland after World War II has gone on display near Warsaw after it was tracked down in Finland during decades of searching and acquired after years of negotiations

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2024

UN’s Yemeni oil tanker operation: What you need to know

An FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s coast could break or explode and trigger a catastrophic oil spill, if left as is.

Al Jazeera · Jul 16, 2023

Vladimir Putin assassination plot on Moscow bridge 'foiled by Russian secret service'

The Russian president assassination attempt reportedly involved laying explosives laid on a river bed below a bridge that Putin's motorcade would have travelled over

Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2023

‘He’s a war criminal’: Elite Putin security officer defects

Gleb Karakulov, an officer in Putin’s secretive personal security service, defected in October

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Putin officer defects and says ‘paranoid’ president lives in a bunker and is terrified of Covid

Gleb Karakulov said he has fled Russia over the war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Paranoid Vladimir Putin never uses phone and stays in his bunker, defector says

Federal Guard Service captain Gleb Karakulov, 35, revealed how Russian President Vladimir Putin Putin is paranoid about his personal security, and because he's so scared of being assassinated, he stays "in his bunker"

Daily Mirror · Apr 4, 2023

Ukraine war: new figures suggest only one in four Russians support it, but that won't be enough to oust Putin

Leaked internal Russian government polling recently indicated that as few as one in four Russians may be in favour of the war in Ukraine. Analysts believe that the forced mobilisation of over 300,000 civilians and the high level of casualties have all contributed to waning support for Russia’s war effort.

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2022

Yemeni Official to Asharq Al-Awsat: Fate of FSO Safer to Be Determined after Unloading

The head of the Yemeni maritime authority has ruled out a new dispute arising and hindering the process of unloading the FSO Safer, a derelict oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen. The government and Iran-backed Houthi militias will later agree on the fate of the tanker after unloading…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 21, 2022

UN raises funds to salvage oil tanker ‘time bomb’ off Yemen coast

The decaying 45-year-old FSO Safer has not been serviced since Yemen plunged into civil war in 2014.

Al Jazeera · Sep 22, 2022

Yemen, UN, Netherlands Discuss Safer Tanker in Aden

A tripartite meeting between the Yemeni government, the UN, and the Netherlands was held in Aden to discuss the status of the FSO Safer tanker and efforts to initiate the implementation of the first phase of the UN plan to empty and maintain the tanker to avoid a global environmental…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 18, 2022