The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) has paused the planned evacuation of more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz after a cargo ship passing through the waterway was attacked. IMO chief Arsenio Dominguez said several boats had already been evacuated, but the agency wanted to ensure that “necessary safety guarantees” would continue…

Reports in Albanian media suggest the development company, Zvërnec South Adriatic Development, is controlled through a network of Dutch-registered entities, while the ultimate owners have not been revealed. The involvement of the Kastrati Group, Albania’s largest privately owned conglomerate, has also been reported, though its exact role is still unclear. Zvërnec Adriatic South Development, Kastrati…

A former high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence official has been sentenced to life in prison for spying for Russia’s FSB security service. Col Dmytro Kozyura was found guilty of high treason under martial law, Ukraine’s prosecutor general said. He was previously chief of staff of the Security Service of Ukraine’s (SBU) anti-terrorism centre. An operation codenamed “rat”…