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President Donald Trump says he has reached a deal with Vladimir Putin for Russia to supply diesel to the US as fuel prices surge before November's midterm elections. Experts doubt the agreement will significantly ease the global energy crisis, and European nations may refuse to buy Russian oil given sanctions over the Ukraine war.
Ukraine has received four mediation proposals from India, Turkey, Egypt and the United States, none of which aims to end the war outright but each seeking a narrower ceasefire covering energy infrastructure, ports or Black Sea commercial shipping. Kyiv says it will accept a truce on energy and shipping only as a combined package, while Moscow has signaled openness in public but is reported to have rejected the Indian plan.
Rolling blackouts lasting up to seven hours a day are paralyzing essential services across Venezuela and pushing citizens from Valencia to Maracaibo into the streets against the interim government of President Delcy Rodriguez.
The US-Israel conflict with Iran has disrupted oil and gas supplies, forcing many countries to turn to coal and driving up coal company profits. Despite this setback, analysts argue the clean energy transition is still moving forward.
Cuba's national power grid collapsed on Sunday, causing a nationwide blackout just days after prolonged outages. The failure comes amid fuel shortages blamed on US sanctions, with authorities yet to announce the cause or restoration timeline.
Severe wildfires in northern Tunisia have destroyed homes, livestock, and crops, highlighting weak infrastructure and community fragility. The fires coincided with record heat and power cuts, exposing deep energy sector challenges.
Libyans are protesting prolonged blackouts during a severe heatwave, demanding an end to corruption and urgent grid improvements. The crisis, spanning a decade of political division, has sparked civil disobedience and forced oil field closures, highlighting systemic failures in the energy sector.
Tunisia is facing a $3.8 billion energy deficit, and recent concessions to foreign companies for 598 MW of solar power have sparked strong opposition. Critics argue these deals undermine national sovereignty, fail to transfer technology, and export profits abroad, while basic solutions like public transit and domestic refining are neglected.
Amid a deepening energy crisis, solar panels offer hope for millions of Cubans enduring daily blackouts, but most cannot afford them. In Havana, a taxi driver considers a $3,678 system while his neighborhood remains powerless for 26 hours.
