Gaza lies in ruins after two years of war. Experts warn that rebuilding will require not just many billions of dollars, but local agency and a meaningful political solution. Although…

As presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet to negotiate Ukraine’s future, Ukrainians themselves are racing to fix vital infrastructure destroyed in Russia’s 2022 invasion. In just five months, one…

Thailand suffered more than $300m in damaged property and evacuation costs during its border war with Cambodia, Reuters reports. Five days of shelling and bombing killed some 33 people and…

A team at Aston University is working with Kyiv’s National Academy of Sciences on a heat pump able to deal with Ukrainian winters. The design works with Ukraine’s Soviet-style cast-iron…

North Korea has announced plans to send 6,000 soldiers to aid in the reconstruction of the southwest Kursk region, according to Russian state news agency Tass. The move was announced…

Canadian architect and engineer Stantec has won a design competition for reconstruction work on Ukraine’s State Tax University, which was severely damaged during Russia’s invasion in 2022. Located in Irpin,…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide €2bn for recovery and reconstruction projects in Ukraine, including energy, transport, housing, water and heating. The work is intended to sustain essential…

Daniel Libeskind has been chosen to design a masterplan for the Auschwitz Research Centre on Hate, Extremism and Radicalisation (Archer) in Poland. Archer will be located at the former home…

US-headquartered Hill International has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development. The 12-month agreement sees Hill helping to implement a range of projects…

Ethiopia has begun looking for a company to restart work on a $1.7bn railway connecting the country’s eastern and northern regions, website Railway Supply reports. The 392km Awash–Hara Gebeya project…

The Norwegian government wants to bring back a requirement for all new buildings over a certain size to include bomb shelters, citing lessons learned from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The…

Skanska has signed a $126m contract with the Tennessee Department of General Services to renovate downtown Nashville’s Legislative Plaza, a 1975 development that offers spaces for public events above government…

A UK design engineer has won an international competition organised by the Norman Foster Foundation to create a masterplan for the reconstruction of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. It’s estimated…

The Polish government this week brought forward the start of construction on the country’s €2.3bn “East Shield” defence line along its eastern border intended to deter Russian attacks through either…

An international expert has warned that Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip over the past year has exposed many of the 2.1 million people trapped there to deadly…

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland have asked the EU to help them pay for new fortifications along their borders with Russia and its ally, Belarus. The defence ministers of the…

Fresh doubts have been cast over Russia’s proposed new gas pipeline through Mongolia to China after the newly-elected Mongolian government published its “Action Program” for 2024-28, prioritising medium and long…

Lithuania this week started building a 170-hectare military base to house some 4,000 combat-ready German troops about 20km from the border with Belarus, Russia’s close ally. The move comes in…