11-05-2026 SINGAPORE/ LONDON/ DUBAI: With their location trackers shut off to avoid Iranian attacks, the United Arab Emirates and buyers have recently sailed several tankers loaded with crude through the Strait of Hormuz in a bid to move oil bottled up in the Gulf by the Middle East conflict, according …

11-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday operationalized key provisions under two major labour reforms, the Code on Wages, 2019 and the Code on Social Security, 2020 in a move aimed at expanding formal social protection while standardizing wage-related regulations, including for gig and platform workers. The government …

11-05-2026 JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s highest court has cleared the way for the revival of impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa, ruling that parliament’s decision to block an inquiry four years ago was inconsistent with the constitution. Ramaphosa avoided impeachment proceedings in 2022 after his governing African National Congress (ANC) party …

11-05-2026 TRIPOLI: Libya’s largest operational oil refinery at Zawiya has been shut down and ‌an emergency declared following fighting between armed groups nearby. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) and Zawiya Refining Company announced a “precautionary halt” to operations and evacuated employees from the oil complex and port. NOC confirmed the …

11-05-2026 PREAH VIHEAR/ SIEM: When asked how she spends her day, 11-year-old Sokna rattled off a list of chores. She first fetches water, then washes dishes and sweeps the leaves and dust from around the blue tarpaulin tent her family now calls home, in the grounds of a Buddhist pagoda …

11-05-2026 BEIRUT: Israeli air raids have martyred dozens more people in southern Lebanon, including a civil defence rescuer, according to Lebanese state-run media, despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. A Lebanese health ministry statement said an Israeli air strike killed four people, including two women and injured eight others …

10-05-2026 WASHINGTON/ CAIRO: Efforts to end the war between the US and Iran appeared to stall as the two sides traded fire in the Gulf on Friday, while a US intelligence analysis concluded Tehran could withstand a naval blockade for months. A CIA assessment indicated that Iran would not ‌suffer …

10-05-2026 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced on social media that there would be a three-day ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine from May 9 until May 11 to mark ‌the end of World War Two for the Russians. Trump had said after a phone call with Putin …

10-05-2026 NAIROBI/ GENEVA: Somalia faces a severe malnutrition crisis and urgently needs more aid funding to avert a catastrophe, the United Nations World Food Program said on Friday, warning it may be forced to halt humanitarian support from July without additional financing. A combination of multiple failed rain seasons, which …

10-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition Congress party drew increasingly strong backing from Muslim voters while Hindus overwhelmingly voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, results from recent elections in four states have shown. This voter trend highlights hardening religious polarization in the officially secular ‌nation, and the …