International

01-01-2026 LAGOS/ ABUJA: NNPC Limited, the state-owned energy company of top African oil producer Nigeria, plans to sell stakes in some of its oil and gas assets and has called for bids, according to an invitation document seen by media on Monday. NNPC owns some assets outright and others in …

01-01-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: IndiGo, opens new tab has introduced new pilot allowances and raised some existing ones, in a sign India’s largest airline is seeking to boost pilot morale weeks after mass flight cancellations linked to poor roster planning left passengers stranded. The airline will increase layover allowances …

01-01-2026 TEHRAN: Several protests have erupted in downtown Tehran after business owners closed down their shops in reaction to a free-falling national currency and no improvement appears in sight amid multiple ongoing crises. Shopkeepers near two major tech and mobile phone shopping centers in the capital’s Jomhouri area closed their …

01-01-2026 BANGKOK: Thailand’s army has accused Cambodia of breaching a newly signed ceasefire deal reached after weeks of deadly clashes that forced nearly one million people from their homes. In a statement, the Thai army said more than 250 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were detected flying from the Cambodian side …

01-01-2026 BEIJING/ TAIPEI: China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan on Monday to showcase Beijing’s ability to cut off the island from outside support in a conflict, testing Taipei’s resolve to defend itself and its arsenal of US-made weapons. The Eastern Theatre Command said it had deployed troops, …

01-01-2026 DAMASCUS/ TARTOUS: Syrian government troops have been deployed to the coastal cities of Latakia and Tartous after demonstrations led to deadly clashes in which at least four people were killed and 108 were injured. It’s the latest turmoil to challenge President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s fledgling government, which has been pushing …

31-12-2025 NAYPYIDAW: Polls have closed in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in a 2021 coup. The heavily restricted election took place in about a third of the Southeast Asian nation’s 330 townships, with large areas inaccessible amid …

31-12-2025 ANKARA: Turkiye has held a military ceremony to honour a group of Libyan officials, including military chief Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, who were killed in a plane crash over Turkish territory earlier this week. The ceremony, held on Sunday at Murted airbase outside the capital, Ankara, honored al-Haddad and …

31-12-2025 TEHRAN: On the streets of Iran’s capital, Tehran, young women are increasingly flouting the compulsory hijab laws, posting videos online that show them walking the streets unveiled. Their defiance comes more than three years after the killing of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman taken into custody by the …

31-12-2025 LONDON: Teenagers in the United Kingdom will be offered paid “gap years” with the armed forces under a new “whole of society” approach to national defence that aims to increase recruitment among young people, according to reports. The London-based i Paper reported on Friday that the UK’s Ministry of …