Pakistan's four largest listed oil refineries saw their combined profits soar by more than 1,860 per cent in the quarter ending September 2026, as global energy disruptions drove refining margins higher.
The proposed Green Energy Corridor could carry renewable electricity from the Caspian to Europe. But a completed feasibility study is only the beginning of a much larger financial challenge.
ADA University brought together international artists, cultural figures and leading Azerbaijani talent for exhibitions, film screenings and discussions during Baku Art Weekend 2026.
The United Nations is ending its 35-year peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara after the Security Council failed to agree on renewing its mandate, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Sunday.
Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 2 November, covering five developments as demonstrations over living costs, political accountability and democratic rights continue across Europe and Asia.
Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on terrorism charges after a large-scale overnight drone attack on Saturday damaged an industrial facility and civilian infrastructure in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
German ministers have vowed tough penalties for rioters and looters who damaged shops and injured more than 100 police officers in Frankfurt overnight, while praising security forces for preventing wider unrest.
The United Nations is calling for an independent investigation into the death of a Yemeni employee of the United Nations Human Rights Office in Houthi detention. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has also called for the release of other detained UN personnel.
Iranian negotiators held a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators in Doha on Sunday, 1 November, as diplomatic efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continue amid fears of renewed military action.
A powerful El Niño is driving extreme weather worldwide, leaving millions facing drought, wildfires and destructive storms as governments scramble to respond to the growing crisis.
Russian strikes left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian households without electricity on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while Russian authorities reported major damage to an industrial site after a Ukrainian drone attack on the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Thousands of people took to the streets of India's capital, Delhi, on Sunday, 1 November, calling for the resignation of the country's chief election commissioner over a controversial revision of voter lists.
Saudi Arabia’s air defences have intercepted and destroyed a hostile drone over the Riyadh region, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen. No casualties were reported.
Iran designated Britain's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as terrorist organisations on Sunday, (1 November), and classified the country's foreign intelligence agency, MI6, as a hostile group, according to a statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Since 2021, only 9 per cent of $8 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan can be traced beyond initial recipients in public records, a Kabul Institute report released on 22 October said. The United Nations says its oversight systems ensure accountability.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki on Saturday (31 October) accused Prime Minister Donald Tusk of staging a forced takeover of the country’s Constitutional Tribunal, following the suspension of the court’s president.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he is open to calls for a formal apology for Britain’s historical role in slavery, ahead of next week’s Commonwealth summit, where he is expected to face demands for financial reparations.
Dengue fever has killed more people in Bangladesh this year than in the whole of 2025, with October the deadliest month so far, data from Bangladesh's Health Ministry shows.
Ukrainians evacuated from the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky have arrived in Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has ordered Iran's armed forces to respond to any threat immediately and without geographical limits in statements posted to social media platforms on Saturday (31 October).
Relations between Britain and France, rooted in centuries of history, have possessed a distinctive dynamic that has helped determine Europe’s political balance: the paradox of “friendly enemies."
A tenth-grade student was critically injured after a man attacked her with a chainsaw inside a classroom in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district. The girl suffered severe injuries to her head, neck and back, while a classmate who tried to protect her was also hurt.
Cryptocurrencies are volatile, and their crashes make headlines. But does a slump in digital coins ever spill over into the pounds, dollars and euros in people's bank accounts? The short answer is not directly, but indirectly it can, and regulators are increasingly worried about how.
Deep divisions over Russia's war in Ukraine overshadowed a G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta on Friday, as European officials criticised Moscow's participation and refused to join a traditional group photograph with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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