Saudi Arabia has postponed its annual Future Investment Initiative conference to 2027 after Iran-backed Houthi forces escalated attacks on the kingdom. The Houthis have launched repeated missile and drone strikes on Saudi territory since a deadly airport attack earlier this month.
Houthi forces attacked a government security training camp in Yemen's Shabwa province on Monday, killing at least 53 people and wounding roughly 200, local authorities said. The strike is among the deadliest in weeks of intensifying fighting between the Iran-aligned group and the internationally recognized, Saudi-backed government.
Workers at New Zealand's state-owned Kiwibank have gone on strike over the bank's latest pay offer. The workers' union says the 2.25 percent offer does not add up and that the bank can easily afford to improve it.
New Zealand's free trade agreement with India has officially taken effect, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay said. The deal makes 57 percent of New Zealand's exports to India tariff-free, including sheep meat, wool, coal and forestry products.
A UK High Court judge has ordered a worldwide freeze on VietJet's assets after London investment firm FitzWalter argued the Vietnamese airline could try to hide or spend them amid an ongoing dispute. The ruling prevents VietJet from moving assets beyond the court's reach while the underlying case proceeds. The airline has not publicly detailed its response to the order.
Taiwan's coastguard said it warded off 16 mainland Chinese vessels in a single day after they entered the island's self-declared restricted waters near Hualien, Pingtung, Kaohsiung and the Dongsha Islands. The coordinated, multi-pronged operation involved twelve coastguard and research ships alongside four fishing boats operating simultaneously. Analysts said the scale and coordination point to a shift in Beijing's maritime pressure tactics toward Taiwan.
Investment bank Renaissance Capital raised its valuation of Nigeria's Dangote Refinery by 33.4% to ₦700 per share, citing strong earnings over the first nine months of 2026. The upward revision, issued in a statement on Sunday, signals growing investor confidence in Africa's largest oil refinery as it ramps up production.
At least 84 people were killed in Sudan on Monday after a drone strike hit a market in the southern West Kordofan state and a separate attack struck the capital Khartoum. A medical source and a witness said roughly 80 died in the West Kordofan strike, one of the deadliest single attacks since Sudan's war began in 2023, while the Khartoum attack killed four people, including three children.
The Visegrad Four — Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary — have asked Brussels for more funding and flexibility as the EU's 2027 phase-out of Russian energy imports approaches. The bloc warned that high electricity prices across Europe are already straining the transition.
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