Latest NewsBP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
Castrol motor oil bottles are seen in this illustration taken June 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters BP, opens new tab has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol
Read MoreIran says missile program aimed at defending national sovereignty, non-negotiable
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei is pictured during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 14, 2025. By Xinhua News Agency Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei
Read MoreVenezuela reaches oil production target amid US pressure
By Anadolu Agency Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying US pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy
Read MoreKenya seeks Egypt partnership to boost local defence manufacturing
By Kenyans Kenya has taken a step toward strengthening defence manufacturing capacity following a high-level visit to Egypt by senior officials from the Directorate of National Security
Read MoreJoshua delivers reality check to Paul with sixth-round KO
Dec 19, 2025; Miami, Florida, US; Anthony Joshua hits Jake Paul during a heavyweight boxing bout at Kayesa Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images By Reuters Former heavyweight
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BP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
Castrol motor oil bottles are seen in this illustration taken June 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters BP, opens new tab has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol
Read MoreIran says missile program aimed at defending national sovereignty, non-negotiable
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei is pictured during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 14, 2025. By Xinhua News Agency Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei
Read MoreVenezuela reaches oil production target amid US pressure
By Anadolu Agency Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying US pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy
Read MoreKenya seeks Egypt partnership to boost local defence manufacturing
By Kenyans Kenya has taken a step toward strengthening defence manufacturing capacity following a high-level visit to Egypt by senior officials from the Directorate of National Security
Read MoreJoshua delivers reality check to Paul with sixth-round KO
Dec 19, 2025; Miami, Florida, US; Anthony Joshua hits Jake Paul during a heavyweight boxing bout at Kayesa Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images By Reuters Former heavyweight
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Featured ArticlesBP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
Castrol motor oil bottles are seen in this illustration taken June 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters BP, opens new tab has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol
BP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
Castrol motor oil bottles are seen in this illustration taken June 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters BP, opens new tab has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKIsraeli leader hopes summit brings Arab ties out in the open
Photo (AP) The Mideast conference in Poland that started Wednesday offers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an opportunity to flaunt in public what he has long boasted about happening
Read MoreEuropean Central Bank decisive on inflation target of 2%
By Anadolu Agency The European Central Bank (ECB) will “go as far as necessary” to ensure that inflation stabilizes at the bank’s 2% target over the medium term, the
Read MoreEgypt’s president lifts state of emergency for 1st time in years
By Anadolu Agency Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday evening ended the state of emergency in the country for the first time in years, “I decided for the first time in years
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Israeli leader hopes summit brings Arab ties out in the open
Photo (AP) The Mideast conference in Poland that started Wednesday offers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an opportunity to flaunt in public what he has long boasted about happening
Read MoreEuropean Central Bank decisive on inflation target of 2%
By Anadolu Agency The European Central Bank (ECB) will “go as far as necessary” to ensure that inflation stabilizes at the bank’s 2% target over the medium term, the
Read MoreEgypt’s president lifts state of emergency for 1st time in years
By Anadolu Agency Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday evening ended the state of emergency in the country for the first time in years, “I decided for the first time in years
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Blog PostsSomali operators enable network interconnection
File Photo Somali Times/Flag of Somalia By TeleGeography The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced that Somali mobile operators have implemented an interconnection agreement to
Corruption, inflation drive African states to redesign currency
File Photo Somali Times/Somalia’s corrupt president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud By Daily Nation African countries are turning to new-generation banknotes to help curb corruption, runaway inflation and
Somali journalist freed in surprise move hours after conviction
Abdalle Ahmed Mumin was arrested last year on what authorities say are security-related charges By AFP ASomali journalist said he had been freed from jail Monday just hours after a court handed
Yacht, homes of Equatorial Guinea VP seized in South Africa
Teodoro (aka Teodorin) Nguema Obiang Mongue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president and the country’s Vice President By AFP Two homes and a superyacht belonging to Equatorial
Kenya: Bank wealth managers fight for growing rich list
By Business Daily Africa Commercial banks are fighting for a share of the growing high-net-worth individuals seeking to spread their wealth in multiple local and overseas asset classes to
China says U.S. flew high-altitude balloons over its airspace
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin speaks during a news conference in Beijing, China March 3, 2022. Phtographer Carlos Garcia Rawlins By Reuters China said on Monday that U.S. high
Britain to review airspace security after China-US spy balloon incident
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace speaks during a joint news conference with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Italian Defence Minister
Over 29,600 dead from powerful earthquakes in southern Turkey
By Anadolu Agency At least 29,605 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Turkey earlier this week, the country’s disaster agency said on Sunday. Last Monday’s
Uganda keeps oil dream alive amid rising criticism
The oil rig for the Kingfisher development area in Kikuube district in Uganda on January 24, 2023. Uganda says its oil dream is alive despite intensified criticism from several groups. Photo
Why do the international community and the government of Somalia ignore the atrocities in Las Anod?
File Photo/Somali Times Why is the international community and Somali government lead by Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and Hamza Abdi Barre silent on the bombing of Las Anod? The atrocities of Las Anod
Somali operators enable network interconnection
File Photo Somali Times/Flag of Somalia By TeleGeography The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced that Somali mobile operators have implemented an interconnection agreement to
Corruption, inflation drive African states to redesign currency
File Photo Somali Times/Somalia’s corrupt president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud By Daily Nation African countries are turning to new-generation banknotes to help curb corruption, runaway inflation and
Somali journalist freed in surprise move hours after conviction
Abdalle Ahmed Mumin was arrested last year on what authorities say are security-related charges By AFP ASomali journalist said he had been freed from jail Monday just hours after a court handed
Yacht, homes of Equatorial Guinea VP seized in South Africa
Teodoro (aka Teodorin) Nguema Obiang Mongue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president and the country’s Vice President By AFP Two homes and a superyacht belonging to Equatorial
Kenya: Bank wealth managers fight for growing rich list
By Business Daily Africa Commercial banks are fighting for a share of the growing high-net-worth individuals seeking to spread their wealth in multiple local and overseas asset classes to
China says U.S. flew high-altitude balloons over its airspace
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin speaks during a news conference in Beijing, China March 3, 2022. Phtographer Carlos Garcia Rawlins By Reuters China said on Monday that U.S. high
Britain to review airspace security after China-US spy balloon incident
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace speaks during a joint news conference with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Italian Defence Minister
Over 29,600 dead from powerful earthquakes in southern Turkey
By Anadolu Agency At least 29,605 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Turkey earlier this week, the country’s disaster agency said on Sunday. Last Monday’s
Uganda keeps oil dream alive amid rising criticism
The oil rig for the Kingfisher development area in Kikuube district in Uganda on January 24, 2023. Uganda says its oil dream is alive despite intensified criticism from several groups. Photo
Why do the international community and the government of Somalia ignore the atrocities in Las Anod?
File Photo/Somali Times Why is the international community and Somali government lead by Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and Hamza Abdi Barre silent on the bombing of Las Anod? The atrocities of Las Anod