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SAIB reports $139 million Q1 net profit

its assets increased by 20.08 percent to $43.65bn.

Nissan forecasts $5.3bn annual net loss

Last year, it announced 9,000 job cuts worldwide.

Saudia to acquire 20 wide-body aircraft

10 of these being acquired for its flydaeal low-cost airline

ADIB’s Q1 net profit $517 million

Q1 2025 net profit before tax increased 18% YoY.

Emirates Islamic Q1 profit $394m

The bank's profit crossed AED 1bn mark for the first time.
  • Johnny Depp sells his artwork for £3 mn

    The art retailer said that Johnny Depp's collection of prints called "Friends & Heroes" was "a testament to those he...

    Depp wrote on Instagram on Thursday morning that the prints were going on sale online at Castle Fine Art, which runs a network of UK galleries

    The art retailer said that Johnny Depp's collection of prints called "Friends & Heroes" was "a testament to those he has known well and others who have inspired him as a person."

  • Saudi prince stays in ‘world’s most expensive home’

    The Chateau Louis XIV in Louveciennes outside Paris is a new-build mansion, which was bought by Mohammed bin Salman in...

    The 7,000-square-metre property was bought by an undisclosed buyer in 2015 for 275 million euros ($300 million at the time).

    Bin Salman, 36, was reported two years' later by The New York Times to be the ultimate owner.

  • Iraq receives 125 antiquities borrowed from Germany

    Iraq has received 125 antiquities borrowed from Germany, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahaf announced Sunday. "The Embassy of the Republic...

    Iraqi ambassador to Germany Luqman Abdel Rahim Al-Faili praised the efforts of the Institute of Archeology.

    Al-Faili wished continued cooperation with the German side in the cultural field and archaeological excavations.

  • Nearly 30 percent of Saudi residents exercise for 150 minutes a week

    About 30 percent of Saudi residents practiced a physical activity for at least 150 minutes per week in 2021, compared...

    Only 20 percent of residents exercised in 2019, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).

    48.2 percent of the resident population practice activity for at least 30 minutes per week, an increase of 3.2 points compared to 2019 (45 percent).

  • Al-Ula: World’s largest open air museum

    The Saudi region is rich in history that has been shaped by successive civilizations spanning more than 200,000 years.

    Al-Ula was known before Islam as “Dadan” as mentioned in the Assyrian and ancient Arab books, as well as as “Valley of Villages".

    But its name was associated with the legacy of the civilization of the Nabataeans, Dadanites and Lihyans.

  • France demands release of three arrested Iranian filmmakers

    France has expressed deep concern at the "arbitrary" arrests of three Iranian filmmakers, including international prize-winners Jafar Panahi and Mohammad...

    Paris has called on Tehran to respect international commitments to "guarantee the full exercise of freedom of expression and creation"

    Despite political pressures, Iran has a thriving film industry and the country's output regularly wins awards at major international festivals

  • King Mohammed authorizes reorganization of Morocco’s Jewish organisations

    Morocco's King Mohammed VI has authorised a reorganisation of the country's Jewish community, a "component" of national culture in the...

    King Mohammed VI has authorised a reorganisation of the country's Jewish community, a "component" of national culture in the North African country.

    The measures were presented to a council of ministers meeting attended on Wednesday by the country's monarch and crown prince, at Rabat's royal palace.

  • Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi arrested

    Award-winning dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi was arrested Monday, the third director to be detained in less than a week, the...

    Panahi, 62, has won a slew of awards at international festivals for films that have critiqued modern Iran, including the top prize in Berlin for "Taxi" in 2015

    Cannes film festival organizers, in a statement Monday, said they "strongly condemn the (directors') arrests as well as the wave of repression evidently under way in Iran

  • Festivals, guesthouses breathe life into Old Tunis, boost tourism

    The government has this month begun bailout negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, as its tourism and import-dependent economy has been...

    Under the Hafsids, Tunis was one of the biggest cities in the Islamic world, and their legacy has remained in the form of narrow, crowded souks.

    The district also has some two dozen small souks devoted to specific artisans such as tanners, perfume sellers and shoemakers.

  • Troubled waters: Iraqi spa reborn after IS massacres

    Located 30km south of Mosul, Hamam al-Alil , meaning the baths of the sick in Arabic, built a solid reputation...

    The spa and surrounding village, which shares the same name, is now also known for massacres committed by IS during its occupation of the area.

    After the defeat of IS in 2017, the baths remained popular although the building had fallen into disrepair, with chipped tiles and broken windows.

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