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ADNEC to acquire ‘Royal Catering’

Royal Catering has more than 2.500 employees.

PIF sets up sarcc company

The new entity will address growing staff accommodation demand.

Boeing to cut 10% of workforce

The company has projected a large third-quarter loss.

AviLease acquires 9 aircraft from Avolon

AviLease had purchased 13 aircraft from Avolon in 2023.

ADNOC L&S to pay $136.5m dividend

This is equivalent to 6.78 fils per share, the company said.
  • Saudi Arabia launches its first women’s football league

    The league is a part of the federation’s 2017 program to support women's football.

    The Saudi football federation has launched the first edition of a women's football league

    This tournament will be held on November 22 this year, in two phases

  • Iran football team cries foul over facilities

    Iran's footballers feel they are being taken for granted by their national federation. They have complained that they have not...

    Iranian footballers have said they feel their federation is taking them for granted

    They have complained that they have not received new shirts for a year now

  • UNESCO honors Omani navigator Amhed Bin Majid

    Omani sailor Ahmed bin Majid has been added to the list of world’s influential personalities on his 600th birth anniversary...

    UNESCO Lists Omani navigator Ahmed Bin Majid among influential world personalities

    The sailor is the sixth Omani figure to be included in this international list

  • US museum pays record $53m Caillebotte art

    The Getty Museum in Los Angeles purchased Gustave Caillebotte's painting Young Man at His Window for $53 million.

    The painting was part of the Cox Collection of Impressionist art, named for Texas businessman Ed Cox who died in 2020

    The auction also included three works by Vincent van Gogh, which brought in more than $150 million

  • Pakistan party falls flat after semi-final cricket loss

    The national mood was summed up by Prime Minister and former captain Imran Khan who said the side should be...

    Pakistan cricket fans reacted largely with good grace and humour Friday to their team's exit from the Twenty20 World Cup.

    Fans on social media heaped blame for the loss on Hasan Ali, vilified after dropping a catch at a key point of the match.

  • Sharjah International Book Fair world’s largest publishing event in 2021

    The Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) has emerged as the world’s largest book fair this year, attracting the participation of...

    The fair saw the participation of 546 publishers and literary agents from 83 countries.

    In the run up to the fair, SIBF Publishing Conference serves as a platform for buying and selling rights and signing book deals.

  • Riyadh Art launches Tuwaiq Sculpture Symposium

    Tuwaiq Sculpture is the second public art programme to be launched as part of Riyadh Art,

    Tuwaiq Sculpture is the second public art programme to be launched as part of Riyadh Art

    More than 400 sculptors across 71 countries have applied to participate in the symposium

  • Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai gets married

    The Pakistani activist shared images of the ceremony on social media.

    Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Prize winner, got married on Tuesday

    She shot in the head by militants in Pakistan in 2012 because she campaigned for girls’ education

  • Global Town festival showcases diverse cultures

    The festival dispensed cultural knowledge through visual experiences and services.

    The Ethiopian Corner depicted the country’s ancient culture, the origin and distinct aroma of the Ethiopian coffee

    It also showed and how it is extracted and made, even as visitors tasted it and witnessed the making process

  • Newcastle appoint Eddie Howe as new manager

    Howe was confirmed as Newcastle's new manager on Monday, a month after a Saudi-led takeover at St James's Park.

    The former Bournemouth boss succeeds Steve Bruce, who left the Premier League club by "mutual consent" on October 20.

    Newcastle are second from the bottom of the Premier League without a single win this season.