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Agthia 9M profit nearly triples

Third-quarter revenue increased 14.4 percent.

UAB nine-month profit rises 6%

Loan growth, lower impairment charges boost earnings

du 9M profit up 10.8%

Revenue grows as connectivity demand supports earnings

Al Rajhi Bank 9M profit up

Revenue growth lifts earnings despite higher provisions

Mashreq prices Dim Sum bond

UAE bank raises offshore renminbi funding

Saudi Arabia to host Italian Super Cup in December

Rome, Italy -- Next season's Italian Super Cup will be played for the fourth time in Saudi Arabia but in...

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Egypt again delays opening of massive new museum, citing regional tensions

Cairo, Egypt - Egyptian authorities announced on Saturday that the long-awaited inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) would once...

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Forum to discuss state of translation in Arab world at Cairo varsity

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia--The 10th Scientific Forum of translation themed “Time Differences between Composition and Translation in the Arab World” will...
  • The forum is being held on the occasion of the awarding ceremony of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Translation.
  • It aims at highlighting and advancing the effective means in supporting translation projects.
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Freed Iranian singer appears in video for first time

The singer, who rose to fame for his song "Baraye", denied any links to any "movement or organization outside the...
  • The song racked up 40 million views on Instagram before it was deleted after his arrest. He was released on bail on Tuesday, state media said
  • Hajipour had posted a message on Instagram after his release, seeking to distance himself from politics
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Qatar wants mascot of headdress to symbolize WC

A flying keffiyah headdress named La'eeb, meaning super skilful player in Arabic, is the official World Cup mascot and is...
  • La'eeb has been adopted by some internet blockchain communities in China which have issued tokens bearing the mascot's likeness.
  • The keffiyeh headdress, also known as a shemagh or a ghutra, is designed to protect against the sun, sand and dust.
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Ornate Hindu temple opens doors in Islamic UAE

The large white marble building with Indian as well as Emirati architectural flourishes sits in the officially Islamic country's Jebel...
  • The temple, with a distinctive lotus pattern decorating the central skylight, was built at a cost of about $16 million and can house 1,000 people at a time
  • As well as a temple for all different forms of Hinduism, it will act as a support centre for Indian expatriates, particularly labourers
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Moroccan nomads’ way of life threatened by climate change

Rainfall in Morocco is set to decline by 11 percent and average temperatures are set to rise by 1.3 percent...
  • Rainfall in Morocco is set to decline by 11 percent and average temperatures are set to rise by 1.3 percent by 2050, according to forecasts from the Ministry of Agriculture
  • Severe water shortages have even pushed some nomads to take the rare step of taking out loans to feed their livestock, their most vital asset
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Deeply divisive Monroe biopic ‘Blonde’ hits Netflix

While there is almost universal praise for the visceral lead performance by Ana de Armas, critics cannot agree whether the...
  • While there is almost universal praise for the visceral lead performance by Ana de Armas, critics cannot agree whether the nearly three-hour film is an artistic tour de force
  • For ID magazine, "Blonde" is "guttural, instinctive, anguished filmmaking that bends space, time, and every cinematic tool at its disposal in service of attaining emotional truth."
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Balkans library keeps alive its Ottoman link; helps villagers become highly literate

Thanks to a gift of books from passing Ottoman soldiers in the late 19th century, a hamlet in the Balkans...
  • There are tomes in Farsi, Arabic and Turkish along with a whole host of books in Serbo-Croat, the main language of the old Yugoslavia of which the village was once a part
  • The library helped make the villagers highly literate, with an inordinately large number of them becoming teachers
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Israeli researchers find opium residue in 3,500-year-old pottery

Researchers examined whether they had served as containers for the drug, which earlier writing had suggested was used in burial...
  • The joint investigation began in 2012 when excavations in the central Israeli town of Yehud revealed a series of Late Bronze Age graves
  • Researchers found pottery vessels at the site that resembled poppy flowers from which opium is derived dating back to the 14th century BC
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Lebanon’s past echoes its grim present in exhibition

Newspaper clippings, film negatives and diary entries from the years before Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war tell a story of government...
  • The exhibit was born in part from the discovery of the archives of late billionaire Jean Prosper Gay-Para, who owned the once-famous Les Caves du Roy nightclub
  • Over three decades after the devastating civil war, Lebanon is reeling from a financial crisis that has seen poverty spike as the currency has lost more than 90% of its value
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Grand celebrations announced to mark 92nd Saudi National Day

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—From Sept 18-26, Saudi Arabia will be hosting grand celebrations to mark the 92nd Saudi National Day. Chairman...
  • Aerial and marine shows by jets, helicopters, civil airplanes, ships and boats will be organized under the theme "A Salute for the Homeland".
  • The Ministry of Interior will hold "Events for the Pride of the Homeland", which includes musical shows by a military band, entertainment pavilions and virtual (AD1) theaters.

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Climate finance plays a critical role in protecting Virunga National Park through innovative solutions like hydroelectric energy, director Emmanuel de...
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Saudi Arabia’s Madinah, KAEC, Al-Ahsa join UNESCO global network of learning cities

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has announced that the cities of Madinah, King...
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London, UK - Saudi Arabia will stage its first ranking snooker event in 2024, with a prize pool of more than...
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Archaeological sites discovered in Southern Saudi Arabia

ABHA, SAUDI ARABIA  - The Heritage Commission announced its most prominent discovery in Jurash, Asir region, as one of the...
  • These were the result of strenuous excavations that took place in 2023.
  • Residential units whose walls were built with stones and clay were revealed.
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US teens make efforts for Jewish-Muslim dialogue in New Jersey suburb

TEANECK, US - They are only teenagers, but a pair of New Jersey high school students -- one Jewish and one...
  • The unexpected success of that first meeting led to a second, larger one, and the girls since have enjoyed support.
  • Despite the strong turnout, the girls were not overly optimistic about the outcome of the meeting.
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Law, politics hamper UK museum return of artifacts

LONDON, UK - British museums, like others across Europe, are under pressure to return artworks taken during the colonial era, including...
  • Politicians have little appetite to change the legal framework that is currently blocking full restitutions by national museums, campaigners say.
  • British laws dating from the 1960s and 1980s prevent national museums, such as the British Museum and the V&A, from making returning artifacts.