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Eni profit falls due to dip in oil prices

Q2 net profit fell by 18% to $637 million.

Emirates NBD H1 profit $3.40bn

Total income rose by 12 percent in the same period.

ADIB H1 pre-tax profit $1.08bn

Q2 pre-tax net profit increases by 14 percent.

AstraZeneca to invest $50bn in US

Bulk of funds to go into a Virginia manufacturing center.

UAB net profit up by 50% for H1

Total assets increase by 11 percent.

Morocco set for sheepless Eid as drought persists

As the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha approaches, Fatima Kharraz can't seem to find the usual sense of celebration after...
  • While sacrificing sheep during Eid al-Adha is not a religious obligation, it remains a widely observed ritual across the Muslim world
  • Recent rainfall deficits have chipped away at grazing pastures, also driving up the cost of livestock feed

Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat in hajj apex

To make this year's pilgrimage safer, authorities have expanded infrastructure, deployed thousands of extra personnel and relied on an arsenal...
  • Thousands of pilgrims gathered before dawn around the hill and the surrounding plain where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his last sermon
  • While some arrived early to take advantage of the relatively cool morning, many pilgrims will remain for hours of prayers and Koran recitals until the evening

Million-plus pilgrims to begin hajj under blazing sun

About 1.4 million pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of the multi-day hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam...
  • About 1.4 million pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of the multi-day hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam that must be performed at least once by all Muslims with the means
  • Authorities have ratcheted up anti-heat measures such as extra shade to avoid a repeat of last year, when 1,301 people died as temperatures hit 51.8C (125.2F)

Qatar table tennis says ‘prepared to escalate’ after chaotic vote

Doha, Qatar -- Qatar's table tennis association has warned of possible legal action as it disputes the result of a...
  • Tuesday's 104-102 vote to Soerling ended in such acrimony that the ITTF's annual general meeting was suspended.
  • The world body said the assembly was "disrupted by outsiders" after the election result was announced.

Snakes on a plane: Indian smuggler caught with venomous vipers

Mumbai, India - A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from...
  • Mumbai Customs issued photographs of the seized snakes, including blue and yellow reptiles squirming in a bucket
  • Those small creatures, listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, were "ingeniously concealed" in a plastic crate

How social media can ‘trigger’ eating disorders in young people

Paris, France -- Social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake,...
  • Young women and girls are much more likely to suffer from illnesses such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder, though rates among men have been increasing.
  • Research has shown the percentage of people worldwide who have had some kind of eating disorder during their lives rose from 3.5 percent in 2000 to 7.8 percent in 2018.

New metro cuts through Saudi social divisions

With its eye-watering oil riches, intricate tribal networks and large numbers of foreign workers, Saudi society has long been divided...

Huge crowds flock to Vatican for Pope Francis’s funeral

Tens of thousands of mourners flooded into St Peter's Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the champion...
  • Some people waited overnight to be first in the queue for the ceremony, which will be attended by world leaders including US President Donald Trump
  • The Argentine pontiff, who died on Monday aged 88, sought to steer the centuries-old Church into a more inclusive direction during his 12-year papacy

Trump, Zelensky to attend Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday

Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to...
  • The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday after a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling double pneumonia
  • Francis died in the Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican residence where he lived during his 12-year papacy, and his body was laid out in its chapel on Monday evening

As world mourns, cardinals meeting to decide the date for Pope Francis’s funeral

Vatican City, Holy See - Cardinals will meet Tuesday to decide the date for Pope Francis's funeral, starting a process...
  • Francis, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after suffering a stroke
  • Tributes have poured in from around the globe for Francis, a liberal reformer who took over following the resignation of German theologian Benedict XVI in 2013

Iraqi women table tennis players chase Paralympic dreams

Diwaniyah, Iraq -- Iraqi table tennis player Nur al-Huda Sarmad adjusts her wheelchair before striking the ball into play, braving...

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Sudanese journalists form union to safeguard press freedom

The journalists' syndicate held elections on Saturday, the first since ousted president Omar al-Bashir dissolved independent unions after rising to...

Tunisia train accident leaves nearly 100 passengers injured

A head-on collision between two passenger trains injured 95 people on Monday morning in the south of the Tunisian capital,...

Beyonce, Jay-Z, Grande, and Billie Eilish shortlisted for Oscar

Iran's Asghar Farhad is among a select group of auteurs to have won multiple foreign film Oscars previously again makes...

Tunisia’s president announces constitutional referendum

Kais Saied presented a roadmap for restoring democratic institutions, and announced a nationwide public consultation from January 1 until March...

UAE ranks first in Arab world, 11th globally in Global Knowledge Index

Qatar was at the 38th place, Saudi Arabia at 40, Kuwait (48), Oman (52), and Bahrain (55) in the Global...

Million-plus pilgrims to begin hajj under blazing sun

About 1.4 million pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of the multi-day hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam...

Qatar table tennis says ‘prepared to escalate’ after chaotic vote

Doha, Qatar -- Qatar's table tennis association has warned of possible legal action as it disputes the result of a...

Snakes on a plane: Indian smuggler caught with venomous vipers

Mumbai, India - A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from...

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New metro cuts through Saudi social divisions

With its eye-watering oil riches, intricate tribal networks and large numbers of foreign workers, Saudi society has long been divided...

Huge crowds flock to Vatican for Pope Francis’s funeral

Tens of thousands of mourners flooded into St Peter's Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the champion...
  • Some people waited overnight to be first in the queue for the ceremony, which will be attended by world leaders including US President Donald Trump
  • The Argentine pontiff, who died on Monday aged 88, sought to steer the centuries-old Church into a more inclusive direction during his 12-year papacy

Trump, Zelensky to attend Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday

Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to...
  • The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday after a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling double pneumonia
  • Francis died in the Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican residence where he lived during his 12-year papacy, and his body was laid out in its chapel on Monday evening