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Equinor signs $27 bn gas deal

The 10-year contract was signed with Centrica.

ADNOC Drilling secures $1.15bn contract

The contract for two jack-up rigs begins in the second quarter.

Etihad Q1 profit $187 million

This is a 30% YoY increase over Q1 2025.

Yalla Group Q1 revenue $83m

Net income rose to $36.4 million, a 17% YoY increase.

Qatar Airways annual profit $2bn

This was a record 28% jump in annual net profit.

Amid Israeli warning of military action, Iran says deal can be reached if US shows goodwill

Trump made the surprise announcement that his administration would open talks with Iran during a White House meeting on Monday...
  • Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran's principal aim remained the lifting of sweeping US sanctions
  • Their reimposition by President Donald Trump in 2018 has dealt a heavy blow to the Iranian economy

After Instagram restrictions, Meta to introduce teen accounts for Facebook

Paris, France -- Meta on Tuesday announced that it was extending its teen accounts to its social network Facebook, after...
  • The accounts were brought in for 13- to 15-year-old Instagram users last September as part of moves to shield underage internet users from online harms.
  • Teens are immediately placed in such accounts, with those under 16 unable to change settings without parental permission.

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  • The Iran-backed group carried out a military operation targeting an Israeli military target in the occupied area of Yaffa (Tel Aviv)
  • The Huthis also claimed to have targeted "two US destroyers with several cruise missiles and drones" in the Red Sea

Yemen rebels say targeted Israel army site, US warships in Red sea: statement

Yemen's Huthis said they targeted a military site in Israel and attacked two US destroyers in the Red Sea Monday,...
  • The Iran-backed group carried out a military operation targeting an Israeli military target in the occupied area of Yaffa (Tel Aviv)
  • The Huthis also claimed to have targeted "two US destroyers with several cruise missiles and drones" in the Red Sea

Netanyahu meets Trump for tariff and Gaza talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, becoming the first foreign leader to...
  • Netanyahu and Trump are also set to discuss Gaza, where a short-lived US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas has collapsed, and growing tensions with Iran
  • Trump greeted Netanyahu outside the West Wing and pumped his fist, before the two leaders went inside for a meeting in the Oval Office.

PA alone must be in charge of post-war Gaza, say France, Egypt and Jordan

Cairo, Egypt -- The leaders of France, Egypt and Jordan on Monday said the Palestinian Authority alone must be in...
  • French President Emmanuel Macron earlier said that Palestinian group Hamas should have no role in governing the Gaza Strip once its war with Israel is over.
  • King Abdullah stressed the need for "a just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution", a Palestinian state alongside Israel.

Turkey’s main opposition leader urges elections ‘in November at the latest’

The leader of Turkey's main opposition party on Sunday called for expected elections to be held "at the latest in...
  • Addressing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, CHP party leader Ozgur Ozel said: "In November at the latest, you will come to confront our candidate,"
  • Ozel hailed the demonstrations triggered by last month's arrest of Imamoglu, Istanbul's popular opposition mayor who is widely considered Erdogan's greatest political threat

Zelensky slams US lack of response to Putin truce rejection

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday lamented the lack of a US response to Russia's refusal to sign "a full,...
  • Russia mounted a "massive" missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight that also wounded seven people, Zelensky said
  • Ukraine has agreed to an unconditional truce in the more than three-year-long war proposed by the United States

Thousands rally in Morocco at pro-Palestinian protest

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Morocco's capital on Sunday against the conflict in the Gaza Strip where Israel...
  • The largest pro-Palestinian protest in the capital Rabat for several months was called by the Islamist-dominated coalition the Justice and Development party
  • Protesters were accompanied by chanting and the beating of drums as they marched down the city's Mohammed V Avenue near parliament

Tens of thousands march in US against Trump ‘devastation’

Opponents of the Republican president's policies -- from government staffing cuts to trade tariffs and eroding civil liberties -- rallied...
  • As Trump continues upending Washington, his approval rating has fallen to its lowest since taking office, according to recent polling.
  • In Washington, thousands of demonstrators -- many traveling from across the United States -- gathered on the National Mall where dozens of speakers rallied opposition to Trump.

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,...

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The US towns that took on ‘forever chemical’ giants — and won

Washington, United States -- No corner of Earth is untouched. From Tibet to Antarctica, so-called "forever chemicals" have seeped into...

Morocco to reopen embassy in Syria after Assad fall

Morocco said Saturday it will reopen its embassy Damascus, closed since 2012, signalling renewed support for Syria after the overthrow...

A day after first direct talks between officials, Kremlin says Putin-Zelensky meeting possible only after pact

The Kremlin said Saturday a meeting between Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky would be possible only after both...

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Moody’s downgrades US credit rating on rise in govt debt

Moody's on Friday downgraded the United States's credit rating from the top triple-A level, citing rising levels of government debt...
  • The downgrade to Aa1 from Aaa adds to the bad news for the US president, coming on the same day his flagship spending bill failed to pass a key vote in Congress
  • Moody's decision to downgrade the United States from its top credit rating reflects a recent surge in US borrowing costs, which was further fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic

Trump reshapes US Mideast policy. Can deals work instead?

The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched "extensive strikes" as part of a fresh offensive in Gaza, after rescuers...
  • Trump vowed during his swing through Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates that there would be no more "lectures on how to live."
  • In an extraordinary rupture with his predecessors, Trump then lambasted what he called the "neo-cons" that oversaw bloody US military interventions in the region

Arab League to meet in Baghdad to discuss regional crises, key leaders may give it a miss

The Arab League is meeting in Baghdad on Saturday to discuss Gaza and other regional crises, but some key leaders...
  • The war in Gaza is expected to dominate the agenda, especially after Israel approved plans to expand its offensive and spoke of the "conquest" of the territory
  • United Nations chief Antonio Guterres will attend the summit, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is expected to address it as a guest