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ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.

Empower okays $119.1m H2 2025 dividend

The dividend is equivalent to 43.75% of paid-up capital.

Alujain widens 2025 loss

The increase in loss is due to impairment charges, weaker prices.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.

Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank hospital

Asked about the reported deaths, the Israeli military said soldiers "fired toward armed suspects identified in the area" and that...
  • The killings before dawn took place on the compound of the government hospital in Jenin, in the north of the West Bank, the hospital's director, Wissam Bakr, told AFP
  • The Ramallah-based Palestinian health ministry says at least 430 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli troops and settlers since Oct 7.

Germany joins operation to airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza

"The people in Gaza are lacking the most basic necessities. We want to do our part to ensure that they...
  • The defense ministry said it would deploy the German part of a joint German-French air transport squadron to participate in the mission
  • The operation, initiated by Jordan, already has the participation of several other countries including France and the United States

Scores wounded as UN aid agency’s warehouse ‘hit’ in Gaza

The incident comes amid mounting concern about worsening humanitarian conditions in Gaza, where Israel has carried out relentless military operations...
  • Cumbersome Israeli security checks on all cargoes entering the territory slow down the delivery of aid, and some trucks are sent back when they are found to contain forbidden items
  • Gaza health ministry said four people were killed in the bombing. As of March 4, a total of 162 UNRWA employees had been killed since the beginning of the war.

Pilot project for direct aid delivery to north Gaza begins: Israeli army

Aid groups have been warning of the risk of famine in besieged Gaza for weeks, and the UN has reported...
  • According to the army, six World Food Program aid trucks "entered the northern Gaza Strip via the '96th' gate on the security fence" on Tuesday
  • Without specifically mentioning the new overland route, the WFP wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that it had "delivered enough food for 25,000 people to Gaza City"

Suspected gas explosion rocks town in northern China

Footage online circulated by state media showed a huge explosion that sent plumes of smoke and fire across a busy...
  • The blast took place around 7:55 am, CCTV said, in a residential area in the village of Xiaozhanggezhuang, Yanjiao, in Sanhe City
  • The injured have been taken to the hospital, and the current situation of casualties is unknown," local media said

230,000 children, new mothers risk dying of hunger in Sudan: NGO

The bombing and destruction of fields and factories have plunged Sudan into "one of the worst" nutrition situations in the...
  • Nearly 11 months of fighting between the forces of two rival generals has killed thousands and displaced eight million people in the country.
  • The UN World Food Program sounded the alarm on Sudan this month, warning the war risked triggering the world's largest hunger crisis.

Israel claims to have hit 4,500 Hizbollah targets in five months

Jerusalem--The Israeli army said Tuesday it hit about 4,500 Hizbollah targets in Lebanon and Syria over the past five months,...
  • The Israeli army said the targets were hit from the air and from the ground and included "weapons storage facilities, military structures"
  • The statement came after a Lebanese security source said Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon killed one person earlier on Tuesday

GCC sets pace for global decarbonization efforts

The region is in decarbonizing the built environment, with a focus on sustainable urban planning, energy-efficient buildings, and renewable energy...
  • The region is in decarbonizing the built environment, with a focus on sustainable urban planning, energy-efficient buildings, and renewable energy integration.
  • Adopting smart city concepts and green building certifications improves life quality, with future trends focusing on energy monitoring and green finance.

Morocco dispatches aid to Gaza through Israeli airport

A diplomatic source said the food aid has arrived at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv before being transferred to...
  • Aid trucks have generally entered the Gaza Strip via Egypt since Israel's war on Gaza
  • The United Nations has repeatedly warned of looming famine in the Gaza Strip

Israeli forces kill Jordanian in West Bank, says Palestinian ministry

A Jordanian citizen has died after being shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank, Palestinian authorities said, with the...
  • The Israeli military said Hussein was suspected of being an accomplice of a Palestinian fighter Muhammad Jabar.
  • Jabar was preparing to carry out a suicide attack in Israel, according to the military.

South Korea’s Yoon: from star prosecutor to president facing arrest

Yoon is under investigation for his martial law declaration and faces criminal charges of insurrection, which could result in life...

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UN chief warns Lebanon on ‘brink’ as world leaders gather

Top United Nations officials have expressed deep concerns over the violent Lebanon-Israeli situation that has resulted in the deaths of...

Nearly 500 dead in Israeli strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon

Israeli air strikes on Lebanon killed at least 492 people on Monday, including 35 children, Lebanon's health ministry said, marking...

Hamas weakened, not crushed a year into war with Israel

The Palestinian group has not been crushed outright, and a year on from its unprecedented attack on Israel, an end...

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Biden’s United States powerless as Israel pounds Lebanon

US President Joe Biden's top priorities for the past 11 months has been to prevent the Gaza war from spiraling...
  • Biden administration was presenting "concrete ideas" to provide an "off-ramp" to prevent further fighting at UN
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed aside warnings of the dangers of regional war

Iran’s president calls Israel warmonger as he seeks talks with West

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused Israel of seeking regional war, as he attempted to cast Tehran as restrained and...
  • President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks at a media roundtable in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly meetings
  • "We know more than anyone else that if a larger war were to erupt in the Middle East, it would not benefit anyone."

Lebanon Under Attack: Israel murders 35 kids, death toll rises to 492 including 58 women

Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said the death toll in Israeli strikes Monday rose to 492, including 35 children, the...
  • Israeli attacks on Monday wounded 1,200 people who were treated in 27 hospitals
  • Iran's foreign ministry warns Israel of "dangerous consequences" following deadly strikes in Lebanon