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Honda shares soar 16%

The surge came after the auto giant announced a $7bn buyback.

Mubadala acquires stakes from GHH

It acquired an 80 percent stake in Global Medical Supply Chain.

ADNOC Drilling closes JV

It is a JV between ADNOC Drilling, SLB and Patterson UTI.

Boeing to boost 787 production

The firm will invest$1bn to ramp up production in South Carolina.

ADNOC signs deal with PETRONAS

Under the agreement, ADNOC will supply 1m tons of LNG per year.

Updates: Iran calls on UN Security Council to condemn Israeli strikes amid fresh peace efforts

Iran unlikely to escalate situation with Israel, say experts, as UN chief says destruction in Gaza is "shocking". Netanyahu faces...
  • Iran sends letter to the UN Council to condemn Israeli "aggression" intelligence chief meet in Doha to discuss ceasefire
  • "Repeated efforts to deliver humanitarian supplies essential to survive -- food, medicine and shelter -- continue to be denied by the Israeli authorities..."

Updates: Israel targets key military sites in Iran amid escalating tensions in Middle East

Explosions sounded across Tehran after Israel’s airstrikes on Iranian military sites, raising fears of a broader conflict in the Middle...
  • The rapid escalation of violence has heightened fears across the region and beyond of a wider war, pitting Israel against Iran and the allies it dubs the "axis of resistance"
  • US National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said the "targeted strikes on military targets" are " exercise of self-defence and in response to Iran's ballistic missile attack

Israel and Hamas near ceasefire talks, spy chief heads to Qatar as truce momentum builds

Israel’s Mossad chief will travel to Qatar for ceasefire negotiations as Hamas signals readiness to halt fighting, contingent on Israel...
  • Previous bids to stop the year-long war have failed, though the United States has voiced hope the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar last week could serve as opening for a deal
  • A senior Hamas official told AFP that a delegation from the group's Doha-based leadership discussed "ideas and proposals" related to a Gaza truce with Egyptian officials in Cairo

Beirut’s suburbs ravaged by Israeli air raids as Blinken urges de-escalation with Iran

Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah's southern Beirut stronghold destroyed six buildings in the deadliest assault since the war began, despite U.S....
  • In southern Lebanon, Israeli strikes pounded Tyre, leaving swathes of its centre in ruins and sparking a new exodus from the once vibrant coastal city
  • Concerns are mounting over tens of thousands of civilians trapped by fighting in Gaza's aid-starved north, where Israel launched a major air and ground assault this month

Updates: Israel confirms killing of Hezbollah leader’s successor as Blinken presses for Gaza truce

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, while Israeli airstrikes continued targeting Hezbollah's...
  • A member of Hezbollah's decision-making body and a distant relative of Nasrallah, Safieddine was out of contact since Israeli strikes on Beirut weeks ago,
  • Grey-bearded and bespectacled, Safieddine bore a striking resemblance to his distant cousin Nasrallah, but was several years his junior, aged in his late 50s or early 60s

Is Musk’s million-dollar US voter lottery legal?

Donald Trump surrogate Elon Musk's offer of a million dollars to one registered voter in a swing state every day...
  • "I think it's something that law enforcement should look at."- Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania
  • Musk defends his move by saying it is a simple get-out-and-vote effort

Wealthy Israelis offer rewards for release of Gaza hostages

Jerusalem, Undefined - Frustrated with the dwindling prospect of reaching a ceasefire deal in the year-long Gaza war, some Israeli entrepreneurs...
  • Former SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum said he received about 100 calls after offering $100,000 in cash or bitcoin for the safe delivery of a living Israeli prisoner from Gaza
  • Birnbaum said most of the calls are pranks, threats or curses, but "10 to 20 could be legitimate" and were transferred to Israeli authorities for further verification

Updates: Israel hits more targets in Lebanon as Blinken travels to Middle East to push for truce

Lebanon says four people were killed including a child in the latest Israeli strikes as Tehran says the United States...
  • Four people including a child had been killed on Monday evening in Israeli strikes near the Lebanon's biggest public hospital
  • Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa discuss bilateral cooperation with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Manama

In escalation, Israel bombs Hezbollah-linked finance group

-Israel began bombing Lebanese branches of an association accused of financing the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, Lebanese state media reported late...
  • 11 Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs targeted Al-Qard Al-Hassan.centers
  • UNIFIL, said an Israeli "army bulldozer deliberately demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence of a UN position

Putin thanks UAE president for positive role in prisoner exchange with Ukraine

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral ties and Middle East. Sheikh Mohamed will...
  • Moscow and Kiev announced that they had swapped 95 prisoners each following negotiations led directly by the UAE
  • The UAE and Russia ties have grown closer recently with Putin saying that their bilateral trade had tripled in the past three years to $11.1 billion

Netanyahu tells Israel parliament ‘some progress’ on Gaza hostage deal, defence minister admits to killing Haniyeh

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal last week, Netanyahu said, however, said he was not going to agree...

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Syria: Tens of thousands of Alawites flee Homs, fearing rebel advance towards Damascus-coast strategic link

Analysts said they expected the fighters led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to push on towards the city,...

South Korean president clings to power after martial law U-turn

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was still clinging to power Thursday, with his party announcing they will oppose an...

Iran says ready to study any Syrian request for troops

Tehran, Iran - Iran will consider any request from its Syrian ally for troops to help tackle a sweeping rebel offensive...

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Israel vows ‘harsh response’ to Hezbollah attack

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed a "harsh response" to a Hezbollah rocket launch targeting a military position on Monday
  • At least two people were killed on Monday in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon
  • The ceasefire came into effect on November 27 and stipulates that Israel will not carry out offensive military operations

US President Biden pardons son Hunter before White House exit

Washington D.C. -- US President Joe Biden on Sunday issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who is facing...
  • Hunter Biden was convicted earlier this year of lying about his drug use when he bought a gun - a felony
  • Bill Clinton pardoned his half-brother for cocaine charges and Trump pardoned the father of his son-in-law for tax evasion

Bashar Al Assad of Syria seeks support from allies as extremist rebels take over key city of Aleppo

Extremist-dominated rebel alliance, including ISIS supporters, runs over Syrian city of Aleppo allegedly backed by Turkey. Russia and Iran push...
  • Extremist rebels' offensive saw Syrian government forces lose control of Aleppo for the first time since the start of the country's civil war