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TomTom cuts 300 jobs

The firm said it was realigning its organization as it embraces AI.

Aldar nets $953m in sales at Fahid

Aldar said 42 percent of the buyers are under the age of 45.

Qualcomm to Alphawave for $2.4 bn

The deal makes Alphawave the latest tech company to depart London.

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.

Algeria’s Tebboune re-elected president for second term

That year, Tebboune became president after widely boycotted elections and mass pro-democracy protests from 2019 that died out under his...
  • More than 5.3 million people voted for Tebboune, accounting for "94.65 percent of the vote", ANIE head Mohamed Charfi told reporters
  • Tebboune, 78, was heavily favoured to secure a five-year second term in the race against moderate Islamist Abdelaali Hassani, 57, who took 3.17 percent of the vote

Unnerved and exposed, Trump struggles to regain campaign mojo

Washington, United States - Donald Trump has never lacked for self-confidence, but his presidential campaign has been sent into a tailspin...
  • President Biden's exit has been particularly impactful, removing a rival whose 81 years, faltering speech and physical frailties had largely shielded Trump from scrutiny
  • Now it is Trump, 78, who is the oldest presidential nominee in history, and the point of comparison is a 59-year-old former prosecutor who has come out fast and swinging

Arab-American mayor warns Biden has not ‘earned my vote’

Hammoud sidesteps the question of whether he could ultimately endorse Biden under the right circumstances, emphasizing that whatever he might...
  • Hammoud's profile surged in January after he declined an invitation to meet with Biden campaign officials seeking to shore up the Muslim vote
  • The son of Lebanese immigrants, Hammoud grew up in a "working poor" blue collar family and his father drove truck while his mother's father worked on an auto factory assembly line

Erdogan visits opposition party headquarters first time in 18 years

Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the opposition CHP party headquarters on Tuesday, the first time in 18...
  • The one-and-a-half-hour meeting between Erdogan and CHP leader Ozgur Ozel in the capital Ankara comes more than a month after their first encounter in May
  • Erdogan has signalled "softening" in politics after the March vote observers called his worst defeat since his Islamic-rooted AKP party took power in 2002

Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage sees low turnout amid security fears

Djerba, Tunisia - Only a dozen pilgrims turned up Friday at this year's Jewish pilgrimage on Tunisia's island of Djerba...
  • The pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue, Africa's oldest, usually draws thousands of pilgrims from Europe, Israel and beyond, attracting international and local tourists as well
  • But on the first day of the pilgrimage event this year, only about a dozen worshippers were present - almost none of them foreigners

Modi’s struggling rivals to vote as India election resumes

New Delhi, India - India's six-week election resumes Saturday, with top rivals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to vote in...
  • Modi, 73, remains roundly popular after a decade in office and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is widely expected to win a third term next month
  • His prospects have been further bolstered by several criminal investigations into his opponents, sparking concerns from UN rights chief Volker Turk

‘Hindu nation’: Religion trumps caste in India vote

Agra, India - Born at the bottom of the Hindu faith's rigid caste system, voters like Anil Sonkar will determine whether...
  • More than two-thirds of India's 1.4 billion people are estimated to be on the lower rungs of a millennia-old social hierarchy that divides Hindus by function and social standing
  • Politicians of all stripes have courted lower caste Indians with affirmative action programmes, job guarantees and special subsidies to mitigate long-standing discrimination

Opposition retains majority in Kuwait parliament post elections

Kuwait City, Kuwait - Opposition lawmakers maintained a majority in Kuwait's parliament, results showed Friday, after the Gulf state's third parliamentary...
  • Opposition candidates won 29 seats in the 50-member assembly, according to results carried by the official KUNA news agency
  • The make-up of the new parliament is very similar to the outgoing one, with all but 11 lawmakers retaining their seats

Fatah rejects Hamas criticism of new prime minister’s appointment

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party hit back at criticism by Hamas and other factions over his...
  • Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appointed Mohammed Mustafa as prime minister and tasked him with forming a new government.
  • Mustafa replaces Mohammed Shtayyeh, who resigned less than three weeks ago citing the need for change after the Hamas attack of October 7.

India publishes election donation data after court order

The BJP had received slightly less than 48 percent of all election bonds cashed by parties up to March 2023,...
  • Electoral bonds have been a key method of political funding, allowing donors to give anonymously through certificates purchased from the State Bank of India (SBI)
  • But last month India's top court struck down the scheme as unconstitutional, saying it violated the right of voters to know who was financing parties

Zohran Mamdani stuns political veteran in NYC mayoral primary

New York City Democrats chose 33-year-old Muslim socialist Zohran Mamdani as their mayoral candidate in Tuesday's elections, stunning his opponent,...

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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...

Arab-American mayor warns Biden has not ‘earned my vote’

Hammoud sidesteps the question of whether he could ultimately endorse Biden under the right circumstances, emphasizing that whatever he might...

Erdogan visits opposition party headquarters first time in 18 years

Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the opposition CHP party headquarters on Tuesday, the first time in 18...

Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage sees low turnout amid security fears

Djerba, Tunisia - Only a dozen pilgrims turned up Friday at this year's Jewish pilgrimage on Tunisia's island of Djerba...

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‘Hindu nation’: Religion trumps caste in India vote

Agra, India - Born at the bottom of the Hindu faith's rigid caste system, voters like Anil Sonkar will determine whether...
  • More than two-thirds of India's 1.4 billion people are estimated to be on the lower rungs of a millennia-old social hierarchy that divides Hindus by function and social standing
  • Politicians of all stripes have courted lower caste Indians with affirmative action programmes, job guarantees and special subsidies to mitigate long-standing discrimination

Opposition retains majority in Kuwait parliament post elections

Kuwait City, Kuwait - Opposition lawmakers maintained a majority in Kuwait's parliament, results showed Friday, after the Gulf state's third parliamentary...
  • Opposition candidates won 29 seats in the 50-member assembly, according to results carried by the official KUNA news agency
  • The make-up of the new parliament is very similar to the outgoing one, with all but 11 lawmakers retaining their seats

Fatah rejects Hamas criticism of new prime minister’s appointment

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party hit back at criticism by Hamas and other factions over his...
  • Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appointed Mohammed Mustafa as prime minister and tasked him with forming a new government.
  • Mustafa replaces Mohammed Shtayyeh, who resigned less than three weeks ago citing the need for change after the Hamas attack of October 7.