du 9M profit up 10.8%

Revenue grows as connectivity demand supports earnings

Al Rajhi Bank 9M profit up

Revenue growth lifts earnings despite higher provisions

Mashreq prices Dim Sum bond

UAE bank raises offshore renminbi funding

Aldar buys Sharjah homes

Deal adds 1,100-plus rental units

SIB profit up 9%

Higher income from financing and investment drive growth.

  • As tear gas and protest cries filled the air in the Tunisian city of Agareb, Mabrouka Ben Ibrahim vowed to...

    Yousra, 21, died in 2019 after being bitten by a mosquito that came from the toxic trash site, Ben Ibrahim said

    Residents say rubbish dumped at the site, including dangerous industrial and medical refuse, has caused a string of diseases from cancer to vision problems and infertility

  • Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced him to abandon his land,...

    Experts have warned that record low rainfall, compounded by climate change, are threatening social and economic disaster in war-scarred Iraq

    This year, Nineveh province has been Iraq's "most affected" by drought and exceptionally high temperatures

  • Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is building a new capital, whose construction costs are already under a microscope.

    The city, on the outskirts of Cairo, is forecast to cost around $45 billion, and is roughly the size of Singapore

    The construction costs have raised questions about spending priorities in a country where one in three people live in poverty

  • Rich countries stand accused of failing at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to deliver much-needed finance to vulnerable states at...

    Rich countries accused of failing to deliver much-needed finance to vulnerable states at risk of drought, rising seas, fire and storms

    The European Commission said the deal has "kept the Paris targets alive".

  • Libya has seen several political and security crises since Muammar Gadaffi was overthrown a decade ago.

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged national unity in Libya

    He has also called for people to overcome differences ahead of landmark presidential and parliamentary elections next month

  • World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley has warned that more people in Syria are in the grips of hunger...

    Some 12.4 million people — almost 60 percent of the population — apparently do not know where their next meal will come from

    This is said to be a 57 percent increase since 2019 and the highest number ever recorded in the history of Syria

  • UAE officials "recognise reality", delegation member and House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said after talks with Dubai ruler...

    Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia, the number one oil exporter, have announced net zero carbon goals

    Hoyer said the UAE's hosting of COP28 in 2023 shows it is committed to clean energy

  • Lebanon's government, formed in September, has yet to take serious action to stop its downward spiral.

    The price of essential foodstuffs has almost quadrupled in just one year, according to latest data from the Lebanese government

    Inflation rate averaged 131.9 percent over the first six months of 2021, the World Bank has said

  • Airlines are still deep in the red, with losses expected to extend by another $51.8 billion this year.

    Air traffic has bounced back since the easing of restrictions, though it was still 53 percent lower in September than its pre-pandemic levels.

    Airbus will show off its A321neo -- the latest model in Airbus's A320 narrow-body series -- and its twin-aisle A350.

  • The global food trade should hit a record high in both volume and value, according to a new report by...

    The bill is 14 percent higher than last year and 12 percent higher than the previous forecast.

    The increase is also driven by higher price levels of internationally traded food commodities.