INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.

$1.59bn Makkah project awarded

A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.
  • Syria's Islamist rebel leader on Tuesday vowed to pursue former senior government officials responsible for torture and war crimes, a...

    Israel continued launched air strikes destroying the former government's military capabilities

    Baath party said it will support "a transitional phase in Syria aimed at defending the unity of the country."

  • While Berlin and other governments said they were watching the fast-moving developments in the war-ravaged nation, Vienna signaled it would...

    World leaders and Syrians abroad watched in disbelief at the weekend as Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus

    The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees had imposed a freeze on decisions for ongoing asylum decisions

  • Bashar al-Assad's whereabouts not clear, but his key backer Russia said he had resigned from the presidency and left Syria....

    Protests spread like wildfire in neighbouring provinces, with anti-government demonstrators toppling statues of late president Hafez al-Assad in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus

    The Israeli army said Saturday that its troops were assisting UN peacekeeping forces in the Syrian-controlled part of the Golan Heights in repelling an attack "by armed individuals

  • While Aleppo and Hama, the two other main cities taken from government control in recent days, fell to an Islamist-led...

    Since a rebel alliance led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched its offensive on November 27, the government has lost Aleppo and subsequently Hama in central Syria

    Syria's civil war, which began with Assad's crackdown on democracy protests, has killed more than 500,000 people and forced more than half the population to flee their homes

  • A meeting was expected on the forum's sidelines between Turkey, and Damascus allies Iran and Russia.

    Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan "will meet with the Russian and Iranian ministers"

    The so-called Astana process involving the three countries was launched by Kazakhstan in 2017

  • Doha, Qatar - Qatar has resumed its role as a mediator in efforts to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war...

    The Gulf emirate, along with the US and Egypt, had been involved in months of unsuccessful negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release after nearly 14 months of war

    In November, Doha announced it had put its mediation on hold, saying it would resume when Hamas and Israel showed "willingness and seriousness".

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

    Khaled, who lives on the city's outskirts told AFP that "the road leading to (coastal) Tartus province was glowing... due to the lights of hundreds of cars on their way out."

    In April 2014, at least 100 people, mostly civilians, were killed in twin attacks in Homs that targeted a majority Alawite neighbourhood

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

    South Korean police announced Thursday they were investigating Yoon for "insurrection"

    A new poll by Realmeter showed 73.6 percent of respondents supported impeachment

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

    Iran and Syria have been close allies for decades and Iran has long provided military advisors to the Syrian armed forces

    The Iranian government has been portraying the rebel assault as a US-Israeli plot to destabilise the Middle East

  • Many strikes on villages in southern Lebanon on Monday, after Israel said it was taking aim at dozens of Hezbollah...

    Israel has carried out a near-daily series of strikes in southern Lebanon since the ceasefire

    On Monday, the Lebanese army said an Israeli drone wounded a soldier