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.
  • 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 Joe Biden smiles at a photo op. The outgoing US President has pardoned his son before leaving office on January 20, 2025. (AFP)

    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

  • An aerial view shows people crossing an anti-government checkpoint as return to the town of Saraqib in the eastern part of the Idlib province in northwestern Syria on Sunday. (AFP)

    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

  • Washington, United States - President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on the BRICS group nations...

    The statement comes after a BRICS summit held last month in Kazan, Russia, where the countries discussed boosting non-dollar transactions and strengthening local currencies

    The BRICS group has expanded significantly since its inception in 2009, and now includes countries such as Iran, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates

  • The stakes were laid bare in a warning from Britain's foreign intelligence chief that Iran's nuclear ambitions posed a major...

    Following the talks in Geneva, shrouded in an unusual level of secrecy, the parties to social media to say the discussions had focused on Iran's nuclear program and sanctions

    The sides had "agreed to continue diplomatic dialogue in the near future", the German foreign ministry and the high-level diplomats representing France, Britain and Iran said

  • The renewed war of words between the Middle East foes came as Iran prepares to hold key nuclear talks with...

    Israel is the region's sole, if undeclared, nuclear-armed state, and it has long made preventing any rival from matching it its top defence priority

    Netanyahu said that the ceasefire that went into effect in Lebanon the following day would allow Israel to focus on Iran, but he did not elaborate on what action he envisaged

  • Iran is set to meet with Britain, France and Germany for talks on its nuclear program on Friday after the...

    Iran is set to meet with Britain, France and Germany for talks on its nuclear program on Friday

    For Tehran, the goal of the talks on Friday is to avoid a "double disaster" scenario

  • Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas announced his replacement . Under current Palestinian law, the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)...

    Abbas, 89, still rules despite his term as head of the Palestinian Authority ending in 2009

    The decree comes on the same day that a ceasefire entered into force in Lebanon

  • he wars in the Mideast and Ukraine-Russia have dominated world headlines in 2024 but several other conflicts are ravaging countries...

    The conflict in Sudan has left tens of thousands dead and some 26 million facing severe food insecurity

    THe Democratic Republic of Congo has endured internal and cross-border violence for over 30 years

  • Under US-brokered terms, Lebanon's army regains border control, curbing Hezbollah activity, while Israel vows to maintain security operations if threats...

    US President Joe Biden announced the ceasefire agreement on Tuesday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his ministers had agreed to a halt

    Under the terms of the Lebanon truce, Israel will maintain "full" freedom to act against Hezbollah should the Iran-backed group pose any new threat, Netanyahu said