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.
  • Aliyev and Putin will sign joint documents and make statements to the press, said Russian agency Ria Novosti. On Monday,...

    His visit to the Caucasus country, a close partner of Moscow, comes against the backdrop of an unprecedented Ukrainian military offensive on Russian soil

    Putin is due to hold talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on bilateral relations and "international and regional problems," the Kremlin said

  • 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

  • Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators have been seeking to finalize details of a framework initially outlined by Biden in May,...

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is to travel to Israel this weekend to advance the latest proposal, the State Department said

    Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators have been seeking to finalise details of a framework initially outlined by Biden in May, and which he said Israel had proposed

  • Israeli Foreign Minister told his French and British counterparts that his country expects support "in attacking" Iran if it strikes...

    "If Iran attacks, we expect the coalition to join Israel not only in defense but also in attacking significant targets in Iran," Katz said

    On Thursday, Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

  • Palestinian Territories -- With Gaza largely in ruins after more than 10 months of war, the Hamas-run territory's health ministry...

    Gaza health officials first identify bodies by visual recognition from a relative or friend, or by recovering personal items

    The deceased's details, including name, gender, birth date and ID number, are then entered in the health ministry's digital database

  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told several Middle Eastern counterparts in recent days that "this ceasefire deal is of...

    US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators have invited Israel and Hamas for negotiations aimed at ending fighting that has killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians

    Israel confirmed it would attend, though it remained unclear if Hamas, whose October 7 attack on Israel triggered the war, planned to participate

  • US envoy Amos Hochstein's Lebanon trip comes a day before ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel are set to resume

    Hochstein and Nabih Berri discussed "the framework agreement that's on the table for a Gaza ceasefire

    Hezbollah has repeatedly said it would only end hostilities once a Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached

  • Two ships reported nearby explosions on Tuesday off the coast of Yemen, maritime security agencies said, though neither event resulted...

    The first vessel was identified as the Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker Delta Atlantica

    The second ship was identified as the Panama-flagged crude oil tanker On Phoenix

  • "When Gallant adopts the anti-Israel narrative, he harms the chances of reaching a hostage release deal," Netanyahu said, adding that...

    Gallant was discussing the choice Israel faced between a ceasefire deal that could end the conflicts in the north with Lebanese Hezbollah and in Gaza, and escalating the war

    "I and the defence establishment support the first option," he said, rather than talk of "'total victory' and all that nonsense", a phrase frequently used by Netanyahu

  • San Francisco, United States - US credit rating agency Fitch downgraded Israel a notch on Monday, warning that its ongoing conflict...

    Fitch said that the conflict continuing into next year would force Israel to continue its high spending on military

    Israel has also exchanged near-daily cross-border fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, forcing Israelis to be evacuated from the northern border region