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Empower okays $119.1m H2 2025 dividend

The dividend is equivalent to 43.75% of paid-up capital.

Alujain widens 2025 loss

The increase in loss is due to impairment charges, weaker prices.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.

DP World 2025 revenue $24.4bn

The profit for the year up 32.2% to reach $1.96bn.
  • Lebanon’s Hizbollah intensifies attacks on Israel

    Hizbollah says it has been acting in support of Hamas since the Palestinian Islamist movement's October 7 attacks on Israel,...

    Hizbollah said it carried out more than 20 attacks on Israeli military positions and claimed to have caused casualties

    The violence between Israel and Hizbollah has claimed at least 109 lives in Lebanon, most of them Hizbollah fighters

  • Iran foreign minister meets Hizbollah leader in Lebanon

    Beirut, Lebanon - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has met with Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbollah, which has traded cross-border...

    Iran's foreign minister, who warned that the war could spiral out of control, left Beirut for Doha after his meeting with Hizbollah.

    Hizbollah says it has been acting in support of Hamas since the Palestinian group's October 7 attacks on Israel.

  • Tunisian artist Hend Sabri quits WFP to protest against Gaza crisis

    Cairo, Egypt - Tunisian film star Hend Sabri has resigned as World Food Program goodwill ambassador in protest at what she...

    Sabri, a leading figure in Arab cinema, said that she had decided with "a heavy heart and deep sadness" to step down after 13 years with the United Nations agency.

    Following her resignation, the WFP offered its "heartfelt gratitude" for Sabri's "unwavering support and dedication" as goodwill ambassador.

  • Israeli troops arrest chief of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza

    An official in the Hamas-run health ministry specified to AFP that one other doctor and two nurses had been detained,...

    "Doctor Mohammad Abu Salmiya was arrested along with several other senior doctors," said Khalid Abu Samra, a chief of department at the hospital

    The Israeli army, which raided the hospital last week, has alleged that Hamas fighters used a tunnel complex beneath the facility in Gaza City to stage attacks

  • Yemen rebels warn they may seize more Red Sea ships

    The warning comes after the Huthis on Sunday seized an Israel-linked cargo vessel, opening a new dimension in the Gaza...

    Huthis have declared themselves part of the "axis of resistance" of Iran's allies and proxies, and have also launched a series of drones and missiles towards Israel

    Israel's military on Sunday said the seizure was a "very grave incident of global consequence", and a US military official said it was "a flagrant violation of international law"

  • Aid-truck drivers hope truce will end long wait to enter Gaza

    After tedious days marked by idle chitchat and dreary diets of beans and instant coffee, the men, all Egyptians, took...

    Amid widespread displacement, blackouts, rising malnutrition and worsening sanitation, only around 1,400 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza

    Egyptian drivers told they were proud to be in a position to help Palestinians, but said they were wary of what they might find if and when they do reach Gaza

  • Gaza exposed  double standards, selective application of international law: Saudi Arabia

    exposed the double standards and selective application of international laws and UN resolutions by the global community. Representing Saudi Crown...

    Saudi finance minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan said that the Israeli invasion of the besieged Gaza was in flagrant violation of international laws

    He underlined Saudi Arabia’s rejection of targeting civilians and infrastructure, calling for an immediate halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza

  • Son of senior MP among five dead in south Lebanon: Hizbollah

    The group, in a statement, said that Abbas Raad, son of the head of Hizbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohammed Raad, was...

    Israel said it had hit a number of Hizbollah targets and "sources of fire from Lebanon"

    At least 107 people have been killed on the Lebanese side since the cross-border exchanges began

  • US intercepts multiple attack drones launched from Yemen: Pentagon

    The Huthis have declared themselves part of the "axis of resistance" of Iran's allies and proxies and have launched a...

    On Sunday, Huthi rebels seized an Israel-linked cargo vessel and its 25 international crew at the entrance to the Red Sea

    Israel's military said the seizure was a "very grave incident of global consequence", and US said it was "a flagrant violation of international law"

  • Israel, Hamas truce and hostage release delayed

    The delay is a hammer blow to families desperate to see their loved ones return home, and to two million-plus...

    Israeli national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi indicated the release of at least 50 Israeli and foreign hostages held by Hamas was on track

    For every 10 additional hostages released, there would be an extra day's "pause" in fighting, an Israeli government document said