This is a temporary backup site for TRENDS MENA while our primary website is being restored following a regional disruption affecting Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure in the GCC.

Search Site

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.

BYD 2025 revenue surges

The EV manufacturer reported net profit of $.3.3bn for 9M 2025.
  • Top diplomats of some OIC countries arrive in Russia, to discuss Gaza

    MOSCOW, RUSSIA – The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia, Palestine and the Secretary General of the Organization...

    Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia, Palestine arrived to take part in the meeting.

    OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha would take part in the meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

  • Gaza health situation a ‘perfect storm for tragedy’: UN

    Around 160 children are killed every day in Gaza and UNICEF has warned that the number could skyrocket. More than...

    Key mediator Qatar, Israeli PM, US President Joe Biden and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh say a deal on the release of Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostage likely to materialize.

    Fifty-three journalists and media workers have been killed in the latest Gaza conflict, according to a tally by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

  • 2 journalists among 4 civilians killed in Lebanon by Israeli strikes

    The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported "the deaths of three citizens -- two journalists and another civilian -- in...

    The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported "the deaths of three citizens -- two journalists and another civilian -- in enemy bombing" of the Tair Harfa area

    Elsewhere in south Lebanon, the NNA said "enemy aircraft raided inhabited houses in Kfar Kila, leading to the death of citizen Laiqa Sarhan, 80

  • BRICS urges immediate ceasefire in Gaza, S.Africa decries ‘genocide’

    "The collective punishment of Palestinian civilians through the unlawful use of force by Israel is a war crime. The deliberate...

    "There can be no sustainable peace and security in the Middle East without a just solution to the question of Palestine," Chinese President Xi Jinping said.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said a "long-term and sustainable ceasefire" was key to "prevent other states from being drawn into the war".

  • Close to reaching truce deal with Israel: Ismail Haniyeh

    Qatar's prime minister said that a deal to free some of the hostages in return for a temporary ceasefire hinged...

    White House said the negotiations were in the "endgame" stage, but refused to give further details

    ICRC said that its president had travelled to Qatar to meet Hamas's Haniyeh "to advance humanitarian issues"

  • South Africa to host virtual BRICS summit on Israel-Hamas war

    Johannesburg, South Africa--South Africa will Tuesday host a virtual summit of the BRICS group of nations, including Russian President Vladimir Putin,...

    The South African presidency, in a statement, said that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will also participate in the virtual summit

    Gaza health ministry officials say nearly 13,300 people, more than 5,500 of them children, have been killed in the Israeli actions against the enclave

  • Israel designates Lashkar-e-Taiba as terror outfit

    Israel marks the 15th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks by designating Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan based militant group, as...

    LeT was involved in the tragic Mumbai attacks of November 26, 2008, where six Jewish victims, including two Israeli nationals, lost their lives at the Chabad House

    Israeli embassy highlighted LeT's responsibility for the murder of hundreds of Indians, emphasizing the lingering impact of their actions

  • Palestinian state best guarantee of Israel security: EU’s Borrell

    The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell drew this conclusion from his discussions with a range of leaders on his...

    Borrell said there was a "sense of urgency" over the desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza

    He said the situation could escalate because of increased settlers' violence against Palestinians

  • Putin to speak at online BRICS summit on Middle East

    Moscow, Russia - President Vladimir Putin will take part in an online BRICS summit on the escalation of the situation...

    According to the press service of the president of South Africa, the current BRICS’ presidency, the meeting will focus, in particular, on the situation in the Gaza Strip

    United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will take part in the meeting, which is expected to yield a joint statement

  • Strains emerge in 72-year-old Türkiye-Israel trade ties

    Amid Ankara's criticism of Israel's actions against Gaza and Israel reassessing diplomatic relations, the future of their oil and steel...

    Amid Ankara's criticism of Israel's actions against Gaza and Israel reassessing diplomatic relations, the future of their oil and steel economic partnership becomes uncertain.

    In 2022, Israel exported $2.34 billion worth of goods to Türkiye, while Türkiye's exports to Israel amounted to a substantial $7.03 billion, the latest trade figures point out.