INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

EasyLease H1 profit $12.2m

Revenue rises on stronger operations.

FAB profit edges higher

Income growth supports steady earnings.

UAB H1 profit climbs

Income, lending drive first-half growth

Sanad posts record revenue

Growth driven by global demand for services.

Bank of Sharjah profit up 39%

Bank's total assets grow 10% to $14.4 billion.
  • Waving Palestinian flags and shouting slogans denouncing Israel, protestors expressed gratitude to South Africa for having brought the case against...

    The ICJ in its ruling said Israel must prevent genocide in its war with Hamas

    Many protestors carried banners calling for sanctions to be levied against Israel

  • US forces struck an anti-ship missile in Houthi-held Yemen that they said was ready to fire, hours after the Iran-backed...

    The US has also carried out a series of unilateral air raids, but the Houthis have vowed to continue their attacks.

    The Houthis' Al-Masirah television said the US and the UK launched two air strikes on the port of Ras Issa in Yemen's Hodeida province.

  • The British government said it had "considerable concerns" about a ruling by the United Nation's top court that Israel should...

    "Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas in line with IHL (international humanitarian law)," the British spokesperson said.

    The Foreign Office, however, added that it welcomed the ICJ's call for the immediate release of hostages and to get more aid into Gaza.

  • Baghdad, Iraq - Iraq and the United States on Saturday held a "first round" of talks on the future of American...

    Washington had said that it had agreed with Baghdad on the launch of "expert working groups of military and defense professionals".

    The talks, planned for months, come at a time of heightened tensions in Iraq and the region linked to the war between Israel and Hamas.

  • Tehran, Iran - Gunmen in southeastern Iran near the Pakistan border killed nine foreign nationals on Saturday, Iranian media reported, more...

    Mehr news agency said unknown armed men killed nine non-Iranians in a house in the Sirkan neighborhood of Saravan city in Sistan-Baluchistan province.

    The Sistan-Baluchistan province has seen persistent unrest involving cross-border drug-smuggling gangs and rebels from the Baluchi ethnic minority.

  • The exchange came as the head of the CIA is to meet in Europe with his counterparts from Israel and...

    Qatar, Egypt and the United States are attempting to negotiate a new truce, and Biden's Middle East envoy Brett McGurk is already in the region for talks.

    The news outlet Axios has reported that Israel offered Hamas a two-month pause in fighting in Gaza in exchange for the release of all hostages.

  • UNRWA said Friday it had sacked several employees accused by Israel of involvement in Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack, prompting...

    Israel was aiming to ensure "UNRWA will not be a part of the day after", Foreign Minister Israel Katz said adding that he would try to gather support from the donors to the agency

    Hamas on Saturday slammed Israeli "threats" against UNRWA, urging the UN and other international organizations not to "cave in to the threats and blackmail."

  • Australia and Canada have suspended their funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, after Israel accused several employees of...

    "We are speaking with partners and will temporarily pause disbursement of recent funding," Australian Foreign Minister wrote on social media platform X.

    Canada's International Development Minister announced that Ottawa had “temporarily paused any additional funding to UNRWA”.

  • The reactions to the top UN court's ruling Friday in the Israel-Gaza case were split along the lines of the...

    "Today marks a decisive victory for international rule of law and a significant milestone in the search for justice for Palestinian people," said South Africa

    Qatar's foreign ministry "welcomed the provisional measures" ordered by the ICJ, calling them a "victory for humanity... and international justice"

  • US and British forces have launched two rounds of joint strikes aimed at reducing the Houthis' ability to target vessels...

    It came the same day the US military said one of its warships shot down a missile fired at it by the group, which says it is acting in support of Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war

    In the incident involving the US Navy vessel, the Houthis fired an anti-ship ballistic missile from Yemen towards the destroyer USS Carney in the Gulf of Aden, said CENTCOM