INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.

Mashreq Q1 profit rises

Total revenue increased 10% year-on-year.

TECOM profit climbs

High occupancy across assets boosts earnings.

Emirates Stallions Q1 revenue up 11%

The rise helped by strong demand in real estate

ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.
  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — UK's Secretary of State for Defense Grant Shapps welcomed Saudi Arabia's Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin...

    Upon Prince Khalid bin Salman's arrival, a formal reception ceremony was held, featuring a review of the guard of honor

    The two sides discussed strengthening the strategic partnership between the UK and Saudi Arabia

  • UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron termed it good news that that the UN has come together to "back a resolution...

    Cameron said that the resolution also calls for steps towards a sustainable ceasefire

    Russia and the United States abstained, meaning it passed with 13 votes in favor

  • As fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies, the UN Security Council has passed a resolution to enhance aid to Gaza,...

    As fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies, the UN Security Council has passed a resolution to enhance aid to Gaza, where civilians face severe hardships.

    Escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has led to over 410 deaths in 48 hours and intense urban warfare, triggering a severe humanitarian crisis.

  • Fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza raged as the UN Security Council approved a much-delayed resolution to boost aid...

    The resolution also urged the creation of "conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities" but did not call for an immediate end to fighting.

    It came after the UN's World Food Program warned that Gaza's population is at a "high risk of famine".

  • The Israel-Hamas war is pushing Gaza towards famine, the United Nations warned ahead of an expected Security Council vote on...

    The entire population of Gaza faces "an imminent risk of famine", according to a UN-backed global hunger monitoring system.

    With homes destroyed, they are living in crowded shelters and struggling to find food, fuel, water and medical supplies

  • Lebanon is ready to implement a UN resolution that would help end Hizbollah's cross-border attacks on Israel if Israel also...

    The solution to the current cross-border hostilities "is the implementation of international resolutions", including Resolution 1701, Lebanese PM said.

    The Lebanese PM was referring to territory claimed by Lebanon that remains occupied following Israel's withdrawal from the country's south in 2000.

  • The Iran-backed Houthis have repeatedly targeted vessels in the vital shipping lane with strikes they say are in support of...

    Pentagon spokesman said the Houthis are "attacking the economic wellbeing and prosperity of nations around the world," effectively becoming "bandits along the international highway

    Coalition forces will serve as a highway patrol of sorts, patrolling Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to respond to commercial vessels that are transiting this international waterway

  • Separate diplomatic efforts were also under way for a fresh pause in the worst-ever Gaza war, which was triggered by...

    The latest UN draft set to face a vote Friday, calls for "urgent steps to immediately allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access

    The entire population of Gaza faces "an imminent risk of famine", according to a UN-backed global hunger monitoring system on Thursday

  • The impact of the conflict had reversed a slight recovery for Lebanon, which has battled a deep economic crisis for...

    Lebanon's economy collapsed in late 2019, plunging most of the population into poverty, according to the United Nations.

    Real gross domestic product is expected to decline "to between minus 0.6 percent to minus 0.9 percent depending on the extent of the tourism shock," the World Bank said.

  • Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan - On the Caspian Sea coast in Turkmenistan, Batyr Yusupov can no longer ferry his passengers between two ports....

    It is still not entirely clear why that is happening, but scientists say it is down to naturally occurring processes exacerbated by climate change

    Turkmenistan, a former Soviet republic, is one of five countries on the Caspian Sea together with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran and Russia