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.
  • Israel's top court debated appeals against a law restricting how a prime minister can be removed from office, as current...

    The legislation says that a prime minister can be declared unfit for office due to health reasons.

    The law says a two-thirds majority in cabinet is required to take such a step, before the move is approved by at least 80 of the parliament's 120 members.

  • The Biden administration made the decision after Israel in July promised a series of steps to comply with longstanding US...

    By the end of November, Israelis will be in the same league as citizens of most Western nations by not needing visas for trips of 90 days or less to the world's largest economy

    A number of lawmakers from Biden's own Democratic Party had urged Blinken not to go ahead before a Saturday deadline and instead exert pressure for greater change.

  • Wednesday's launch was carried out by the aerospace wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the ideological arm of...

    "The Nour-3 imaging satellite... was successfully placed in orbit 450 kilometers (280 miles) above earth," the IRNA news agency said.

    The United States has repeatedly warned Iran against such launches, saying the same technology can be used for ballistic missiles.

  • The former Mastercard chief executive told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York that the bank should alter its...

    Banga has previously called on World Bank to collaborate more closely with the private sector to meet the enormous costs associated with climate change mitigation and adaption

    On Tuesday, Banga said the bank should carefully target where it wants to encourage private investment to help cap carbon emissions in order to have the biggest impact

  • Sudairi's delegation, which crossed overland from Jordan, was the first from Riyadh to visit the West Bank since the 1993...

    In a sign of the thaw, Israel's Tourism Minister Haim Katz visited Riyadh on the same day, for the first such high-level public mission to the oil-rich kingdom

    Speaking at a ceremony Tuesday marking the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "many states in the Middle East want peace with Israel"

  • New York, Washington - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit...

    Two leaders met in New York on the sidelines of the 78th session of United Nations General Assembly

    Netanyahu was due to travel to Turkiye in July, but postponed the trip as he had a pacemaker implanted

  • French President Emmanuel Macron's special envoy urged Lebanese factions to find a "third way" for electing a new president, warning...

    Lebanon has been without a president for almost a year after ex-head of state Michel Aoun's mandate expired.

    Lebanon's president is elected by parliament, where neither side has a majority, rather than by universal suffrage.

  • New Delhi, India - Army chiefs and senior officers from 30 countries including the United States met in India on Tuesday...

    US Army chief Randy George said the region was "critically important", speaking to reporters alongside his Indian counterpart Manoj Pande.

    Generals from Japan and Australia, which make up the "Quad" defense cooperation forum alongside Washington and New Delhi, also took part.

  • DUBAI, UAE - The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) of the Government of Dubai's Department of Finance (DOF) announced a...

    The achievement has been realized within a year and a half since the establishment of the office in 2022.

    This includes a full redemption of Sukuk certificates worth $898 million, the repayment of bilateral and syndicated facilities totaling $1.4 billion.

  • RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – China on Tuesday granted Approved Destination Status (ADS) to the Gulf Kingdom. The bilateral agreement, signed...

    The bilateral pact allows Chinese citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia in group tours in addition to facilitating greater ease of access.

    ADS will drive greater connectivity between Saudi Arabia and China and unlock new opportunities across the tourism ecosystem.