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.
  • Assad is on his first official trip to China in almost two decades as he seeks financial support to rebuild...

    Analysts expect Assad's visit to China will focus, in part, on funds for reconstruction. It also comes as China's influence in the Middle East grows.

    This year Beijing brokered a deal that saw longtime regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Damascus-backer Iran agree to restore ties and reopen their respective embassies.

  • General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the de facto ruler of Sudan since a 2021 coup, alluded to the rival Rapid Support...

    Burhan has increasingly been traveling around the world in what are seen as efforts to burnish his legitimacy

    At the United Nations, he urged world powers to designate the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, as a terrorist group

  • Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau called on the Indian...

    On Monday, he said Indian agents played a role in the June murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen

    Indian forcefully denied any role in the killing of Nijjar, terming the accusation as "absurd"

  • Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas's address came a day after Netanyahu discussed Saudi normalization in a meeting with US President Joe...

    The veteran leader made a new appeal for negotiations and for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to call an international conference on creating a Palestinian state

    An Israeli diplomat walked out of the General Assembly as Abbas denounced the "impunity" for Israel over its "apartheid" policies, a characterization that infuriates Israel

  • Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in New York that he will visit Israel too once Benjamin Netanyahu will...

    The two leaders met at the Turkish House in New York on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly

    The two countries also reached an agreement to raise trade volume from $9.5 billion to a minimum of $15 billion

  • New York, US-- Kuwait has exhorted UN member states to back its bid for a seat on the UN Human...

    The Kuwaiti prime minister gave a peek into the "New Kuwait" vision that aims to position the country as a global financial, commercial, and cultural center

    He underscored Kuwait's resolve to bridge cooperation and offer solutions to human rights issues in keeping with international law and UN resolutions

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Anti-Money Laundering Permanent Committee (AMLPC) hosted a coordination meeting with relevant Saudi permanent committees on...

    The meeting was chaired by Ayman Al-Sayari, governor of the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) and AMLPC chairman

    It also discussed mechanisms of cooperation and coordination between the permanent committees in the Kingdom

  • Beirut, Lebanon - A gunman fired more than a dozen bullets at the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanese officials said on...

    "At 10:37 pm local time (1937 GMT), small arms fire was reported in the vicinity of the entrance to the US Embassy," said embassy spokesman Jake Nelson

    Lebanese forces have cordoned off the area of the highly-secured embassy complex in the northern Beirut suburb of Awkar, a security official told AFP.

  • JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), which is a member of the Islamic Development Bank,...

    This collaboration aims to enhance trade volume among the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

    The loan aims to support the development of small and medium enterprises' exports as well as private sector companies in Turkey.

  • "An estimated 43,059 individuals have been displaced by the floods in northeastern Libya," the IOM said, adding that a "lack...

    A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from the city after heavy rains lashed the area on September 10.

    Earlier this week, the United Nations warned that disease outbreaks could bring "a second devastating crisis" to the flood-hit areas.