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.
  • Adults and children over five require a single shot "irrespective of their Covid-19 vaccination history" while younger children may get...

    The European Medicines Agency said it "has recommended authorizing an adapted Comirnaty vaccine targeting the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant".

    Known as Comirnaty Omicron XBB.1.5, the mRNA vaccine is to be used to prevent Covid-19 in adults and children from six months.

  • Moscow, Russia -- Moscow considers threats by European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell to...

    Russian Foreign Ministry said that EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell had threatened to take medical supplies away from the Russian people

    "EU restrictions are above all an instrument of intimidation and blackmail. We deem these new direct threats against Russians by Borrell unacceptable," a spokesperson said.

  • Prigozhin, 62, was buried on Tuesday in a private ceremony in his native Saint Petersburg, more than two months after...

    Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday told reporters that officials probing the incident have not ruled out any cause for the crash including foul play.

    The Kremlin has dismissed suggestions it orchestrated the crash in revenge for Wagner's march on Moscow in June.

  • Kyrgyzstan has already twice taken back its citizens from Syria or Iraq. In March 2021, 79 children were repatriated while...

    Thirty-one women and 64 children who are Kyrgyz citizens were transferred from Syria to Kyrgyzstan," said the foreign ministry in a statement

    The ministry said it was "grateful" to the US for "full assistance and logistical support" in the operation, as well as thanking UNICEF and the Red Cross

  • "Given our numerous capabilities, we consider Iran’s membership in BRICS and the SCO as well as participation in other regional...

    The Iranian president noted that Iran’s economic potential will help bolster the position of both organizations on the international stage

    "The effect is reciprocal because all the participants of these unions, including ourselves, will benefit from Iran’s membership," he explained

  • TEHRAN, IRAN – The CEO of SAIPA Auto Making Company, Iran’s second-largest car manufacturing company, said a contract has been...

    SAIPA is planning to supply 90,000 units of the QUIK sedan model to Russian customers in the next three years.

    Exports can start within a month and after the required permits are issued by Russian authorities.

  • TEHRAN, IRAN - Some 56 million tons of non-oil goods, valued at US$19.3 billion, were exported in the first five...

    Also 14.4 million tons of non-oil goods, valued at US$24.2 billion were imported into the country from March 21, 2023 to July 22, 2023.

    In this period, China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey and India were Iran’s main export markets respectively.

  • TEHRAN, IRAN   – Iran President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday said that the country’s money is only blocked in South Korea...

    Iran has forged strong relations with Islamic and other like-minded countries.

    The country is keen on membership in regional and extra-regional alliances.

  • Raisi was referring to sanctions imposed on Iran since the United States torpedoed the nuclear deal in 2018, as well...

    "The enemy tried to follow two strategies: one was to isolate Iran from the world and the other was to discourage the Iranian nation," Raisi said.

    The president said Iran was continuing to seek "the lifting of sanctions" through negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear accord.

  • The Air Seychelles flight laden with Israeli passengers was heading from the Seychelles to Tel Aviv. Saudi airspace had been...

    The Air Seychelles flight made an emergency landing Monday in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah due to technical difficulties.

    Israeli media said 128 passengers aboard the flight were welcomed and given overnight accommodation in the Red Sea city.