INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

ADNOC L&S to expand fleet

It will acquire 11 carriers for $1.3bn.

Empower profit climbs 16%

Dubai district cooling demand lifts earnings

Burjeel profit nearly doubles

Healthcare demand drives stronger earnings.

Salik profit slips in H1

The company said traffic recovery supported resilience.

Alpha Dhabi profit jumps 48%

AI and technology investments boost earnings.
  • The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, said the strikes near Ain Shib had targeted "military bases belonging...

    Two strikes ONTuesday near Ain Shib hit the facility where displaced Syrians had been living

    Earlier Tuesday, Russian air strikes targeting a rebel base north of Idlib city killed three members of HTS

  • Washington, United States - The US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Tuesday said that the prospect of a peace...

    Asked if a deal would be announced soon, Sullivan said "There are still ways to travel... but peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia will be a big deal."

    The White House's efforts to foster a reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Israel stem from its belief that such an outcome would be in US national security interests

  • The foreign minister's visit is also intended to pave way for Turkish President's trip to Baghdad for which a date...

    The level of water in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers has seen an alarming reduction in the last few years

    The two ministers also talked of the imminent resumption of oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan to Turkey

  • DUBAI, UAE - The Customs Intelligence Management within Dubai Customs has successfully thwarted two separate attempts to smuggle controlled drugs...

    In the first operation, a shipment consisting of three parcels concealed 96,600 pills of the controlled medication Cipralex, weighing 57 kg.

    The second operation revealed 75,000 capsules of the prohibited drug Pregabalin, weighing 64 kg and distributed across three parcels.

  • South Africa has revealed potential BRICS expansion plans at the Johannesburg summit, with keen interest shown by Middle Eastern nations,...

    South Africa revealed potential BRICS expansion plans at the Johannesburg summit, with keen interest shown by Middle Eastern nations, notably UAE and Saudi Arabia

    Analysts suggest that BRICS' potential expansion could strain relations with major powers, highlight the bloc's diverse appeal, but also raise concerns about diluted influence

  • Haftar, who backs the country's eastern administration, is close to Russia's private Wagner mercenary group, whose troops guard military and...

    It said the visit, led by Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov, was organized after talks with Libya at the Army-2023 expo and Moscow Conference on International Security.

    Wagner maintains a strong military presence in Africa, where it has partnered with several nations, including Mali and the Central African Republic.

  • Military helicopters and zipline experts rescued four children from a group of eight people trapped for hours in a stricken...

    Six children and two adults spent almost 12 hours trapped inside the chairlift at a height of up to 1,200 feet (350 metres) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.

    A video of the first rescue showed a teenager in a harness hanging at the bottom of a swinging rope under a helicopter as crowds cheered with relief.

  • Hundreds of supporters lined the streets as the former Manchester City owner was taken to the Supreme Court. There, he...

    The divisive billionaire landed in a private jet at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport at 9 am (0200 GMT), to be greeted by supporters

    While Thaksin was being processed by the courts, his party formally nominated Srettha as its PM candidate in parliament

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia has officially acceded to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale...

    Saudi Arabia became the 96th State Party to the Convention. The Convention will enter into force for Saudi Arabia, except for its part III, on 1 September 2024.

    The CISG establishes a comprehensive code of legal rules governing the formation of contracts for the international sale of goods and the obligations of the buyer and seller.

  • During more than four months of deadly conflict between Daglo's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the regular army, the paramilitaries...

    While not directly linked to the RSF in any way, the "Daglo" market has come to be known by that name in a wink at the looting associated with fighters loyal to paramilitary chief

    The market lies on the main road linking Khartoum and the city of Wad Madani, where many residents of the capital displaced by the fighting have found shelter