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.
  • After gaining independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan descended into a civil war that left nearly 400,000 people dead...

    Two months of fighting in Sudan, to the north, has had an impact on South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, who heads the UN mission in South Sudan, told the Security Council

    Now is not the time to take our eyes off the ball in South Sudan, UN envoy stressed, warning that the economic impacts of the conflict "cast a shadow in an already fragile country"

  • The bilateral peace agreement has sparked intensified debates about its potential to transform the Middle East from a conflict-ridden region...

    The bilateral peace agreement has sparked intensified debates about its potential to transform the Middle East from a conflict-ridden region to peaceful and prosperous place

    Despite government-level reconciliation, Saudi-Iran ties face early-stage challenges, including Iranian aggression, and businesses in both countries risk political uncertainties

  • QAMISHLI, SYRIA- A Turkish drone strike killed three employees of northeast Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish administration on Tuesday, a spokesman said, amid...

    The strike targeted "a vehicle transporting civilian employees, killing two Kurdish women and a Christian" man.

    The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said Tuesday's strike hit a vehicle on a road.

  • Ghosn, the former chairman and chief executive of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, was arrested in Japan in November 2018 on suspicion of...

    He jumped bail late the next year and made a dramatic escape from Japan hidden in an audio-equipment box, landing in Beirut, where he remains an international fugitive.

    The judge has scheduled a court session for mid-September that the defendants or their lawyers, whether Japanese or Lebanese, should attend, the judicial official said.

  • Paris. France -- The candidature of Saudi Arabia (for Riyadh), South Korea (Busan) and Italy (Rome) for World Expo 2030...

    At the 172nd General Assembly of the BIE, Member States were presented with the findings of Enquiry Missions carried out by the BIE to assess the candidature projects for Expo2030.

    Riyadh's bid for Expo between 1 October 2030 and 31 March 2031 is under the theme “The Era of Change: Together for a Foresighted Tomorrow”.

  • The Kingdom emphasizes the Riyadh Expo's potential in enhancing global collaborations and reinforcing actions on impactful projects.

    The Gulf nation emphasized the Expo's potential in enhancing global collaborations and reinforcing actions on impactful projects

    Riyadh has already begun expanding its infrastructure in preparation for hosting the Expo, says Royal Commission of Riyadh CEO

  • PARIS, FRANCE -  A major exiled Iranian opposition group on Tuesday expressed fury after Paris police refused to grant permission for...

    The National Council of Resistance of Iran, which calls for the overthrow of Iran's clerical leadership, asked permission for the rally in Paris on July 1,

    The NCRI claimed that Paris was giving into pressure from Tehran as France was concerned over the fate of four French nationals held by Iran.

  • Saudi-Iran peace deal will reduce tensions in the region and would solve some of the problems if not all, says...

    Blinken spoke of his recent visit to the Middle East where he met with the GCC leaders who, according to him, still see the US as the preferred partner

    On Taiwan, Blinken said the US has real concerns about the direction it has taken and blamed China for what he called as reckless actions

  • One of those on board, according to his aviation company, is British businessman, 58-year-old Hamish Harding is the chairman of...

    Prominent Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, who is vice-chairman of the conglomerate Engro, and his son Suleman were also on board, a family statement said.

    "Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023," Harding wrote Sunday.

  • Kuwait City, Kuwait-- Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah urged parliament members to focus on reforms "for the...

    The crown prince in his address to parliament urged MPs to concentrated on reforms in a new phase full of aspirations and hopes to achieve a prosperous future

    Noting with pride how the world was praising the democratic practices in Kuwait, he called on MPs to cooperate with the government in order to address all sources of tension