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.
  • Venice, Italy - At its premiere, a powerful new Gaza film at the Venice Film Festival sparked 23 minutes of...

    "The Voice of Hind Rajab" from French-Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania is a strong contender for the festival's Golden Lion to be awarded Saturday

    The film covers the last minutes of the life of a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli fire last year while trying to escape Gaza with her family

  • Responding to questions from journalists, Morcos said "the Lebanese army will begin implementing the plan, but in accordance with the...

    In August, the Lebanese government ordered the military to draw up plans to disarm the once-dominant militant group by the end of the year

    Responding to questions, the information minister Morcos said "the Lebanese army will begin implementing the plan, but in accordance with the available capabilities."

  • Gaza civil defense agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal accused Israel of carrying out "a policy of forced displacement against civilians" in...

    The agency said Israeli strikes in and around Gaza City killed at least 19 people, among at least 32 Palestinians killed across the territory on Friday.

    Hamas said Israeli claims the militant group was operating in the high-rises were "nothing but flimsy pretexts and blatant lies."

  • US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would speak soon with Russia's Vladimir Putin, after his call earlier in the...

    "I will be, yeah," Trump told a reporter asking if he would speak with the Russian leader in the near future, on the sidelines of a dinner with prominent US tech executives

    Trump's call with European leaders came after a summit in Paris aimed at firming up plans for security guarantees for Ukraine if or when there is a ceasefire

  • The Lebanese government is set to discuss on Friday an army plan to disarm Hezbollah, which the Iran-backed group opposes,...

    In August, under heavy US and Israeli pressure, Lebanon's government ordered the army to draw up a plan for disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year

    Hezbollah reiterated its opposition to the move on Wednesday, with its parliamentary bloc calling on Lebanese authorities to "reverse their... unpatriotic decision."

  • In a televised briefing, Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said that "we hold 40 percent of the territory...

    Israel has intensified in recent days its bombardments of the area of Gaza City, in the territory's north, ahead of the planned offensive

    Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes on Thursday killed more than 30 people in the city, out of at least 64 Palestinians killed across the Gaza Strip

  • Oslo, Norway -- An electric plane took to the skies between the Norwegian airports Stavanger and Bergen on Thursday, simulating...

    The small aircraft -- an Alia built by US aircraft manufacturer Beta -- flew the 160 kilometers in a test run by the Norwegian affiliate of the transport company Bristow.

    The flight took 55 minutes and simulated a cargo flight route in southeastern Norway.

  • "The genocide in Gaza exposes Europe's failure to act and speak with one voice," European Commission vice president Teresa Ribera...

    The EU has struggled to take steps over the war in Gaza due to deep divisions between member states pushing for action against Israel and those backing the country.

    The splits are also present inside the EU's executive, where Spanish commissioner Ribera has expressed frustration over the failure to push on the issue.

  • Rome, Italy -- Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, king of a high-end lifestyle empire, has died at the age of...

    The Italian icon was credited with inventing red-carpet fashion, but also moved into a younger and less expensive range through Emporio Armani.

    His death came just weeks ahead of celebrations marking 50 years of his eponymous label.

  • srael's internal security service said on Wednesday it had foiled a plot by Palestinian militant group Hamas to kill far-right...

    In a statement, the Shin Bet security service said the planned attack would have involved "explosive drones."

    It said that members of a Hamas cell operating in the area of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, had been arrested