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TSMC’s H1 revenue up 40 percent

Robust demand for AI technology behind the surge.

‘Wadeem’ sold out for $1.49bn

This is the highest Abu Dhabi real-estate release to date.

Tesla Q2 sales down 13.5%

Shares rally after the disclosure, better than some forecasts.

TomTom cuts 300 jobs

The firm said it was realigning its organization as it embraces AI.

Aldar nets $953m in sales at Fahid

Aldar said 42 percent of the buyers are under the age of 45.
  • Trade restarts as key Afghan border crossing with Pakistan reopens

    The crossing was closed last Sunday by Afghan authorities, who objected to what they said were new documentation rules restricting...

    Torkham border crossing was reopened at 6 am on Saturday, Afghan customs official Muslim Khaksar said at the site in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province

    On Saturday, people attending to patients were allowed to enter Pakistan after showing their Afghan identity cards, the Pakistani customs official said

  • Palestinian home to be razed showing Israeli punishment policy

    The entrances to the home of Fatima Alqam, her husband Moussa and four children were sealed within days after her...

    Khayri Alqam shared the name of his grandfather, who was killed in 1998, allegedly by an Israeli extremist.

    Last month the cabinet announced that the family home of a 13-year-old boy who shot and wounded two Israelis in the Silwan neighbourhood of east Jerusalem would also be sealed.

  • Iran still seeking to kill former US president Donald Trump: general

    Three years after former US president Donald Trump ordered the killing of top Guards' commander Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian genera...

    Donald Trump had ordered the strike in response to a number of attacks on US interests in Iraq that his administration blamed on Iran

    Iran retaliated by firing missiles at a US airbase in Iraq that housed US troops, but none were killed

  • Tunisia climate of fear pushes sub-Saharan migrants to the exit

    A steady flow of taxis has rolled up outside the Ivorian embassy in Tunis in recent days, depositing dozens of...

    On Saturday, hundreds of protesters marched down Avenue Habib Bourguiba in central Tunis, against the controversial remarks that Tunisian President made

    Authorities began a wave of arrests targeting migrants two weeks ago and have so far detained around 400 people, rights groups say

  • Poor and war-weary Yemenis cut trees for fuel, cash

    A more than eight-year-long war between Saudi-backed government forces and pro-Iran Houthi rebels has devastated Yemen, the poorest country on...

    Fuel costs in government-held parts of Yemen peaked early last year in the immediate aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

    Environmental expert Anwar al-Shazli said more than six million trees had been felled since the start of Yemen's war

  • In new mass rally Israelis protest against judicial reforms

    Israeli media reported the crowds were again in the tens of thousands, after lawmakers this week took a step towards...

    Netanyahu has presented the judicial reforms as key to restoring balance between the branches of government, arguing judges currently have too much power over elected officials

    Another element of the reforms would give the 120-member parliament the power to overrule Supreme Court decisions with a simple majority of 61 votes

  • Tunisians rally to denounce President Saied for ‘racists’ remarks

    Accusing him of racist comments and hate speech against sub-Saharan migrants, hundreds of people protested in the Tunisian capital on...

    The protestors demanded that the president apologise to sub-Saharan migrants

    According to an advocacy group, more than 21,000 sub-Saharan Africans live in Tunisia, including those with student visas and other legal residency

  • Jordan to host Palestine-Israel meeting as tension escalates

    Jordan will host a "political-security" meeting between Israel and the Palestinians to try and restore calm to the occupied Palestinian...

    The talks will come after 11 Palestinians were killed and more than 80 wounded in a gun battle on Wednesday

    The talks aim to reach "security and economic measures to ease the hardships of the Palestinian people," the official added.

  • UAE takes part in first G20 Finance Ministers meeting in 2023

    ABU DHABI, UAE -  Minister of State for Financial Affairs Mohamed Hadi Al Hussaini headed the UAE delegation participating in...

    Held for the first time under the Indian presidency in Bengaluru, the meeting discussed the progress under the G20 priorities for 2023.

    The UAE team reiterated the importance of a globally coordinated multilateral action to promote climate finance.

  • FNC Speaker calls for greater coordination at Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union meet

    BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC) Saqr Ghobash said that Arab parliaments should are required...

    Arab parliaments should unify positions on all common issues, activate the role of parliamentary diplomacy.

    Many Arab countries are still facing and suffering from terrorism and extremism that know no borders.