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Emirates NBD H1 profit $3.40bn

Total income rose by 12 percent in the same period.

ADIB H1 pre-tax profit $1.08bn

Q2 pre-tax net profit increases by 14 percent.

AstraZeneca to invest $50bn in US

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UAB net profit up by 50% for H1

Total assets increase by 11 percent.

TSMC Q2 profit up 60%

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  • Netanyahu offers Hamas leaders Gaza exit but demands group disarm amid strikes on the Palestinian territory

    A senior Hamas official stated on Saturday that the group had approved a new ceasefire proposal put forward by mediators...

    Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike on a house and tent sheltering displaced Palestinians killed at least eight people, including five children

    The strike in Khan Yunis came in the morning on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan

  • Turkey opposition pushes for early polls as Swedish reporter jailed

    Istanbul, Turkey --  The Turkish opposition on Sunday worked to keep up the momentum of the protest movement triggered by...

    With Turkey entering several days of public holiday marking the end of the Ramadan, the opposition has vowed to keep up the protest movement while switching to focused events.

    Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Thursday 1,879 people had been detained in connection with the protests since March 19, with 260 of them remanded in custody pending trial.

  • ‘Day of funerals,’ Gazans mark grim Eid under Israeli strikes

    At dawn, many Gazans gathered across different parts of the territory to offer traditional morning Eid prayers, an AFP correspondent...

    Many prayed beside makeshift tents sheltering tens of thousands of displaced Gazans, living in dire humanitarian conditions.

    At the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, several residents visited the graves of loved ones killed in the war.

  • First orbital rocket launched from Europe crashes seconds after blast-off

    Oslo, Norway -- The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off Sunday, in a closely watched...

    Isar Aerospace, which had said it did not expect to reach orbit with the launch, said the two-stage rocket fell into the sea, adding that "the launch pad seems to be intact".

    The 28-metre (92-foot) tall, two-meter diameter rocket has a one-ton carrying capacity, but was unloaded for the test flight.

  • Hamas says agrees to new Gaza truce proposal received from mediators but warns its weapons a ‘red line’

    The talks in Doha started a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to seize parts of Gaza if...

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed it had also received a proposal from the mediators and had submitted a counter-proposal in response

    The fragile truce that had brought weeks of relative calm to the Gaza Strip ended on March 18 when Israel resumed its bombing campaign across the territory

  • Trump says Iran faces ‘bad, bad things’ if no nuclear deal after Tehran responds to a letter from him

    "I sent them a letter just recently, and I said: you have to make a decision, one way or the...

    Trump in 2018 pulled the United States out of an agreement to relieve sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program

    Tehran has refused to negotiate directly with Washington under these circumstances, but has held out the possibility of indirect talks

  • Pro-Palestine rallies held in many countries on Quds Day

    Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations were launched in 1979 by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic, which has...

    Crowds gathered in the streets of Tehran after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the Iranian people to protest against "the enemies' tricks".

    Thousands also gathered in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in demonstrations described by the rebels' TV channel as "the largest in the Arab Islamic world".

  • Iran says it has responded to Trump’s nuclear talks letter

    Iran has sent a response to a letter from US President Donald Trump that called for nuclear talks and warned...

    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asked by reporters on his plane over the Caribbean whether the US has received the letter, said: "I'm not going to comment on that yet."

    He said that the United States had expected there to be a response and "obviously at that point, the president will decide what steps if he any he wants to take next".

  • Lawyer complains Turkish student held in US ‘abducted’

    A lawyer representing a Turkish university student detained in the United States and facing deportation said Thursday that his client...

    Earlier this week, a video surfaced on social media showing 30-year-old Rumeysa Ozturk being detained by masked, plain-clothed figures near Tufts University in Massachusetts

    The video quickly went viral as a symbol driving the fear and anger gripping US campuses as President Donald Trump clamps down on students accused of holding extremist views

  • Palestinian sources say Hamas, mediators in new talks to revive Gaza truce, hostage release deal

    Negotiations between Hamas and Israel, mediated by Egypt along with Qatar and the United States, have been deadlocked for weeks...

    Talks are focusing on the possibility of implementing a truce during the Eid al-Fitr and Jewish Passover holidays

    A Palestinian source close to Hamas said that despite the discussions, "no breakthrough" had been achieved so far