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.
  • The head of Syria's commission for missing persons said Monday the number of people who went missing during decades of...

    Mohammed Reda Jalkhi, head of the commission created in May, said the body's mandate ranged from 1970, the year Hafez al-Assad took power

    "Our estimates of the number of missing range between 120,000 and 300,000 people, and it could be more," he told state news agency SANA

  • Rubio, to the delight of President Donald Trump's right-wing base, has proudly moved against students using an obscure law that...

    The State Department did not break down the visas by nationality, even though Rubio has vowed to be aggressive in targeting students from China.

    The top US diplomat in March told reporters that he was revoking visas daily, saying of activist students: "Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visas."

  • Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday but the talks failed to yield any breakthrough on a...

    Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday but the talks failed to yield any breakthrough on a ceasefire

    Though White House envoy Steve Witkoff said both leaders had agreed to provide "robust security guarantees" to Ukraine

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai police said on Monday they caught three thieves just hours after they stole a...

    A diamond trader who had brought the jewel from Europe was lured to a villa by a crime gang under the pretense of a viewing by a potential wealthy client, police said.

    But the gem was stolen when the diamond dealer arrived for the bogus inspection, the statement added.

  • "The movement has submitted its response, agreeing to the mediators' new proposal. We pray to God to extinguish the fire...

    Egypt said it and Qatar had sent the new proposal to Israel, adding "the ball is now in its court". Israel has yet to respond.

    A Palestinian source familiar with the talks said mediators were "expected to announce that an agreement has been reached and set a date for the resumption of talks".

  • European leaders will join Zelensky in Washington on Monday, seeking above all else to prevent another Oval Office meltdown -- but...

    On Friday, Trump met with Putin in Alaska to discuss the Ukrainian conflict, promising to run any proposals by both Ukraine and its European allies before agreeing to a deal

    European leaders will join Zelensky in Washington on Monday, seeking above all else to prevent another Oval Office meltdown

  • Tehran, Iran - The streets of Tehran have become a confusing maze for driver Farshad Fooladi amid widespread GPS disruption,...

    "For weeks I have been unable to work," said Fooladi, who uses Iran's homegrown ride-hailing app Snapp to find customers

    Iran's communications ministry has said the disruptions were necessary for "security and military purposes", without giving further explanation

  • Israel said Sunday it targeted an energy infrastructure site in Yemen's capital Sanaa, linked to the Iran-backed Huthi rebels behind...

    A military statement said Israeli forces "struck... deep inside Yemen, targeting an energy infrastructure site that served the Huthi terrorist regime."

    The Huthis' Al-Masirah TV, citing a civil defence source, reported "an aggression targeting the Haziz power station" south of the city

  • Damascus, Syria -- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said the battle to unify his country after years of civil war...

    His remarks, released by state TV on Sunday, came as hundreds demonstrated in south Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province.

    At the protest in Sweida, some demonstrators waved the Israeli flag and called for self-determination for the region.

  • A huge Israeli flag covered with portraits of the remaining captives was unfurled in Tel Aviv's so-called Hostage Square --...

    The Israeli plans to expand the war into Gaza City and nearby refugee camps have sparked an international outcry as well as domestic opposition.

    Chief of staff Lieutenant General Eya Zamir said on Sunday that the military was "approving the plan for the next phase of the war".