INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

Borouge okays $656m dividend

The company said dividend reflects its resilience

DEWA posts record H1 profit

Revenue reaches record $4.04 billion.

Tabreed H1 revenue $308m

Blurb: Profit reaches $52 million in H1

ADNOC L&S to expand fleet

It will acquire 11 carriers for $1.3bn.

Empower profit climbs 16%

Dubai district cooling demand lifts earnings
  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and several ministers arrived in Algeria on Sunday, state media reported, ahead of meetings with...

    Meloni's predecessor Mario Draghi sealed a string of deals with Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in July

    Tebboune said the July deal was worth $4 billion, while an Algerian official said the country would also increase gas exports to Italy

  • The Turkish leader said that they had agreed on an adjustment to the timetable with its junior right-wing coalition partner...

    The election campaign is due to start on March 10, which would give the Turkish opposition even less time to prepare

    Erdogan had on Wednesday spoken of his intention to bring the election date forward to May 14, recalling the day Turkey held its first free election in 1950

  • The Egyptian Bar Association has called off a days-long strike held in protest against the jailing of six colleagues, according...

    The move came after an appeals court on Sunday ordered the six be released and scheduled a verdict for February 5

    The association had earlier claimed there was "a clear intention" by authorities to keep the six lawyers in detention "without real justification",

  • ALEPPO, SYRIA - A building collapsed Sunday in Syria's war-damaged second city of Aleppo, killing 16 people including children, authorities and...

    Video footage shared on state television showed dozens of rescue workers at the site.

    Much of Aleppo was destroyed during Syria's conflict that began nearly 12 years ago and left many of the remaining structures in a decrepit state.

  • Jerusalem, Undefined - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removed a top minister from office Sunday following a Supreme Court ruling against...

    Leader of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish party Shas, Deri was appointed health and interior minister last month.

    On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that Netanyahu "must remove Deri from his position" due to a tax evasion conviction.

  • The snub underlines Arab divisions over the Tripoli-based government, whose legitimacy is contested by a rival administration in the war-torn...

    Four members sent lower-ranking ministers or ambassadors while Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit was also absent.

    The unity government was the product of a United Nations-mediated peace process following the country's last major battle in 2020.

  • PARIS, FRANCE - Thirty women political prisoners in Iran, including a Franco-Iranian academic and the daughter of a former president, on...

    The signatories included Franco-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah.

    Another is former lawmaker Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

  • ABU DHABI, UAE - The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) which is under...

    CBUAE and Egyptian Banking Institute reviewed the prospects to enhance cooperation and exchange information.

    They also discussed supporting professional capabilities-building and expertise development.

  • Members of the European Parliament voted on Wednesday to include the Guards on the 27-nation bloc's terror list in "light...

    Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that parliament would "recognize the armies of the European countries... as terrorist groups".

    The Guards, formed shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, answer to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and boast their own ground, naval and air forces.

  • The coronation traditionally takes place some months after a new sovereign has ascended to the throne, following a period of...

    The palace said the three days of ceremonial, celebratory and community events in early May will be a chance for "people to come together in celebration of the historic occasion"

    Several thousand pairs of tickets will be made available through a public ballot, while volunteers from charities supported by Charles and Camilla will also be able to attend