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ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.

Empower okays $119.1m H2 2025 dividend

The dividend is equivalent to 43.75% of paid-up capital.

Alujain widens 2025 loss

The increase in loss is due to impairment charges, weaker prices.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.
  • Turkey recognises Russia-Ukraine ‘war’, may block warships

    If needed, Turkey will apply the Montreux agreement which governs the free movement of commercial ships through the Bosphorus and...

    Turkey has offered to host talks between Russian president Putin and Ukrainian president as it has strong ties with both the countries

    Turkey did not immediately respond to the Ukraine's request of closing the access to the Black Sea for Russian ships

  • Russia invasion of Ukraine risks displacing over 7 million: EU

    According to the UN, if the war continued, there will be around 18 million Ukrainians that will be affected in...

    According to the latest situation report from the OCHA, ‘more than 160,000 people have reportedly been internally displaced’

    ‘Over 116,000 have been forced to flee across international borders into neighboring European countries,’ OCHA added

  • Arab League to meet over Ukraine war to discuss Russian invasion

    A number of Arab countries are heavily dependent on wheat supplies from both Ukraine and Russia.

    A number of Arab countries are heavily dependent on wheat supplies from both Ukraine and Russia

    The UAE, a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, abstained Friday in a vote on a resolution, vetoed by Moscow

  • Jordan, Tunisia review bilateral ties, ways to boost health cooperation

    The ministers of Jordan and Tunisia discussed ways to enhance bilateral ties, especially in health cooperation. Jordan’s Health Minister Firas...

    Jordan’s Health Minister Firas Al Hawari met with Tunisian counterpart Ali Mrabet on Saturday in Amman

    The ministers reviewed establishing health facilities such as cancer treatment centers and structures for monitoring communicable diseases.

  • Forward-looking UAE museum looks into the future

    The Museum of the Future along Dubai's main highway has been touted as the 'world's most beautiful building'.

    Its organizers have said the visitors will be taken “on a journey of the year 2071”.

    Many believe the Museum of the Future is UAE’s one more attempt to boost its soft power as a trading and tourism hub and to diversify its economy away from oil.

  • Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator returns to Vienna

    Iran's chief negotiator will fly back to Vienna on Sunday evening following consultations in Tehran, state media reported, as talks...

    The talks to restore the agreement known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action involve Iran as well as Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia directly

    On Saturday Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Tehran was studying a rough draft of a deal to revive the nuclear deal

  • UAE wants political solution to Ukraine crisis: Anwar Gargash

    Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and adviser to President Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, made these comments...

    The world is facing a difficult test and severe polarization imposed by the Ukrainian crisis, which threatens the foundation of international community, Gargash said.

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) had expressed particular alarm at the consequences for civilians present in Ukraine.

  • Arab students stranded in Ukraine desperate to go home

    Among Arab countries, Morocco has the largest number of students in Ukraine, with around 8,000 enrolled in universities, followed by...

    Egyptian students tried to cross the border into Poland with no help from their native country, hoping to make it back home

    The Lebanese government plans to help nationals trapped in Ukraine as the Russian invasion continues

  • Iran says studying draft deal to restore nuclear agreement

    The EU has been mediating between negotiators from Iran and a U.S. delegation to revive nuclear deal.

    Iran's chief negotiator Ali Bagheri is back in Tehran for consultations on the rough draft of a new nuclear deal

    Iran's Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian said that the talks had reached on "a critical and important stage"

  • UAE sends food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region

    The aid was sent following the directives of the UAE's leadership to help improve the humanitarian situation in the Tigray...

    The UAE has already sent six planes carrying 300 tons of relief and food supplies to the city of Mekelle

    That aid, which included 200 tons of vegetable oil, was sent last year in cooperation with the World Food Program

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