INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

Mashreq Q1 profit rises

Total revenue increased 10% year-on-year.

TECOM profit climbs

High occupancy across assets boosts earnings.

Emirates Stallions Q1 revenue up 11%

The rise helped by strong demand in real estate

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.
  • Iran has begun paying compensation to families of those killed when it shot down a Ukrainian airliner two years ago,...

    In 2020, Iran offered to pay "$150,000 or the equivalent in euros" to each of the victims' families.

    Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was shot down shortly after take-off from Tehran on Jan 8, 2020, killing all 176 people aboard, most of them Iranians and Canadians.

  • Eight Palestinians died on Thursday when the van they rode in collided with a cement truck in the occupied West...

    The two vehicles slammed into each other at a junction on Route 90, which runs up the Jordan Valley and is under Israeli security control

    The victims were not officially identified but local news outlets reported they were teenagers between 14 and 17 years old

  • Global stock markets wavered Friday as dealers awaited vital US jobs data and mulled the Federal Reserve's readiness to hike...

    London stocks edged higher in late morning deals, while Frankfurt nudged lower and Paris was flat nearing midday in the eurozone.

    Bitcoin was also under pressure, falling for a second day to as low as $41,008, a level not seen since the end of September.

  • The latest exchange of insults follows a crisis between Lebanon and Gulf Arab states over the war in Yemen.

    The latest exchange of insults follows a crisis between Lebanon and Gulf Arab states over the war in Yemen

    Last month, Hezbollah dismissed Riyadh's claims it was aiding attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels

  • Pierre Girgis was charged under a law that makes it illegal to act as a representative of a foreign government...

    Pierre Girgis, 39, was charged in New York with acting illegally as an unregistered agent of the Egyptian government

    Acting at the direction of Egyptian officials, Girgis ‘tracked and obtained information regarding political opponents’ of Sisi

  • Iranian negotiator Bagheri made the comment during a meeting with Seoul’s Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun in Viena.

    Iranian negotiator Bagheri made the comment during a meeting with Seoul’s Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun in Viena

    Last year a row between the two countries intensified with Tehran threatening legal action unless Seoul released the over $7 billion in frozen funds for oil shipments

  • The aim of relaunching the Hebrew coverage is to convey the Palestinian point of view to Israeli society in an...

    Wafa is directly affiliated with the Palestinian Authority and is headquartered in the city of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

    It publishes in Arabic, English and French, but had stopped its Hebrew service in 2016.

  • Renewable energy company Masdar will become an official partner of Manchester City under an agreement that will see them collaborate...

    The campaign will coincide with the Masdar-hosted Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week from 15–19 January 2022.

    Masdar has a presence in almost 40 countries worldwide and plans to expand its global clean energy portfolio to more than 50 gigawatts by 2030.

  • A Palestinian was killed by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank early Thursday, Palestinian medical and security sources said....

    Bakir Hashash, 21, of the Balata refugee camp, was shot in the head after the Israeli army entered an area east of the northern city of Nablus to make arrests,

    Clashes break out frequently in Palestinian population centres in the West Bank when Israeli troops mount incursions to carry out arrests.

  • The action plan was finalised during a delegation-level meeting between Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and GCC Secretary General...

    The action plan was finalised during a delegation-level meeting between Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and GCC Secretary General Dr Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajraf

    The plan proposes an institutional approach to deepen cooperation in various fields, such as political, security, trade and investment, agriculture, food security etc