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BYD 2025 revenue surges

The EV manufacturer reported net profit of $.3.3bn for 9M 2025.

Aramco net income $28bn

Capital investment during Q3 2025 $12.9bn on investments in energy projects.

e& revenue up 23%

Consolidated net profit reached $2.94 billion during 2025.

Al Rajhi profit up 26%

Operating income for 2025 increased 22% to SAR 39 bn.

Emirates NBD 2025 profit $8.5bn

Total income rises by 12 percent, operating profit up 13%.
  • Iran, Armenia eye $3 billion bilateral trade volume

    Tehran, Iran – Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan on Thursday said that Iran and Armenia have the potential to increase the volume of their bilateral trade to $3 billion.Grigoryan made the remarks during the 18th meeting of the Iran-Armenia Joint Economic Commission where he also described Iran as...
  • Iraq recalls Iran envoy in rebuke to ally over deadly strikes

    Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had destroyed the "Zionist regime's spy headquarters in the Kurdistan region of Iraq." The strike came "in response to the recent vicious actions of the Zionist regime which martyred the commanders of the Revolutionary Guards and the resistance front," a Guards statement carried by Iran's...
  • Saudi, Iran exchange ambassadors after years-long rupture

    Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran resumed operations last month. In June, Iran marked the reopening of its embassy in Riyadh with a flag-raising ceremony. Last month Iran's top diplomat, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, preached unity and dialogue during his first visit to Saudi Arabia since the surprise rapprochement was announced,...
  • Iran: Paris-trained Pastry chef stays back to improve women’s lives

    Tehran, Iran - She could have left Iran, as many of her contemporaries did, but Paris-trained pastry chef Shahrzad Shokouhivand decided to stay and work to make women's lives better inside the country.And the icing on the cake? She and her husband now employ 70 people - mostly women."It's only...
  • Death toll mounts in Iran protests as online services cut

    Amini, 22, died last week after her arrest by the Islamic republic's feared morality police for allegedly wearing a hijab headscarf in an "improper" way, and news of her death sparked widespread outrage. Protesters have been heard shouting "death to the dictator" and "woman, life, freedom" in video footage shared...
  • Anxiety among Tehran women after headscarf death

    Amini, a Kurd, had been detained for allegedly wearing a hijab headscarf in an "improper" way, and died at a Tehran hospital after having spent three days in a coma. Public anger has flared over her death, and at least six protesters have been killed in nationwide demonstrations, according to...
  • Iran, Venezuela ink 20-year deal on cooperation in Tehran

    Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two countries in various sectors including energy, financial and defense
  • Iran urges Iraq against hosting ‘disruptive security presence’

    Iran president accused Iraq's Kurdistan region of "negligence", adding that Iran is closely monitoring the movements of Israel.
  • Half of Iran’s civil jets grounded for lack of spare parts

    The shortage represented more than half of the civilian aircraft in the sanctions-hit country, he said in an interview this week.
  • Iran tightens Covid curbs as cases, deaths surge

    The Islamic republic is struggling to contain what officials have called a "fifth wave" of the virus caused by the highly infectious Delta variant
  • Iran’s Khamenei says halting Covid ‘urgent’ priority

    The Islamic republic's Covid cases and fatalities have surged in recent weeks, in what officials have said is a "fifth wave" caused by the highly infectious Delta variant
  • Israel blames Iran for deadly attack on oil tanker off Oman

    The Islamic Republic "is not only Israel's problem, but it is the world's problem. Its behaviour threatens the freedom of navigation and global commerce", the Israeli official added.