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Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.

DP World 2025 revenue $24.4bn

The profit for the year up 32.2% to reach $1.96bn.

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.
  • Israel faces global outcry over Gaza strike that set ablaze tent city

    The UN called on Israel to conduct a "thorough and transparent" investigation into the Rafah strike, as the Israeli military said it was launching a probe into civilian deaths. French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X that "these operations must stop. There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian...
  • Hizbollah fires dozens of rockets at Israel after deadly strikes

    Hizbollah said it had fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel after Israeli strikes the day before left five dead in southern Lebanon, including three of the group's members. Hamas ally Hizbollah and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily fire across the border since the Israel-Hamas war broke out...
  • As truce talks resume in Cairo, people in Gaza suffer from hunger

    Heavy fighting rocked besieged Gaza as aid agencies warned of looming famine and new talks were held in Cairo towards an Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal. The White House sent Middle East envoy Brett McGurk for renewed talks, a day after a UNSC resolution calling for a ceasefire was...
  • Palestinian fighters target Tel Aviv in barrage of rockets fired from Gaza

    Dubai, UAE--Several rockets fired from the Gaza Strip targeted Tel Aviv and southern Israel as the country rang in the New Year on Monday, according to AFP journalists on the ground.Air-raid sirens sounded as journalists in Tel Aviv saw Israeli missile defence systems intercept the rockets.People who had gathered on...
  • War affects Christmas festivities in southern Lebanon

    Qlayaa, Lebanon - In the Lebanese Christian border village of Qlayaa, the priest urged his parish to keep the Christmas spirit alive despite clashes between Hizbollah and Israel forcing many to flee.Nestled among lush, green fields and flowing olive groves, Qlayaa has echoed to the sound of bombing on an almost...
  • Multiple rockets intercepted over central Jerusalem: AFP

    Jerusalem, Undefined -- Multiple rockets were intercepted over central Jerusalem on Friday, AFP journalists reported.Staff saw two explosions and heard three blasts, as sirens warning of incoming fire blared in the city for the first time since October 30, according to the Israeli military.Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said...
  • 7,000 Palestinians killed in 20 days of Israeli bombardments: Ministry

    Hamas released a list of around 7,000 names of people in Gaza it said had been killed in Israeli strikes. The list was produced a day after US President Joe Biden said he had "no confidence" in the militant group's death toll figures. Israel says 1,400 people were killed in...
  • Rockets fired at Tel Aviv after Israeli strikes on Gaza ‘civilians’: Hamas

    "The occupation (Israeli forces) committed massacres this morning in Al-Shati camp and Jabalia camp, leaving dozens of martyrs and injured," Iyad al-Buzum, spokesman for the Hamas interior ministry, told AFP. AFP journalists saw at least seven dead bodies and six buildings destroyed in Al-Shati camp.
  • Death toll soars above 1,100 in Israel’s war with Hamas

    Caught unawares by the surprise attack, PM Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Israelis to prepare for a "long and difficult war" with Hamas, raising concerns of a much wider conflict.
  • Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies as Hizbollah joins in

    World calls for restraint as Palestinian death toll reaches 370 and Israeli casualties cross 600, prompting Netanyahu to warn of a "long and difficult" battle against Hamas.
  • Israel ‘at war’ with Palestinian fighters, after rocket attack

    Hamas militants fired barrages of rockets at Israel from multiple locations across the Palestinian territory, according to the accounts of many journalists from Gaza City. Palestinian militants have begun a "war" against Israel, the country's defense minister said, adding "troops are fighting against the enemy at every location."
  • Universe’s mysteries in focus as Europe launches Euclid space telescope

    WASHINGTON, US - Europe's Euclid space telescope is scheduled to blast off Saturday on the first-ever mission aiming to shed light on two of the universe's greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter.The launch is planned from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 11:12 am local time (1512 GMT) on a...
  • After five days of deadly fighting, Gaza ceasefire takes effect

    The Egypt-brokered ceasefire began in and around the Gaza Strip on Saturday after five days of violence that has killed at least 34 Palestinians. But just before it came into effect, many rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel, prompting renewed air strikes. Taking advantage of the ceasefire, hundreds came...
  • Clashes in Gaza continue despite truce efforts

    Israeli air strikes battered Gaza and militants fired rockets again as deadly fighting resumed after a night of relative calm, despite efforts to secure a truce. A new ceasefire proposal was circulated by Egypt, which has been mediating between the two sides, after a previous bid fell through, a Palestinian...
  • Lebanon dismantles loaded rocket launcher primed to fire at Israel

    On Thursday, the Israeli army said more than 30 rockets had been fired from Lebanese territory into Israel in the largest escalation on the northern border since Israel and Hezbollah fought a 34-day war in 2006. It was the first time Israel has confirmed an attack on Lebanese territory since...
  • Rockets from Lebanon target Israel after Al-Aqsa clashes

    A barrage of rockets fired from Lebanon targeted Israel, a day after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside Islam's third-holiest site drew warnings of retaliation. Israel's army said it had "identified 34 rockets that were fired from Lebanese territory into Israeli territory" and that 25 were intercepted by Israeli...
  • Rockets target US Syria base in latest strike: Centcom

    Beirut, Lebanon—Two rockets targeted a US patrol base in northeastern Syria late Friday, the third such attack in nine days, US Central Command said. Centcom did not indicate who fired the rockets but said, in a statement, that they aimed at "coalition forces at the US patrol base in Al-Shaddadi, Syria"....
  • Israel to laser in on Iranian drone threat as Biden visits

    Moments after US President Joe Biden touches down in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, the Israeli military will show him new hardware it says is essential to confronting Iran: anti-drone lasers. While Israel has long been known for its efforts to thwart Tehran's nuclear ambitions, Israeli officials have increasingly been sounding...
  • Israel pounds Gaza with airstrikes after Hamas rocket fire

    Israeli warplanes hit Hamas military sites in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in retaliation for rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave run by the Islamist movement, the Israeli army said.
  • Rockets hit key oil refinery in Iraq, causes minor damage

    Six rockets landed Sunday in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said, with "minor damage" reported at a key oil refinery, according to a separate security source. "Six rockets fell near the Zab river in the Khabat district," Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said in a statement, without specifying the target...
  • Rockets target Baghdad airport, state-owned airways’ plane damaged

    Six rockets were fired Friday at the Iraqi capital's airport, causing damage but no casualties, security sources said, the latest in a string of attacks the US blames on Iran-linked militias. The rockets hit Baghdad International Airport's runways or parking areas, a source at the interior ministry said, noting that...
  • US leftist Democrats object to Israel’s Iron Dome funding

    The row underlined that progressives are becoming increasingly skeptical of no-strings-attached aid to America’s key ally in the Middle East.
  • Two rockets fired near US embassy in Baghdad

    Attack came on a day PM Mustafa Al-Kadhemi was flying home from Washington after talks with Joe Biden.
  • Baghdad: US forces shoot down armed drone near US embassy

    Since the start of the year, 47 attacks have targeted US interests in the country Separately on Monday, three rockets targeted an Iraqi air base in the western desert that also housed US troops US forces shot down an armed drone above their embassy in Baghdad on Monday night, Iraqi...