RIYADH: Merger and acquisition activity in the Middle East and North Africa region saw a 1 percent year-on-year increase in the first half of 2024, reaching $49.2 billion across 321 deals, according to Ernst & Young. The UK-based accounting firm attributed this steady growth mainly to activity in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which together … Read more
Riyadh: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah was killed in Iran, the Palestinian group said. Iran's state television announced the death early Wednesday. A statement issued by Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Haniyeh and a security guard were ambushed at their residence and are currently being investigated. Haniyeh, who heads the political office of the Hamas Islamic Resistance, … Read more
Riyadh: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah was killed in Iran, the Palestinian group said. Iran's state television announced the death early Wednesday. A statement issued by Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Haniyeh and a security guard were ambushed at their residence and are currently being investigated. Haniyeh, who heads the political office of the Hamas Islamic Resistance, … Read more
London: More than two years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the prospect of Donald Trump's next presidency has opened a window for Russian President Vladimir Putin to offer a deal with Kiev. Ukraine's official position, along with that of Western European countries and the United States, is that Russian return from occupied Ukrainian territories … Read more
PHILADELPHIA: A man was attacked and shot to death outside a mosque in North Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon, police said. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said at a media briefing that surveillance footage showed the victim, a 43-year-old man, walking with another man to the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society when the gunman ran up behind them … Read more
Bamako: At least six civilians were killed in a drone strike on Tuesday in a northern Mali city where the army and its Russian allies suffered heavy casualties in a battle with separatist rebels, local officials and separatists told AFP. Mali's military said Tuesday it carried out an airstrike in Tinjauatene near the Algerian border … Read more
Riyadh: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah was killed in Iran, the Palestinian group said. Iran's state television announced the death early Wednesday. A statement issued by Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Haniyeh and a security guard were ambushed at their residence and are currently being investigated. Haniyeh, who heads the political office of the Hamas Islamic Resistance, … Read more
For Italy and Brazil, losing to Simone Biles' American team at the Olympics still felt like a win. PARIS: Watching the women's gymnastics team's celebration after Tuesday's final at the Paris Olympics, it was hard to tell who won. Team USA led by Simone Biles? Brazil star Rebecca Andrade and her teammates? Or the Italian … Read more
ABU DHABI: Team Abu Dhabi's Rashed Al-Qamzi hopes to boost his challenge for a record fifth UIM F2 World Championship title when the series returns to Norway at the weekend after a five-year hiatus. After three days of grueling testing in Italy this week, defending champion Al-Khemzi and team-mate Mansour Al-Mansouri are determined to put … Read more
GAZA: Israel's military blew up more than 30 water wells in Gaza this month, a municipal official and residents said, adding to the trauma of airstrikes that have devastated much of the Palestinian enclave with a humanitarian crisis.Salama Shourab, head of the water network in Khan Younis Municipality, said that Israeli forces destroyed wells in … Read more
