RIYADH: Saudi Energy’s net profit rose 4.3 percent year on year to SR12.1 billion ($3.2 billion) in the first nine months of 2026, supported by an expanding regulated asset base and higher project-related revenue. Revenue increased 11.5 percent to SR87.2 billion, which the company attributed to higher regulated revenue, including pass-through costs, increased income from project development and management contracts, and customer growth. The…
Dubai: Tenants living in some of Dubai’s largest residential communities will have a new way to manage their rent payments, with a scheme allowing eligible residents to split rental instalments into smaller amounts instead of paying a large sum upfront.Dubai Residential, part of Dubai Holding Asset Management, announced on Tuesday a partnership with UAE-based fintech platform Rentify to introduce the payment option across its 22 communities,…
Fujairah: Two people, including a 28-year-old Emirati man and a 16-year-old Arab boy, were killed and two others injured after the car they were travelling in crashed into a parked truck on Fujairah-Khor Fakkan Road around midnight on Monday.The two injured passengers were taken to Sheikh Khalifa Hospital in Fujairah for medical treatment, while police launched an investigation into the circumstances of the fatal accident.Get updated faster and…
Dubai: Aramex reported an 817% jump in third-quarter net profit to Dh47.8 million, as strong demand for freight forwarding services pushed revenue to a record Dh1.98 billion for the second consecutive quarter.The Dubai-listed logistics company's revenue rose 24% from Dh1.60 billion a year earlier, surpassing the previous quarterly record of Dh1.83 billion set in the April-June period. Net profit increased from Dh5.2 million in the third quarter…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with Nordic leaders in Denmark to discuss military support, air defense, and energy infrastructure security amidst ongoing Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi. Denmark pledges significant military aid to Ukraine.
Readers may hate the father in The Marsh King’s Daughter. Karen Dionne, who wrote him, says she understands him.“I don’t see him as bad because I understand why he’s doing what he’s doing,” the American novelist told an audience at the 45th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2026).For Dionne, understanding what drives a character is part of making him believable. Readers can draw their own conclusions about his actions.Stay up to date with…
Daniel Radcliffe has spent more time at Hogwarts than almost anyone alive, which may be why he isn’t rushing back. With HBO’s television reboot of Harry Potter weeks from its debut, the actor who first brought the boy wizard to the screen says he hasn’t decided whether he’ll watch it.'I don’t know if I will'Speaking to the Associated Press, Radcliffe was candid when asked whether he planned to tune in. He said he genuinely wasn’t sure, and gave…
NEW DELHI: Policymakers, diplomats and tech experts from across Gulf Cooperation Council countries and India will meet next week for talks on artificial intelligence, energy and logistics cooperation at the Kochi Dialogue diplomacy conclave. Themed “Towards an Innovative and Integrated India-GCC Partnership: Resilience, Reinvention, Redefinition,” the forum will be hosted on Nov. 18-20 by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and the Centre…
Google co-founder Larry Page is back in the tech spotlight after Elon Musk praised his prediction that virtually all computing could eventually take place in space.The comment has revived the debate over the future of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla chief, said Page had made "many accurate predictions" in a November 10, 2026, post on X, responding to a video recounting the Google billionaire's vision of…
RIYADH: Egypt’s annual urban inflation slowed to a nine-month low of 12.7 percent in October, down from 13.9 percent in September, partly reflecting favourable base effects, official data showed. The monthly urban headline consumer price index, released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, rose 0.7 percent in October, compared with 1.8 percent in the same month last year and 1.3 percent in September. The Central Bank of…
Sharjah Executive Council approves housing support for 1,100 families
Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar held on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, talks with Zheng Zhe, Deputy Minister of China’s National Health Commission (NHC), on ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in localizing medical industries, manufacturing medicines and vaccines, digital transformation, exchanging expertise and medical training. During the meeting, the minister also reviewed a …
Emirates hopes to receive its first 777X widebody jets from Boeing at the back end of next year, the airline’s President Tim Clark said on Tuesday, after years-long delays to the project.Emirates and other carriers, including Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines, are eager to get the new jet, Clark said at a media event in Berlin.“We're in discussions about trying to improve the number we're going to get, but it will be between 3 and 5, and in the…
Dubai: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) defence ministers have approved the establishment of an advanced command centre for the GCC Unified Military Command in Kuwait, along with the allocation of military forces to support its operations, in a move aimed at strengthening collective defence amid escalating regional security challenges.The decision was taken during the 23rd session of the GCC Joint Defence Council, held in Manama on Tuesday under…
Canada has reimposed sanctions on 11 Iranian companies involved in energy and banking due to their roles in Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, as well as financing malign activities. The sanctions were originally lifted in 2016.
Sharjah: Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and Chairman of the Sharjah Executive Council (SEC), chaired the Council’s meeting on Tuesday morning at the Ruler’s Office, in the presence of Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Vice Chairman of the Executive Council.The Council discussed several topics, including monitoring the performance of government…
France is blaming Iran for last month’s supermarket refrigerator cyberattack, which spoiled produce at around 700 retailers, and is vowing to slap sanctions on Tehran in response. “This was an attack of unprecedented scale and unprecedented aggressiveness,” Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told reporters Monday. He described it as the first large-scale cyberattack carried out for …
Dubai's four-week driverless pod demonstration at Bluewaters completed more than 3,000 passenger rides and covered over 3,000 vehicle kilometres, with system availability above 99 per cent, Glydways co-founder and co-CEO Mark Seeger told Khaleej Times.The company said the Roads and Transport Authority is now reviewing the results to decide the next stage of the programme. No date has been announced for a public passenger service. "The focus now…
Abdullah bin Zayed attends launch of third round of trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine, and United States in Abu Dhabi today
Dubai: Saudi Arabian and Pakistani investors have agreed to establish a private equity fund worth hundreds of millions of dollars, with three-quarters of its planned investments earmarked for Pakistan, the Saudi-Pakistan Joint Business Council (SPJBC) said on Monday.The council described the fund's initial size as “multi-hundred million”, saying it could expand depending on investment opportunities across different sectors. It did not disclose…
It remains unlikely that President Donald Trump would ever sign off on giving millions of undocumented immigrants a path to legal status. But after a brutal 2026 election for Republicans, he’s talking about it again. And it’s setting off a major — and seemingly unnecessary — backlash in his base at about the worst possible …
Dubai: Sonia Gandhi has shared one of the most painful chapters of her personal life, recalling how she and former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi lost their first son just hours after his premature birth in January 1969.In her newly released memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, the Congress leader describes the heartbreak that followed the baby's arrival, the family's grief, and how Rajiv Gandhi broke down in tears despite his reserved…
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Dubai: Rory McIlroy is relishing another opportunity to compete at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, where he will be aiming for a fourth title and a chance to move closer to Colin Montgomerie’s record of eight season-long European Tour crowns.The Northern Irishman heads into the season finale at Jumeirah Golf Estates after finishing third at last week’s Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship. McIlroy carded rounds of 70, 63, 67 and 69 to finish 19…
Dubai: Rory McIlroy is relishing another opportunity to compete at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, where he will be aiming for a fourth title and a chance to move closer to Colin Montgomerie’s record of eight season-long European Tour crowns.The Northern Irishman heads into the season finale at Jumeirah Golf Estates after finishing third at last week’s Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship. McIlroy carded rounds of 70, 63, 67 and 69 to finish 19…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Foreign Trade has announced the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation into the Kingdom’s imports of “hot-rolled iron or steel structural sections, angles, and shapes (light and medium categories)” originating in or exported from China and Turkiye. The decision to launch the investigation was made in accordance with the Trade Remedies Law in International Trade, issued on Nov. 23, 2022, the Saudi…
NATO countries, including Sweden and the UK, are conducting anti-submarine drills in the Baltic Sea amid concerns over Russian hybrid tactics.
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, on Tuesday approved the latest phase of a major government strategy aimed at strengthening the Emirati family unit across the capital.Sheikh Khaled said the Emirati Family Growth Programme – first launched in 2024 – was crucial to efforts to ensure citizens remain at the heart of the country's development journey.He set out the emirate's vision for…
France has identified three Iranian men it links to cyber operations against the country's interests, including attacks that disrupted refrigeration systems at about 700 commercial sites last month.“A terrorist organisation has committed an attack of unprecedented scale and aggression against our country,” French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot said on Tuesday.The government had summoned the Iranian ambassador to Paris, he told France Info…
The planned reduction could affect approximately 2,500 positions as the manufacturer tackles production and supply chain challenges.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, on Tuesday approved plans to link the Dubai Metro network to the emerging Al Maktoum International Airport.Operations are set to begin in 2031 under a push to boost connectivity to Al Maktoum International Airport and the surrounding area ahead of it becoming the city's primary air travel hub.The extension of Dubai Metro Route 2020 was unveiled as…
Footage exclusively obtained from Ukrainian authorities and analyzed by CNN reveals new details of how Russia struck an underground shelter in southeastern Ukraine with a massive bunker-busting bomb. The November 2 attack on a village in southern Ukraine killed more than 50 people, becoming the deadliest Russian strike on Ukraine in 2026 and among the …
Deep into President Donald Trump’s news conference Monday, it became obvious why he’s so adamant in backing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid an impeachment storm. Ultimately, Trump is defending himself. To jettison the former Fox News anchor now would be to admit that the Iran war — of which Hegseth is the administration’s most vehement …
Residents are being invited to share their personal stories, memories and traditions through a new interactive digital platform launched as part of the UAE's 55th Eid Al Etihad celebrations.The initiative, titled Our Celebration, Made Together, allows participants to create and personalise virtual homes inspired by traditional UAE architecture, adding voice messages, drawings, illustrations and meaningful keepsakes that reflect their connection…
DUBAI: UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum has ordered the provision of tents to shelter 50,000 people in Gaza ahead of winter, state-run WAM News Agency reported on Tuesday. The initiative is part of efforts to protect displaced Gazan residents from harsh weather and flooding caused by heavy rain. The tents will be delivered and distributed across several areas of the Gaza Strip through the Mohammed bin…
Lucid Group has obtained $1.75 billion in additional financing from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, increasing its total liquidity to $3.75 billion. This financial boost aims to support the company's transformation plan as it prepares to launch a new midsize vehicle lineup and continues its cash flow improvement strategy, while also progressing on a new manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia.
Dubai: flydubai will reinstate flights from Dubai to Riga, Salzburg and Vilnius in December, restoring direct connections to three European destinations ahead of the winter holiday season.Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & BalancesFlights to Riga, Latvia, will start on December 11, followed by services to Salzburg, Austria, and Vilnius, Lithuania, on December 12. Each route will operate three times a week from Terminal 3 at…
Dubai: Puri, Odisha, is preparing to put itself on India's running map with the country's first-ever road-plus-sand marathon, offering a total prize purse of Rs1 crore and attracting support from Bollywood celebrities and sporting personalities.The OMC Puri Coastal Marathon will take place on December 13, 2026, bringing together professional athletes, amateur runners and fitness enthusiasts for a race combining paved roads and sandy coastal…
Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi has presented a way forward for one of the biggest sports leagues in the world, urging decision makers to consider a move away from the summer months and restructure the tournament to a more appropriate timeline.Current Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner and Bollywood star Juhi Chawla gave her support to Modi's suggestion that the IPL should move out of the summer months and play in better weather, even if it affects…
A new strain of Covid-19 spreading around the world has served to highlight the lingering and evolving threat posed by the virus – nearly seven years after it first emerged.Doctors have said the new form of the virus, named PJ.2.1, does not appear to be significantly more harmful than other recent types but is accounting for a greater proportion of cases.Although Covid-19 is not causing the levels of acute illness or death seen early on in the…