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NBB Cardholders Get 20% Off Turkish Airlines Flights
National Bank of Bahrain partners with Turkish Airlines to offer a 20% discount on flights, accessible via NBB Points ap...
Alef Education H1 Revenue Hits AED 361.6m, EBITDA Margin at 74.7%
The AI-powered K-12 learning provider reported a modest 1.2% revenue rise and declared a 90% dividend payout, with guida...
UAE Sets Minimum AED 1/ml Excise Price for E-Cigarette Liquids From September 2026
The UAE Ministry of Finance will introduce a minimum excise price of AED 1 per millilitre for e-cigarette liquids from 1...
Egypt's Red Sea Ports Handle 15,000 Tonnes of Cargo and 770 Trucks in Latest Tally
Safaga and Nuweiba moved roughly 15,000 tonnes of cargo, 770 trucks and 233 vehicles in the latest operating tally, with...
Damietta Port Handles 1,698 Fattening Calves and 30 Vessels in 24-Hour Update
Damietta Port handled 1,698 fattening calves weighing 515 tonnes in the past 24 hours, along with 30 vessels and about 2...
Egypt's Banking Sector Records First Monthly Liquidity Decline Since 2017
Local liquidity at Egyptian banks fell EGP 68.9 billion in June — the first monthly drop since 2017 — as cash outside th...
Syrian Suspect's Kuwait Rampage Kills Mother and Traffic Policeman
A 19-year-old man allegedly stabbed his mother to death, then killed a traffic policeman in Mahboula before being fatall...
KAIST, Stanford Unveil Soft Robot That Dresses Wearers Hands-Free in 10 Seconds
A soft, air-powered 'vine' robot from KAIST and Stanford dresses a wearer hands-free in about 10 seconds — even while th...
Egyptian Gold Prices Extend Decline as 21-Carat Falls to EGP 5,870
Egyptian gold prices fell again on Wednesday, with 21-carat down EGP 30 to EGP 5,870 a gram as global bullion hovered ne...
Alpha Dhabi Net Profit Climbs 48% to $2.7 Billion in First Half
ADX-listed Alpha Dhabi Holding posted a 48% rise in H1 2026 net profit to AED 9.8 billion ($2.7 billion), with revenue u...
ADNOC Rolls Out AI-Powered RTOC Hub Across Its 120-Rig Drilling Fleet
ADNOC is rolling out an AI-driven real-time operations centre across its 120-rig drilling fleet with SLB, targeting shar...
Egypt Targets 2027 Service Start for West Nile Monorail
Egypt's transport minister has set 2027 as the target for the 43.8 km West Nile monorail linking 6th of October City to ...
Egypt's Sisi Orders Continued Care for Poorest Citizens, Reviews Cash Subsidy Plan
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met ministers in New Alamein to review food reserves, the Future Egypt silo complex and a...
Egypt Says Food Reserves Cover 6 Months as Cash Subsidy Study Advances
Egypt's supply ministry says strategic stocks cover about six months for most staples, and a cash-support overhaul is be...
Sisi Orders Push for Food Self-Sufficiency, Cash-Based Subsidy Reform
Egypt's president directed ministers to build longer strategic food reserves, expand cash-based support and tighten subs...
What If KidZania and Starbucks Ran Egypt's Hospitals? A Columnist's Challenge
An Egyptian business columnist argues healthcare's problems are managerial, not medical — and that patient-experience st...
Damietta Port's 24-Hour Cargo Report: 20,500 Tonnes In, 15,200 Tonnes Out
Egypt's Damietta Port moved 35,700 tonnes of general cargo in a day, with iron and scrap leading imports and cement, ure...
Egypt Fintech Willy Sets This-Quarter Launch for All-in-One Wealth Platform
Willy's app is technically ready and awaiting final licence approvals; co-founder Mostafa Abdelaziz says education conte...
NBB Launches Multi-Currency Debit Cards for Bahrain Customers
Bahrain's National Bank of Bahrain has launched a multi-currency debit card feature, letting Express Saver customers hol...
Burgan Bank Honors Kuwait's Top Graduates and Announces AI Coding Workshop
Kuwait's Burgan Bank honored top graduates in Arts and Sciences, students from special education schools, and employees'...
Cuba's National Grid Fails, Leaving Millions in Darkness as Fuel and Sanctions Bite
A total disconnection of Cuba's electricity system has left millions without power in sweltering heat, as exhausted fuel...
Egypt's Heat Wave Peaks, Then Eases Toward 35°C — Humidity Lingers to August 9
After a 39°C peak in Cairo, Egypt's weather authority expects temperatures to ease to 35–36°C this week, with humidity k...
Flydubai Sets August 16 Careers Open Day for Emirati Talent Across Aviation and Corporate Roles
Flydubai will host its UAE National Careers Open Day on August 16 to recruit Emirati candidates for pilot, engineering, ...
FIFA Defends World Cup Investment Plan as UEFA and CONCACAF Push Back
FIFA insists 'nobody is selling football' and refuses to withdraw a plan to sell minority stakes in a World Cup commerci...
Egypt Prepares for ACI's WAGA 2027 and ACI Africa's New Cairo Office
Egypt's airport holding company is finalising logistics for ACI's 2027 world assembly in Sharm El-Sheikh and plans to op...
Oil Settles Higher and Caps Strong July as Hormuz Shipping Signals Diverge
Brent settled above $90 and WTI near $85, closing out a month of steep gains, as conflicting reports about tanker moveme...
Egyptian Insurers: South Africa's 11% Penetration Makes It Africa's Most Developed Market
The Egyptian Insurance Federation highlights South Africa's leading share of African premiums, 11%-plus penetration of G...
Egypt Gold Wins Two MENA Awards for Phygital Precious-Metals Investment
Egyptian precious-metals firm Zahab Masr and Dr Fadi Kamel took two World Business Outlook MENA 2026 awards for their hy...
Emirates NBD to Acquire HSBC Egypt's Retail Banking Business
Emirates NBD Egypt has signed final agreements to buy HSBC Egypt's retail banking operations, including branches, ATMs, ...
China vs India: What a Decade of Data Says About Two Development Models
China bet on factories, India on services. A decade of trade data shows neither model delivers cleanly — and neither is ...
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