Author: Steven Sahiounie

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index rose on Sunday, gaining 104.57 points, or 0.90 percent, to close at 11,771.69. 

The US Treasury Department has published a general license that sets a deadline of September 10 for completing transactions with Belcanto, Rubistar, and Rada

The real estate market, the tourism and information technology sectors, Chairman of the Lebanese-Russian Business Council, Honorary Russian Consul in Tripoli (North Lebanon) Jacques Sarraf said

Germany’s chancellor has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call that he should conclude a deal on a ceasefire and the release of hostages held by Hamas, a German government spokesperson said on Sunday.Many military objectives in the fight against Hamas have been achieved while civilian casualties and human suffering in Gaza are enormous, Olaf Scholz told Netanyahu, according to a German government statement.“An end to the war in Gaza would be a decisive step toward a regional de-escalation,” the spokesperson said. source: Arab News

China supports Iran in defending its “sovereignty, security and national dignity,” Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told Iran’s acting foreign minister in a phone call on Sunday, according to a statement by China’s foreign ministry.In the phone call, Wang repeated Beijing’s denunciation of the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, saying the strike had violated Iran’s sovereignty and threatened regional stability.Iran and the Palestinian group Hamas have accused Israel of carrying out strike that killed Haniyeh.Israel has not claimed or denied responsibility for the killing, which has fueled concern that the war between Israel and Hamas…

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris has urged the European Union to reconsider its partnership agreement with Israel due to the ongoing human atrocities against civilians in Gaza and elsewhere across occupied Palestine. The Irish leader’s call comes against the backdrop of the deadly Israeli massacre carried out yesterday against displaced families at the Al-Tabi’in School in Gaza City, which resulted in hundreds of innocent civilians killed and injured. “We have all been horrified by the many undoubted war crimes that have been committed in Gaza. There can be no impunity. Those responsible must be held to account,” he affirmed. The…

The Bank of Russia does not aim to stop lending, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia Alexey Zabotkin said

Gazprom supplies gas for Europe through Ukraine in the volume of 39.3 mln cubic meters (mcm) per day via the Sudzha gas pumping station in Russia’s Kursk Region

Italy’s doubling of a “flat” tax on the overseas income of wealthy new residents will curb its tax shelter appeal that risked becoming excessive

RIYADH: Qatar’s construction sector is experiencing robust growth, with the nation documenting a 36 percent month-on-month rise in building permits in July.