Author: Steven Sahiounie

Abu Dhabi’s Comera Financial Holding, a conglomerate with a diverse portfolio in technology, fintech, and services, has joined forces with Beltone Holding, a rapidly expanding financial entity, to champion digital transformation and enrich customer experiences in Egypt. This strategic alliance aims to catalyze the introduction of innovative digital solutions through a collaborative knowledge-sharing approach.

Following the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE has allocated USD 15 million in aid to the victims of the floods and the effects of the heavy rainfall that swept through Kenya, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of innocent people, displacement of thousands of civilians, and destruction of infrastructure such as roads, bridges, houses, medical facilities, and agricultural lands, particularly in northern areas of the capital Nairobi.

Month-on-month, prices rose by 1.1% in March, up from 1.0% in February. Food prices declined in March by 0.9%, though they were 40.5% higher than a year ago

RIYADH — The liquidity of Saudi economy continued robust growth reaching its peak at the end of March 2024, at the level of SR2,823,745 million.

“We need to see more evidence that inflation will stay low before we can cut interest rates,” BoE governor Andrew Bailey said

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed developments in the Gazan city of Rafah with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa on Thursday. During a meeting in Riyadh, the two officials also discussed strengthening cooperation relations between their countries, and the Palestinian government’s priorities and work program. Israeli forces massed tanks and opened fire close to built-up areas of Rafah on Thursday, residents said, after US President Joe Biden vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces launch a major invasion of the southern Gaza city. Israel has defied international objections by sending in tanks and conducting “targeted…

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the ‘barbaric attack’ carried out by extremist Israeli colonial groups against the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in occupied Jerusalem. In a statement, OIC considered this to be an extension of organized terrorism and ongoing Israeli crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces and extremist colonists in the occupied Palestinian Territory. OIC stressed that this serious attack comes in the context of the Israeli occupation’s attempts to undermine the role of UNRWA, distort it and dry up its funding sources, as the Israeli occupation…

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi reiterated that the country will not negotiate over its missile and defense capabilities. Addressing a gathering of the people of Qom during a one-day visit to the holy city on Thursday, the president said there were some people who warned that the country may get involved in a war and in order to prevent it, Iran should make concessions over its military and missile capabilities. However, he added, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei judiciously rejected the idea and underlined that military capabilities and components of the country’s power are in no way…

Political Bureau member of Hamas, Izzat al-Rishq confirmed that the movement continues to adhere to its position regarding the ceasefire proposal approved by mediators. Political Bureau member of Hamas, Izzat al-Rishq has confirmed that “Israel’s” invasion of Rafah and occupation of the crossing only aims to block the efforts of mediators and escalate the aggression and genocide. In a statement, al-Rishq expressed that the movement continues to adhere to its position regarding the ceasefire proposal approved by mediators. He revealed that the Hamas delegation left the Egyptian capital, Cairo, a short while ago, heading to the Qatari capital, Doha. Deputy secretary-general…

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry described as shameful and heinous the attempts by US lawmakers to provide immunity for the Israeli regime’s officials sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over their war crimes in Gaza. “The goal of a group of representatives of the US Congress and the US Senate is to threaten and pressure the prosecutors and judges of the International Criminal Court, to provide immunity for war crimes and genocide by the officials and military commanders of the Zionist regime, and this is a shameful and worrying action,” Nasser Kanaani wrote in a post on X.…