Consolidated results: operating profit up 36% The Group’s operating profit reached RON 100.1 million in the first half of 2026, up 36% compared with the same period last year. Consolidated net profit stood at RON 81.2 million, 30% higher than the figure reported in H1 2025. This growth was driven b»»»

BusinessIndia looks to steer BRICS away from anti-Western turnArthur SullivanThe BRICS summit 2026 takes place in Delhi this weekend. Unlike last year, Putin and Xi are expected to attend. Can India keep the expanded bloc united? https://p.dw.com/p/5MIIUThis year's BRICS host India has to balance w»»»

The Yemeni Armed Forces shot down a Saudi Karayel armed reconnaissance aircraft while it was conducting a hostile activity over Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate, military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said. “With God’s help, the Yemeni Armed Forces were able to shoot down an armed reconnaissanc»»»

Arab Finance: Automotive sales in Egypt rose 29.7% year on year (YoY) to 116,869 units during the first seven months of 2026, compared with 90,104 units in the same period of 2025, according to the latest report from the Automotive Market Information Council (AMIC). Passenger car sales rose by 25% »»»

The Hemus Motorway could reach Veliko Tarnovo within two and a half to three years, with another year required for its complete construction, the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Ivan Shishkov, said here Thursday. He was speaking after a meeting in Veliko Tarnovo with the mayors o»»»

The Justice for Georgi Kuzev initiative committee proposes discussing amendments to Article 63 of the Penal Code to allow for minors to be sentenced to effective imprisonment terms ranging from eight to 15 years. This was announced by lawyer Atanas Boyadzhiev, a member of the committee, at a BTA-ho»»»

Recognition caps strong performance across UAE brokerage and international markets Allegiance Real Estate won three awards in a single night at the DAMAC Awards H1 2026, organised by DAMAC in Dubai on September 7. The company was named ‘Top UAE Broker’ and received the ‘Platinum Partner Award – Ira»»»

US prices come out lowest across every model, with the UAE taking second place Dubai: Apple’s new iPhone Duo may start at Dh8,499 in the UAE, but a comparison of official prices across five major markets shows buyers in the US get the lowest listed price for the company’s first foldable iPhone and »»»

President Donald Trump claims that the US has already taken out “about nine” Iranian oil tankers and threatened to attack “a lot more,” as the two countries trade strikes on commercial and military vessels around the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command has confirmed that it destroyed eight Iranian»»»

OpenAI has come under fire after claiming its AI solved one of mathematics’ most famous problems. Researchers are raising questions over how the company arrived at the breakthrough, while others are accusing it of exaggerating the achievement to boost valuation ahead of a potential IPO. The company»»»

Singapore is considering chemical castration for sex offenders amid a rise in reported sexual crimes, particularly those involving children. Police recorded 1,531 molestation cases in 2025, up 7.3% from 1,427 the previous year. The issue was raised in parliament this week, with lawmakers questionin»»»

Doha, Qatar: HH Consort of HH the Amir Sheikha Jowaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al-Thani honored the country's top-achieving female high school students for the 2025-2026 academic year during a reception held for them at Lusail Palace this morning. HH Sheikha Jowaher praised the students for their aca»»»

Barcelona: Argentina icon Lionel Messi has agreed to take over Spanish club Eldense, the second division side confirmed on Thursday. Eldense, based just in-land from Alicante, will become the former Barcelona attacker's second venture into Spanish football ownership having bought fourth-tier Cornel»»»

Tunis, Sept. 10 (TAP) – The responsible use of AI offers major opportunities for increased growth and sustainable development in Africa, Minister of Communication Technologies Sofiène Hemissi said on Wednesday in Seoul. Realising these opportunities...»»»

DRI is a subsidiary of DTEK Group, Ukraine’s largest private investor and a leading energy company. The business is focused on accelerating the energy transition across Central, Eastern and Southern Europe through the development of renewable energy and battery storage projects that support countri»»»

Egyptian defence companies have showcased the “Jabbar” series of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the second El Alamein International Airshow, highlighting the country’s push to expand its domestic military manufacturing capabilities. Prior to the exhibition, Egyptian firm Tornex introduced the “»»»

Egypt on Wednesday condemned missile attacks targeting Jordan and called for an immediate halt to the escalation, as Egyptian officials stepped up regional contacts aimed at preventing a wider confrontation. The Foreign Ministry said Egypt strongly condemned the attacks on Jordanian territory and e»»»

Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, said proactive planning and continued coordination between the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy had enabled Egypt to efficiently manage unprecedented increases in energy demand»»»

Egypt and seven other countries have welcomed UK’s decision to ban imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and restrict services linked to them, calling on other countries to take similar measures. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, the United A»»»

Shell Lubricants Egypt has formed a partnership with TAQA Arabia subsidiary TAQA Petroleum to distribute its lubricants and coolants across the latter’s service stations in Egypt. The agreement makes Shell’s product portfolio available to TAQA retail customers, including Shell Helix for passenger c»»»

Five Egyptian companies are participating in the 90th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), seeking to expand exports, attract investment and strengthen economic partnerships between Egypt and Greece. The Egyptian Commercial Service, through its office in Athens, is supporting Egypt’s participatio»»»

Egypt has strictly banned the cutting down of trees and ordered a nationwide expansion of its urban greening initiatives, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced during a cabinet meeting in the New Administrative Capital on Wednesday. Madbouly directed the Ministers of Local Development and Envir»»»

The Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water in Burgas has inspected the main site of Lukoil Neftochim Burgas after nearly 40 reports from residents about the smell of petroleum products and gas across the city on September 9 and 10, the inspectorate said on Thursday. The inspectors checked t»»»

Sofia’s Municipal Council Thursday authorized up to EUR 367 million in long-term municipal debt to finance public transport upgrades and the construction, reconstruction and major repair of key boulevards and streets. The projects include completing parts of Sofia’s ring-road boulevard network and »»»

SOF Connect, the concessionnair of Sofia Airport, announced Thursday that it has begun construction of a 5 MW photovoltaic power plant at the airport. The company said in a press release that the plant will feature 8,300 solar panels covering around 50,000 square metres, along with a real-time moni»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of State for Energy Affairs, HE Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi has issued a decision setting out a comprehensive set of preventive measures to protect Qatar’s public electricity and water facilities from potential damage caused by construction, excavation, demolition, landscaping and o»»»

Police officers conducted searches at 48 locations in Chui region as part of the special operation Extremist. The press service of the Chui Regional Department of Internal Affairs reported. The operation was carried out in connection with criminal cases initiated under Article 332 of the Criminal C»»»

Hezbollah MP Hasan Ezzeddine accused Lebanon’s ruling political authority of complicity in the Israeli bloodshed caused in southern Lebanon, saying its silence over massacres targeting civilians, including children and women, makes it a partner in “every drop of blood” shed across Lebanon. “The cri»»»

Speaking to journalists in Parliament's lobby on Thursday, Democratic Bulgaria MP Ivaylo Mirchev said that The Telegraph daily had published information allegedly linked to Australian intelligence saying that Russian military instructors were being trained by special forces from the UK and Australi»»»

Only 15 percent of Kyrgyzstan’s residents would be able to cover their current expenses for more than six months if they lost their main source of income. The figures are cited in the 2025 Financial Literacy Survey published by the National Bank. At the same time, almost half of Kyrgyzstanis prefer»»»

Manila examines whether shipowner, manning agency followed safety rules after attack Dubai: The Philippines is investigating whether regulations governing the deployment of Filipino seafarers to high-risk areas were followed after a deadly attack on a crude oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The D»»»

Half of the surveyed Kyrgyzstanis would be unable to cover their current expenses without borrowing for more than a month if they lost their primary source of income. This finding comes from the 2025 Financial Literacy Survey published by the National Bank. Another 29 percent would be able to cover»»»

Eight F-15 fighter jets were damaged and an A-10 Thunderbolt was hit and lost a wing in Iranian strikes on a US air base in Jordan, according to a report by the American CBS network. The disclosure came after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced on Wednesday that it had launched intensive and decis»»»

Expectations are growing that central banks globally will move to raise interest rates to hedge against an inflationary wave triggered by rising energy prices. Expert forecasts for the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) upcoming Monetary Policy Committee meeting on September 24 lean heavily toward keepi»»»

Dubai’s aviation sector recovered quickly after the disruption seen earlier this year Dubai: Emirates saw “quite decent” passenger demand during the peak summer months of July and August, even as the Dubai travel industry navigated the impact of the regional conflict, with the airline restoring 98 »»»

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar strongly condemned the illegal entry of Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into Syrian territory and crossing of international borders, considering it a blatant violation of the sovereignty of the fraternal Syrian Arab Republic, a flagrant breach of»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Senior advisers to US President Donald Trump have warned him of the risk that the conflict with Iran could drag on until the end of his presidential term in January 2029, media reported, citing sources. US Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other offi»»»

The return of the Erasmus programme is to be welcomed, but it is not enough on its own: the scheme remains out of reach for many students for a variety of reasons, the National Conference of Student Unions (HÖOK) said on Facebook on Wednesday. HÖOK’s position on the revived scheme The student organ»»»

UAE joins BRICS finance talks and backs the NDB’s 2027 to 2031 strategy Dubai: The UAE has backed deeper financial and economic coordination within BRICS while supporting the New Development Bank’s next five-year strategy during meetings in India. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques »»»

Paris, France: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on Europe to develop its own crewed spaceflight capability within a decade as part of a broader push to strengthen the continent's space sector. Macron made the call during an international space summit held in Paris this week, whic»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Several US military aircraft were damaged at the US Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan as a result of Iranian strikes overnight into Wednesday, CBS correspondent Jennifer Jacobs reported on Thursday, citing sources. The US Central Command said late on Tuesday that the US forces ha»»»

VLADIVOSTOK (Sputnik) - New countries may join the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement signed by Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Faisal Niaz Tirmizi told Sputnik in an interview. "So, of course, there is a possibility that other countries will join it and they will be p»»»

SolvFast, a company specialising in AI-powered digital transformation, is expanding its operations across Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United States, providing businesses and institutions with technology solutions aimed at streamlining operations, integrating systems and automating repetitive tasks.»»»

Egypt’s Minister of Industry Khaled Hashem has met with senior representatives of Haier Egypt for Electrical Appliances, led by CEO Yang Linping, to review the company’s current projects and expansion plans in the Egyptian market. The company currently operates an environmentally friendly industria»»»

Ahmed Rostom, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, held an extensive meeting with a number of Egyptian startup founders and entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates during his participation in the 15th edition of the AIM Investment Summit in the UAE. The meeting was attended by Mohamed A»»»

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is exploring opportunities to expand investments in renewable energy, electricity grids, fertilisers, agriculture and food processing in Egypt, as Cairo seeks to broaden its financing portfolio with the lender. Foreign Minister Badr Abdela»»»

Mohamed Awad, CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), met with Khalid Jassim Mohammed Bin Kalban, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Dubai Investments, in the presence of Manal Abdel Tawab, Minister Plenipotentiary and Head of the Egyptian Commercial Service office in the UAE, t»»»

BAMX presents Dubai signature projects, from JVC residences to Dubai South’s X11 BAMX Developments took the spotlight at the International Property Show (IPS) 2026, bringing its vision, international experience, and growing UAE portfolio to one of the region’s most influential real estate stages. H»»»

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Israel is “very close” to defeating Iran, during a visit to Israeli troops stationed atop Mount Hermon in Syrian territory, which was seized by the IDF following the collapse of former President Bashar Assad’s government. Netanyahu traveled to the stra»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, today received the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkiye to the State of Qatar HE Dr Mustafa Goksu on the occasion of the end of his tenure in the country. During the meeting, HE Pri»»»