Commodities Oil prices fall on Thursday Aya Anwar Jun 25, 2026 0 Oil prices extended losses on Thursday, with Brent crude and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) falling to their…
Commodities Oil prices fall on Monday Aya Anwar Nov 17, 2025 0 Oil prices fell on Monday, wiping out last week’s gains, after Russia resumed crude loadings at the Novorossiysk…
Commodities Oil prices jump 3% on Thursday Aya Anwar Oct 23, 2025 0 Oil prices climbed 3 per cent on Thursday after India began reassessing Russian crude purchases in response to…
Energy Syria ships first oil cargo in 14 years Aya Anwar Sep 2, 2025 0 Syria has restarted oil exports for the first time in 14 years, sending a 600,000-barrel cargo of heavy crude from…
Industry & Trade Venezuela raises taxes, fees to offset 30% oil revenue drop Aya Anwar Jun 2, 2025 0 Venezuela is increasing taxes and public service charges on private businesses to compensate for a predicted 30 per…
Money BAIC’s EV brand to launch first Huawei-backed sedan in ’24 Nada Ali Feb 20, 2024 0 BAIC BluePark New Energy Technology, the electric vehicle arm of Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC), is set to launch…
Featured Polymetal Intl. agrees to sell Russian assets at $3.69 bln Aya Anwar Feb 19, 2024 0 Polymetal International for precious metals announced on Monday that it had reached a $3.69 billion agreement to…
Money Nvidia’s China-specific AI chip to match Huawei’s pricing Aya El Sayed Feb 1, 2024 0 Nvidia initiated pre-orders for a new AI chip tailored for China, with distributors setting its price to match a…
Tech news Huawei revenues hike by 4.8% to $24.7 bln in Q2 of 2023 Nada Ali Aug 13, 2023 0 Chinese tech giant Huawei announced on Friday its second-quarter overall revenue which grew by 4.8 percent…
Tech/AI Huawei announces half profit drop in Q1 of 2023 Nada Ali Apr 30, 2023 0 Chinese tech giant Huawei announced on Friday its profits of the first quarter of 2023, which saw a continue to…
Banks Cuba lifts bank cash deposits in US dollars ban Yassmine Elbehnaihy Apr 12, 2023 0 Cuban banks are going back to accept cash deposits in U.S. dollars, as the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) has lifted a…
Tech/AI Microsoft to pay over $3mln fines for violating US sanctions against Russia Nada Ali Apr 11, 2023 0 Microsoft Corporation has agreed to pay over $3 million to settle a potential civil liability, for being accused of…
Tech/AI Russian oil exports to India erode decades-old dollar dominance Nada Ali Mar 8, 2023 0 U.S. sanctions on Russia have begun to diminish the dollar's decades-old dominance of international oil trade as…
Featured Russian economy records 2.1% low in 2022 Yassmine Elbehnaihy Feb 21, 2023 0 Russian economy has declined by 2.1 percent last year, the Federal Statistics Service said on Monday, shrinking…
Industry & Trade Russia mulls to sell wheat for Egypt using rubles instead of dollars Nada Ali Feb 1, 2023 0 Russia is considering selling wheat to Egypt in exchange for Russian rubles in lieu of the U.S. dollar, Russian…
Tech/AI UK tells telcos to stockpile Huawei gear in face of U.S. sanctions Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 20, 2020 0 British security officials have told UK telecom operators to ensure they have adequate stockpiles of Huawei…
Featured U.S. threatens Egypt of sanctions over sale of Russian warplane Amwal Al Ghad English Nov 16, 2019 0 The United States on Friday sent a letter to Egypt’s government warning of possible sanctions over Cairo’s decision…
MENA News Iran: U.S. sanctions on Khamenei indicate end of diplomacy Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 25, 2019 0 New U.S. sanctions against Iranian supreme leader and foreign minister have closed off diplomacy, Iran announced on…
News Iran’s Rouhani calls for unity to face ‘unprecedented’ U.S. pressure Amwal Al Ghad English May 12, 2019 0 President Hassan Rouhani urged for unity among Iran’s political factions to overcome conditions which he said may…
News Khamenei says Iran has successfully resisted U.S. sanctions Amwal Al Ghad English Mar 21, 2019 0 Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a new year speech broadcast on state TV that the Islamic…
forex news Oil rises 1% on deepening OPEC supply cuts, sanctions on Venezuela Amwal Al Ghad English Feb 13, 2019 0 Oil rose on Wednesday as producer club OPEC said it had cut supply deeply in January and as U.S. sanctions hit…
forex news US oil prices rise as market eyes tighter supply Amwal Al Ghad English Feb 5, 2019 0 U.S. oil prices inched up on Tuesday, buoyed by expectations of tightening global supply due to U.S. sanctions on…
forex news Oil prices firm on OPEC-led supply cuts, sanctions against Venezuela Amwal Al Ghad English Feb 4, 2019 0 Oil prices were stable on Monday, largely maintaining gains from the previous session as OPEC-led supply cuts and…
forex news Oil prices fall as US grants Iran sanction waivers to 8 importers Amwal Al Ghad English Nov 5, 2018 0 Oil prices fell on Monday as the start to U.S. sanctions against Iran's fuel exports was softened by waivers that…
forex news Oil rises on looming Iran sanctions, but US-China trade war caps gains Amwal Al Ghad English Oct 22, 2018 0 Oil prices rose on Monday as markets were expected to tighten once U.S. sanctions against Iran's crude exports are…
International News India to keep buying Iran crude despite U.S. sanction threats: oil minister Amwal Al Ghad English Oct 8, 2018 0 Two Indian oil firms have placed orders to import Iranian crude next month, India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan…
forex news Oil firm on Iran sanctions, but rising US supply and strong dollar weigh Amwal Al Ghad English Oct 3, 2018 0 Oil prices were firm on Wednesday on expectations of tighter markets once U.S. sanctions target Iran's petroleum…
forex news Oil inches up 1% ahead of US sanctions against Iran Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 27, 2018 0 Oil prices rose by one percent on Thursday as investors focused on the prospect of tighter markets due to U.S.…
MENA News Long reach of U.S. sanctions hits Syria reconstruction Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 3, 2018 0 As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attempts to turn military success into postwar reconstruction, Western…
forex news oil prices rise 1%, settling at $71.01, but posts 2nd straight weekly loss Amwal Al Ghad English Jul 14, 2018 0 Oil prices rose by about one percent on Friday as strike actions in Norway and Iraq hit supplies, but futures were…
International News France to finance exports to Iran to sidestep U.S. sanctions aya salah Feb 1, 2018 0 France will start offering euro-denominated loans to Iranian buyers of its goods later this year, to help trade…
Banks Europe’s banks are staying out of Iran Yomna Yasser May 3, 2016 0 European companies flocking back to Iran are doing so without their favored lenders at their side. Less than two…
International News Iran vows to pursue missile programme despite new U.S. sanctions Yomna Yasser Mar 28, 2016 0 Iran will pursue its development of ballistic missiles despite the U.S. blacklisting of more Iranian companies…
Blogging Opinion: Egypt, Iran Are the Next Great Emerging Markets Yomna Yasser Nov 11, 2014 0 The Middle East, once the navel of global commerce, is readying to return from the economic wilderness. Though…
Financial Institutions India Insures Iran Oil Imports To Safeguard Flow Amwal Al Ghad English Jul 10, 2012 0 India has given state-run insurers approval to provide limited cover to its ships transporting Iran's oil, allowing…
forex news Turkey Starts Purchasing Libya Crude Oil After Iran Cut Yomna Yasser Apr 2, 2012 0 Turkish Energy & Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz has said Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co. (TUPRAS) had…