Mena Today

Everyone in this story sees the contradiction. No one in power wants to say it out loud.

Nasdaq Dubai has listed a new US$500 million Sukuk issued by ICDPS Sukuk Limited and guaranteed by the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private-sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group.

The Sultanate of Oman celebrates its National Day on 20 November commemorating the Al Busaidi State Foundation, a moment that highlights both the country’s political continuity and its accelerated push for economic transformation under Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution on Thursday saying Iran must inform the watchdog "without delay" of the status of its enriched uranium stock and bombed atomic sites, diplomats at the closed-door meeting said.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops deployed in southern Syria, drawing strong condemnation from the government in Damascus, which denounced the trip as a violation of sovereignty.

At least 25 Palestinians were killed in four Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday in a part of Gaza under Hamas control since a shaky ceasefire took effect in October, health authorities said.

The U.S. has signalled to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Ukraine must accept a U.S.-drafted framework to end the war with Russia that proposes Kyiv giving up territory and some weapons, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Turkey will host next year's UN climate summit while Australia will lead the conference's negotiations among governments, under a compromise deal taking shape in talks in Brazil, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump's lavish welcome of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington this week, touted by many as rehabilitation of human rights record of Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, has been followed by the kingdom ramping up its planned U.S. investments to $1 trillion.

The F-35 fighter jets the U.S. plans to sell Saudi Arabia will be less advanced than those operated by Israel, in line with a U.S. law that guarantees Israel’s military edge in the region, U.S. officials and defense experts said on Wednesday.

The United Arab Emirates has agreed to seize around 40 luxury apartments and villas in Dubai suspected of being linked to major drug-trafficking networks operating in France, French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an unannounced visit to the buffer zone along the Syrian border, his office said on Wednesday.