4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (256+ words) Abu Dhabi conglomerate International Holding Company (IHC) has gained exposure to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s airport business through its investment arm Alpha Wave Global, which is part of a consortium investing about $1 billion in Adani Airport Holdings. Alpha Wave is…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (880+ words) Energy, agribusiness and critical minerals make the country a market to watch Brazil is Latin America’s leading economy, with GDP of $2.64 trillion and a population of 215 million. As the world’s fourth-largest democracy, it puts the “B” in BRICS. Its presidential…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (276+ words) Qatar’s fiscal deficit widened significantly in the second quarter of 2026, as the start of the Iran war in February curtailed the Gulf state’s energy exports. The budget gap hit QAR21.2 billion ($5.8 billion), versus QAR800 million in the second quarter of 2025 and QAR10.3 billion…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (638+ words) John Crowley and Parag Deulgaonkar Saudi Arabia’s Humain is taking further steps towards a potential listing by recruiting a “preparation team”, as some of the Gulf’s biggest state-backed AI companies look to capital markets to fund their ambitions. Its CEO…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (284+ words) Oil prices declined on Thursday morning after the latest flare-up between Washington and Tehran eased, and the US said shipments through the Strait of Hormuz had rebounded towards pre-war levels. Brent crude futures fell 0.45 percent to $95.2 a barrel at 00:29 GMT,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (719+ words) Gulf aluminium producers, including Bahrain’s Alba and the UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium, face a triple whammy of lower output, disrupted exports and intensifying global competition as US tariffs and the Iran war reshape trade flows, analysts say. Stalled trade talks…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (624+ words) Microsoft’s new data centre region will encourage hundreds of international software businesses to launch Saudi-based services, according to the US technology company’s regional head. Ayman AlGhamdi, president of Microsoft Arabia, said the project would spur investment and hiring by giving…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (648+ words) Europe’s airlines have lost $82m in one-way revenues in the first half of 2026 Before the emergence of the “big three” – Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad – the Middle East was among the most lucrative markets for European airlines. Even after their arrival,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (310+ words) UK energy company BP has brought online a new gas well off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, two years ahead of schedule. The Fayoum 4 well in the West Nile Delta will add an estimated 80 million cubic feet of gas per day, the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (576+ words) Middle Eastern and North African borrowers have sold $160 billion of bonds and sukuk so far this year, putting issuance on course to eclipse 2025’s record despite a wartime halt to publicly marketed transactions. Financial institutions have led the borrowing as…...