Israeli security officials had found secret documents in 2018 that laid out intricate details of a private equity fund that Hamas used to finance its operations. The documents listed assets worth …
Dubai luxury real estate 2024 forecasts: Rising prices, Chinese investors, international value and a branded residence boom
Despite significant growth in luxury home asking prices in Dubai in the past 12 months, investors are likely to continue flocking to the emirate in 2024 as its luxury homes remain attractively priced …
Macau property market to remain subdued by high interest hikes and economic slowdown
High interest rates, the global economic slowdown and a slowing economic recovery in mainland China will continue to weigh on the Macau property market, a report by JLL explained …
Qatar real estate sector records $115m of transactions in week
Qatar recorded more than $115m of real estate transactions in just one week. The volume of real estate trading in sales contracts at the Department of Real Estate Registration at the Ministry of …
Kuwait ruler Sheikh Nawaf dies at 86 after weeks in hospital
Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Kuwait’s ruling emir, has died aged 86 after a three-year reign. Kuwait state television broke into programming with Quranic verses just before a sombre official made …
Visa ‘Where Cash Hides’ research identifies categories in Oman where consumers still use cash
Muscat, Oman, While Oman is at the forefront of digital payments, around 30% of transactions of consumers surveyed is still in cash, according to Visa’s ‘Where Cash Hides’ research.
Cameron adds to growing pressure on Israel with ‘sustainable ceasefire’ call
Foreign Secretary David Cameron has called for “a sustainable ceasefire, leading to a sustainable peace” in Gaza and warned that “too many civilians have been killed”.The comments, in a joint letter …
HTS looks to Idlib’s Christians and Druze to whitewash violations (map)
Judayda, a Christian village in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, was everything to Julian’s family. From season to season, it sustained them, until Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the hardline …
How Nepal showed the way with its first same-sex marriage
Nepal became a secular state in 2008, which was an outcome of the people’s movement and the Maoist uprising. Before that, it was the only Hindu country in the world. Therefore, Hindu culture, …
‘I’m a former soldier and had to spend six years homeless – the system is broken’
A war hero who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and spent six years homeless after leaving the army says he had been let down by the system. Richard Storer said he was left with nowhere to turn after …