UAE opens sovereign Sukuk market to individual investors / Image – file For the first time, UAE residents and citizens will be able to invest directly in government-backed Islamic Treasury Sukuk with as little as Dh1,000, opening a market that was previously reserved largely for institutional investors.The UAE Ministry of Finance has launched the country’s…
Nearly two and a half centuries have passed since soldiers gathered on a grassy rise overlooking Fort Ticonderoga and listened as a newly declared nation introduced itself to the world. The hill remains quiet today, bordered by trees and shaped by layers of military history, yet the ground beneath it has continued to preserve fragments…
Andy Burnham’s decisive victory in the Makerfield by-election has done more than return him to Parliament after nearly a decade away; it has positioned the Greater Manchester Mayor as the strongest challenger yet to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour Party.The 56-year-old Labour veteran won the seat with nearly 55 per cent of…
For generations, the Canaanites have occupied a curious space between archaeology and biblical tradition. Mentioned repeatedly in the Hebrew Bible as the inhabitants of the land before the rise of ancient Israel, they have often been viewed through the lens of scripture rather than material evidence. Now, a remarkable discovery in southern Israel is offering…
Raja Krishnamoorthi calls out racist chants in Texas, says hate has no place in US. AP Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Thursday condemned anti-India slogans raised by white supremacists outside a Texas city hall. He said hate and discrimination against any community have no place in the United States.The Democratic lawmaker’s remarks came amid concerns…
US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected suggestions that the conflict with Iran exposed limits to American power, declaring that there were ‘no limits’ to what the United States could achieve.His remarks came after the United States and Iran formally entered into a peace agreement by digitally signing a memorandum of…
On certain evenings in late October, the central Zambezi woodlands in northern Zambia begin to feel slightly off balance. Not visibly at first. It is more a change in pressure, as if the forest has taken in too much air and is holding it. Deep inside Kasanka National Park, branches dip under unseen weight and…
US Vice President JD Vance has issued a strong warning to Israel over its criticism of the US-Iran agreement reached after weeks of conflict and tensions. Defending MAGA supremo, Vance said that “Trump is Israel’s only ally.“His remarks came amid reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies were “privately unhappy” with the agreement,…
In the summer of 1950, farmers across East Germany began finding their potato crops stripped bare. The culprit was the Colorado potato beetle, a small, striped insect native to North America that had been spreading steadily across Europe for decades. What happened next had nothing to do with agriculture and everything to do with politics….
Every host city builds an Olympic village, and almost every host city then spends years deciding what to do with the empty buildings once the athletes leave. Milan skipped that problem. Architects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, working with Italian developer COIMA, designed the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Village on a 19th-century railway yard in…
