ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 13th Aug, 2026) Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) on Thursday announced its financial results for the six-month period ended 30th June 2026, reporting revenues of AED27.5 billion and higher profitability, driven particularly by increased returns from TAQA Transmission and TAQA’s Generation business. EBITDA…
AL ARISH, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 13th Aug, 2026) The UAE Floating Hospital in the Egyptian city of Al Arish continues to implement the Step of Hope programme under Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, providing prosthetic limbs to 21 injured Palestinians and bringing the total number of beneficiaries to 72, as part…
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UNITED NATIONS, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 13th Aug, 2026) Pakistan has underscored the need to bridge the artificial intelligence divide between developed and developing countries, and translate technological advances into tangible development gains at a global summit held at UN Headquarters in New York. Balochistan Governor Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail, who…
BEIJING, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 13th Aug, 2026) Oil prices fell by more than a Dollar in early Asian trading on Thursday after analysts lowered their forecasts for global oil demand, although supply constraints kept prices at relatively elevated levels. Brent crude futures fell US$1.29, or 1.5 percent, to $87.69 a…
WASHINGTON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 13th Aug, 2026) The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Wednesday that 59 commercial vessels had been rerouted since the start of the US blockade on Iranian ports. In a statement, CENTCOM said that, as of 12th August, US forces had rerouted 59 commercial vessels,…
VIENNA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 13th Aug, 2026) French club Paris Saint-Germain won the 2026 UEFA Super Cup for the second consecutive year on Wednesday after defeating English side Aston Villa 2-1 in Salzburg, Austria. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored Paris Saint-Germain’s first goal in the 20th minute, before Désiré Doué added the…
WASHINGTON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 13th Aug, 2026) Three people were killed in the US states of Indiana and Ohio as severe storms swept across the Midwest. Strong winds exceeding 80 miles per hour uprooted trees and brought down power lines, leaving around one million people without electricity. A state of…
WASHINGTON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 13th Aug, 2026) Two US soldiers were killed after an Apache military helicopter from Fort Hood crashed into a field in Texas on Wednesday, also sparking a large grass fire. Fort Hood said in a statement that an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter had crashed, killing two…
BAGHDAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 13th Aug, 2026) Iraq’s Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday the arrest of four people in possession of 20 locally manufactured drones in the capital, Baghdad. In a statement, the ministry said the arrests and seizure were carried out by teams from the Intelligence Agency, affiliated…
