Author: Editorial Team
Coinciding with the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, AlUla Governorate continues strengthening its environmental efforts to restore natural systems and reduce land degradation, through integrated programs for rehabilitating natural rangelands and planting native species, enhancing biodiversity and natural habitat efficiency. These efforts have resulted in restoring and rehabilitating more than 5,100 hectares of natural rangelands under habitat protection programs, alongside planting more than 530,000 seedlings representing 60 native plant species, supporting vegetation sustainability and ecological balance in the region. AlUla recorded notable progress in environmental recovery indicators, with vegetation cover rising from 6% in 2018 to 35% in…
AT&T has named Jennifer Biry, a former McAfee executive, as its next CFO, replacing Pascal Desroches who is set to retire at the end of 2026. In a regulatory filing, AT&T explained Biry will first take the position of deputy CFO, effective 6 July 2026, before assuming the role as senior EVP and CFO from 1 January 2027. Biry has served as CFO and COO of security company McAfee since October 2023. Before that, she had a long career at AT&T spanning 22 years in numerous positions across sales, finance and strategy. As part of this tenure, Biry had an…
LONDON— A former Nigerian oil minister has been cleared of bribery charges by a London court on Wednesday in a rare corruption trial of a high-profile former energy official. Diezani Alison-Madueke, 65, was accused of taking bribes from wealthy oil executives in the form of luxury home stays and lavish spending sprees in the UK. The verdicts are a major blow to British authorities, who began their investigation into corruption allegations against one of Africa’s most prominent political figures for 13 years. Alison-Madueke was found not guilty after a trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court of five counts of accepting…
DUBAI — US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, have signed a peace deal aiming to end the months-long war in the Middle East. Trump put his signature to the memorandum of understanding on Wednesday during dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles following a G7 summit. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also signed the document on Wednesday, Tehran confirmed. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said leaders of both the US and Iran had signed the agreement and endorsed him as a mediator. Sharif said in a post on X that the deal “shall…
Jeddah Governor Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi today attended the social responsibility in institutional structures forum, organized by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in Jeddah, with the participation of specialists, experts, and individuals interested in the fields of social responsibility and sustainable development. The forum comes as part of the ministry’s efforts to promote and institutionalize the culture of social responsibility within organizational structures, improving the quality of social initiatives and programs and maximizing their developmental impact. It also aims to enhance partnerships among various sectors in line with the objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030.…
New integration connects privileged identity access to sensitive data exposure intelligence in one unified view, prioritising the highest-risk threats Dubai – Delinea, the identity security control plane that secures access across human, machine, and AI identities, and Cyera, the fastest-growing AI Security Platform, have announced a product integration that connects privileged access to sensitive data exposure, automatically correlating identities with the data they can access. Together, Delinea and Cyera help security teams identify, prioritise, and remediate the highest-risk access paths across every human, machine, and AI agent. As identities multiply and AI agents interact with data at machine speed, security teams struggle to govern which privileged identities…
VIENNA — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan expressed optimism about the emerging US-Iran agreement. He said the deal could help end the recent conflict and open the door to a broader regional security framework. Speaking during a session hosted by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in Vienna on Wednesday, Prince Faisal described the memorandum of understanding (MOU) expected to be signed later this week as a significant development for the region. “I think it’s incredibly important and very significant that we have an MOU that will hopefully put an end to this conflict and, more importantly,…
Jeddah Governor Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi today attended the social responsibility in institutional structures forum, organized by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in Jeddah, with the participation of specialists, experts, and individuals interested in the fields of social responsibility and sustainable development. The forum comes as part of the ministry’s efforts to promote and institutionalize the culture of social responsibility within organizational structures, improving the quality of social initiatives and programs and maximizing their developmental impact. It also aims to enhance partnerships among various sectors in line with the objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030.…
Meriam ElOuazzani and Abdullah A. Qaisi. Partnership expands regional access to the Censys Platform, bringing Internet intelligence, threat hunting, and security operations use cases and external attack surface management visibility to enterprises, government entities, and critical infrastructure operators Dubai — Censys, the authority for Internet intelligence and insights, today announced a partnership with EVAD to expand availability of the Censys Platform across the Middle East and Africa. Through the partnership, organisations in key regional markets, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, will be able to access Censys through EVAD’s established partner ecosystem, regional technical expertise, and…
Jeddah Governor Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi today attended the social responsibility in institutional structures forum, organized by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in Jeddah, with the participation of specialists, experts, and individuals interested in the fields of social responsibility and sustainable development. The forum comes as part of the ministry’s efforts to promote and institutionalize the culture of social responsibility within organizational structures, improving the quality of social initiatives and programs and maximizing their developmental impact. It also aims to enhance partnerships among various sectors in line with the objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030.…