Author: Editorial Team

Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB) announced its membership to the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), cementing its position as one of Saudi Arabia’s most progressive financial institutions in the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. The membership represents a significant milestone in SAB’s sustainability journey and reflects the Bank’s commitment to responsible banking aligned with Saudi Vision 2030 and the Saudi Green Initiative. PCAF is a global collaboration of financial institutions enabling harmonised measurement, management, and disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with lending and investment portfolios. With over 700 member institutions spanning six continents across North America, Latin…

Alfie Liu, Vice President of Huawei’s Middle East & Central Asia ICT Marketing & Solution Sales Department, and Dr. Shafika Isaacs, Director a.i., UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education and Chief of Section for Technology and AI in Education. During the Huawei ICT Competition 2025–2026 Global Final, Huawei officially launched the EduTech1.0 Framework, a comprehensive framework designed for educational institutions, governments, and industry partners to advance intelligent education through both technology-enabled learning innovation and digital talent development. The framework aims to accelerate the transition from digital education to intelligent education while helping build a more inclusive, personalised, and sustainable…

One of Faizal Abdul Razak’s most vivid childhood memories involves a neighbourhood bakery in the bustling Satwa. “I remember when I was in high school, my mother would cook curry, put it in the fridge, and go to work,” he says. At around lunchtime, Razak would hurry to Sun Bakery to buy some bread, reheat it at home and use it to mop up the curry from his plate. Razak grew up in Satwa, flew the nest but returned, lured by its affordability, comfort and no-frills way of life. “I realised that all of my inspiration comes from this place,”…

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense on Monday denied reports circulating on social media claiming that Prince Sultan Air Base in Al-Kharj had come under attack. Brig. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, said the reports were inaccurate and urged the public to rely on official sources for information. Al-Maliki explained that the activation of warning sirens in Al-Kharj before dawn was a precautionary measure following the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen that disappeared near the border. He added that investigations are ongoing to determine the circumstances surrounding the missile launch. Earlier,…

DAMMAM — Emir of the Eastern Province Prince Saud bin Naif inaugurated six key road projects in the province in a ceremony held at the emirate headquarters on Monday. The projects, valued at a total of SR406 million, were launched in the presence of Minister of Transport and Logistics Eng. Saleh Al-Jasser, along with a number of senior officials from the transport and logistics sector. The Emir also witnessed the signing of a package of agreements for the region’s transport system, with a total value exceeding SR3 billion. Speaking on the occasion, Prince Saud emphasized that the high-quality projects being…

Standard Chartered has received approval from the Capital Market Authority (CMA) for Standard Chartered Capital Saudi Arabia to undertake Investment Management and Operating Funds activities in the Kingdom. The approval enhances the Bank’s ability to provide onshore investment management and fund operations capabilities in Saudi Arabia, supporting institutional clients as investor participation and capital market activity continue to expand across the Kingdom.   This further expands Standard Chartered’s existing platform in Saudi Arabia and the wider region, reinforcing its ability to connect clients and investors in the Kingdom to opportunities across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, the US and Africa. Sarah…

Eric Doerr, Chief Product Officer, Tenable. Tenable® Holdings, Inc., the exposure management company, recently announced the Tenable One Open Connector, a new capability that enables customers to bring third-party, custom and internal data from any source into the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. Combined with more than 300 pre-built integrations, customers can unify all exposure data in one place to better prioritise risk and accelerate remediation. Tenable also announced the Tenable Open Partner Ecosystem Network, reinforcing its commitment to an open-first approach that brings together disparate security tools into a more unified and proactive defence. Traditional security platforms limit customers…

Just metres beneath the surface off Fujairah’s coast, clouds of juvenile fish darted in and out of specially designed reef structures as divers descended to examine what one marine scientist describes as the culmination of a 25-year idea. For more than two decades, marine ecologist Dr Aaron Bartholomew carried around an idea he believed could change the way artificial reefs work. The concept first took shape during his PhD research in 2001, long before conversations about biodiversity loss, climate resilience, and nature-positive infrastructure became mainstream. While many artificial reefs were designed to attract large fish, Bartholomew was focused on a…

TEHRAN — The Iranian military announced on Monday that it was halting its offensive operations against Israel after a day of reciprocal missile exchanges. Iran’s top military command Khatam al-Anbiya central command said “much more severe and crushing measures than before will follow” if Israel or its allies carry out any further “aggression and hostile acts,” including in southern Lebanon. The traded missile fire marked the most serious confrontation since a ceasefire took effect in April. Israel and Iran exchanged strikes Sunday night and into Monday after Iran announced military operations in response to Israel’s air strikes on Beirut in…

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump demanded on Monday that Israel and Iran “immediately stop ‘shooting’”, following a flurry of attacks that drove oil prices up around 4% and threatened to wreck US-led efforts to broker a deal to end the war. Israel hit a petrochemical plant in southwestern Iran ‌that it said was used to produce ballistic missiles, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it retaliated with a strike aimed at a similar Israeli facility in the city of Haifa. Trump later said the countries were aiming for a ceasefire while he insisted a deal is close.…