Author: Editorial Team
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.…
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…
Rudie Opperman. Rapid progress across the UAE’s digital economy has created new opportunities to embed trust, transparency, and accountability into public services. Recent regulations introduced by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, governing the use of body-worn cameras by Dubai Court enforcement officers represent far more than an operational enhancement. The move marks a significant step in the nation’s broader ambition to establish itself as a global benchmark for Responsible Technology. Artificial Intelligence and the…
Dubai summers have always been about mall strolls, late-night drives along Sheikh Zayed Road and children enjoying soft-serve ice cream in abundance. But this year, the city has raised the stakes. Dubai’s new ‘Kids Go Free’ summer campaign is essentially a city‑wide cheat code for families, offering free stays, free play and, in many cases, free meals for children, all bundled into one package. Running through the school holidays, the campaign brings together a wide network of hotels, theme parks and attractions under one umbrella, with a simple idea that if adults pay, kids don’t have to. At participating hotel…
BAGHDAD — At least 21 people were killed and several more injured when a passenger bus rolled over and caught fire near the southern city of Nassiriya on Sunday, rollover, authorities said. In a statement, the Iraqi health ministry said 21 people died and 19 others were injured in the accident on the Nasiriyah-Basra highway. The victims included Iranians visting Iraq. The accident occurred after the driver lost control of the bus on the road near Nassiriya, causing the vehicle to overturn and burst into flames, officials said. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi ordered an investigation into the causes of…
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, held a phone call with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar to discuss the implications of developments in the region. During the Prince’s call on Monday with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani, the two sides discussed the region’s latest developments and their implications. They also discussed the efforts being made by both countries to support the region’s security and stability. Source: Saudi Gazette
PIF and Talaat Moustafa Group Saudi for Real Estate Development (TMG), today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to explore opportunities, cooperate and collaborate in mixed-use real estate projects at developments owned by PIF and its projects across Saudi Arabia. By leveraging PIF’s extensive investment capabilities, scale, and ecosystem, alongside TMG’s track record in delivering integrated mixed used developments, the parties aim to unlock opportunities across the residential, commercial, hospitality, and retail sectors, as well as integrated urban environments. The MoU would further accelerate project delivery and value creation for PIF and its projects. TMG brings extensive…
Microsoft recently claimed that its new quantum chip is vastly more reliable than its previous version, paving the way for a quantum computer solving commercially useful problems within the next three years. At the heart of quantum computing are qubits, which offer the promise of answering questions that defeat today’s machines, but are notoriously delicate and unstable. Microsoft says the qubits on Majorana 2, its new chip, survive for an average of 20 seconds, rather than the milliseconds of Majorana 1. That means the new chip is 1,000 times more reliable – an improvement in performance the tech giant compares…
For more than a decade, UAE expat Sonia believed she had asthma. By the time the real diagnosis arrived, her lungs were failing. “I have a choice. I die or I have a transplant,” she recalled. “And I looked around me and I saw all these incredible reasons to live.” A year after undergoing a double lung transplant at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Sonia is paying tribute to the medical team that saved her life, and to the anonymous donor whose organs allowed her to “literally learn to breathe” again. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT…