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AMMAN — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Egyptian Expatriates Dr. Badr Abdelatty in Amman on Wednesday. They discussed the latest developments across the Middle East, along with the ongoing efforts to address them. They also reviewed ways to further enhance bilateral cooperation between the two nations. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting in Support of Jerusalem and its Holy Sites, held in Amman. Source: Saudi Gazette
Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB), one of the Kingdom’s leading banks, and Qatar Airways Privilege Club have announced the launch of the SAB Qatar Airways Privilege Club Credit Card in Saudi Arabia. This Visa Infinite credit card is the first co-branded payment card between Qatar Airways Privilege Club and a bank in the Kingdom. The new co-brand credit card allows cardholders to earn Avios, the reward currency of Qatar Airways Privilege Club, through everyday spending and redeem them towards a wide range of rewards. These include flights with Qatar Airways, oneworld®️ and partner airlines, upgrades, packages with Qatar Airways Holidays, dining…
Vlad Korsunsky, Chief Technology Officer, Tenable. Tenable® Holdings, Inc., the exposure management company, recently launched the CyberAgents Exchange, a new open-source AI exchange created to foster industry collaboration and improve collective cyber defence. The CyberAgents Exchange, powered by Tenable, is the only purpose-built, cybersecurity-native registry for AI agents, skills, MCP servers and multi-agent playbooks in the current market. Security teams are increasingly turning to AI to scale security operations and manage risk overload, but end up building AI agents in isolation, repeatedly reinventing the wheel. Existing AI exchanges are either general-purpose or vendor-gated, forcing security teams to wade through irrelevant…
RIYADH — Minister of Municipalities and Housing Majid Al-Hogail said that the new Cabinet decision will enable eligible families to own housing units. The Council of Ministers has approved on Tuesday a framework allowing investors to develop planned land and construct housing units for beneficiaries of developmental housing programs in exchange for ownership of a percentage of the land. The minister said that the executive regulations will be announced once the necessary procedures have been completed. “The ministry will announce the executive regulations for the amendment after completing the necessary procedures, in coordination with the relevant authorities. The new approach…
AMMAN — Fourteen Arab and Islamic foreign ministers, who met in Amman on Wednesday, warned that Israeli attacks against Islamic holy sites in the occupied Jerusalem constitute a blatant provocation to the sentiments of around two billion Muslims worldwide. “These attacks push towards a religious conflict with repercussions that will extend beyond the region and threaten regional and international peace and security,” they said in a joint statement issued at the end of the Ministerial Meeting in support of Jerusalem and its Holy Sites. Members of the Arab Ministerial Committee tasked with mobilizing international action in response to illegal Israeli…
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Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO, Fortinet. New platform combines ASIC-powered threat protection with cloud-delivered SASE for customer-controlled environments Fortinet, the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, has announced the FortiGate 1200G series, the newest addition to the FortiGate G series with FortiSASE Outpost, which brings cloud-delivered security services into customer-controlled environments. By combining high-performance threat protection, modern connectivity, hardware-rooted platform security, and cloud-delivered security capabilities, the solution gives organisations the flexibility to enforce security where it makes the most business sense. Whether on-premises, at the edge, or in the cloud, security teams…
RIYADH — The Tawakkalna App announced the addition of 40 new services during the last month of July. These services are developed in collaboration with 24 government entities, as part of the App’s ongoing efforts to expand the range of digital services available through the comprehensive national platform. The initiative is aimed at making it easier for beneficiaries to access government services through a single, unified platform. The participating entities included Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Media, Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, Saudi Tourism Authority, General Authority for Real Estate, Saudi Standards, Metrology…
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has introduced a new electronic service enabling individuals to request the transfer of foreign workers’ services from private sector establishments to individuals, subject to a set of regulations and conditions. The initiative is intended to regulate the transfer of workers from private sector establishments to individuals for employment in domestic professions, Okaz newspaper reported quoting the ministry sources. The ministry stipulated that foreign worker’s work permit must be valid and that the worker must not be employed in a high-level profession, including educational, technical, healthcare, and specialist occupations, as well…
DETROIT — Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive public health advocate, claimed victory over Michigan’s closely fought Democratic Senate primary on Wednesday. With more than 95 percent of the votes counted, El-Sayed took to X to celebrate: “We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let’s win in November.” El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for the US Senate defeating Congresswoman Haley Stevens. However, the voting count is still underway as the official results are too close to call. NBC News has declared El-Sayed the winner, but the Associated Press and The New York Times have not…