Author: Editorial Team
BEIJING — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told Israel to stop its “forced establishment” of settlements in the West Bank and reverse its actions, his office said. China has consistently held that the Palestinian question is the greatest historical injustice of this century, Wang told Herzog during a meeting in Azerbaijan, according to a statement by the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday. The “Palestinian question” is “the greatest historical injustice of this century”, Wang told Israeli President Isaac Herzog in a face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of a conference in Azerbaijan. Herzog said in a post on X that…
Would you pay an extra Dh2,500 just to get your hands on Apple’s first foldable iPhone on day one? Some UAE buyers are ready to pay that premium as pre-orders for the iPhone Duo begin at 4pm on Friday. The phone, which starts at Dh8,499, will be available in Star White and Night Sky. It will reach stores on October 23. But traders in Deira’s phone market said that the interest is already strong, especially from Apple fans who have waited for the company to enter the foldable-phone market. Moideeen Mustafa, from Phone Line in Deira market, said demand is…
The Royal Institute of Traditional Arts “Wrth” participated in Riyadh Energy Week, coinciding with the WPC Energy Congress, presenting a contemporary Saudi experience that introduced international delegations to traditional Saudi arts. The participation featured several activities, with Wrth entrepreneurs showcasing their handcrafted products and visitors learning about traditional arts from across the Kingdom through informational displays. “Wrth Cinema” presented visual content documenting these arts in an engaging style, while an interactive mural allowed visitors to take part in coloring traditional art patterns. The participation is part of Wrth’s efforts to enhance the presence of traditional Saudi arts at international forums…
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the forthcoming execution of a former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 colleagues in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, will not be live-streamed, upending a controversial plan that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled last week. Trump had previously said he approved of livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad, while Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on whether it would happen and said he would not watch it. Trump’s decision to cancel the livestream came after widespread criticism in the US and globally. On Thursday,…
Arvind Nithrakashyap, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Rubrik. Rubrik, the Security and AI Operations Company, recently announced Rubrik MCP (Model Context Protocol), giving an organisation’s AI agents a secure, programmable path to Rubrik’s data, identity, and application intelligence. Support for MCP expands Rubrik AI, which is now trusted by one-third of its global customers, and unites Anthropic’s frontier models with Rubrik’s domain expertise and security guardrails—to deliver a multi-step reasoning agent engineered for critical incident response. “We are seeing rapid growth with AI, and the addition of Rubrik MCP transforms security operations by seamlessly connecting customer AI agents directly…
DUBAI — Iran has said a “violating” oil tanker is on fire near the eastern section of the Strait of Hormuz in the second such incident in the area in 24 hours.. An army statement claimed the “rogue tanker” disabled its tracking systems and was attempting to pass through the restricted zone in the Gulf of Oman. The incident follows new images of a ship reportedly carrying over 2,500 containers sinking after it hit a mine in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. Iran’s navy said monitoring teams patrolling the eastern sector of the Strait of Hormuz detected the tanker…
NEW YORK — Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new charges of conspiracy to commit torture. The pair, who have been held in US custody since their capture in January during a US military raid, appeared at a New York court after prosecutors alleged they conspired to commit acts including waterboarding, rapes and beatings against victims, including American citizens, in Venezuelan detention. Maduro, who has previously called himself a “prisoner of war,” slammed the latest charges as “false accusations” during a 35-minute hearing. The US government initially accused Maduro of…
The 2026–2027 Riyadh Racing Season will kick off tomorrow at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh, with expectations for an exceptional season in terms of both sporting quality and attendance, building on the success of the recently concluded Taif Racing Season. The season will run for six consecutive months, spanning 24 weeks, and conclude on April 17, 2027. It will feature competition among leading stables, trainers, and jockeys and include the Saudi Cup, the world’s richest horse race, with prize money exceeding $38 million. Total prize money for the season stands at SAR236.3 million, the highest in the history of the…
Rubrik, the security and AI operations company, recently announced Rubrik Apache Iceberg Protection, the company’s enterprise data protection capability for Apache Iceberg on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The new solution expands Rubrik’s cloud data security and AI governance portfolio on AWS. It provides customers running Apache Iceberg the ability to recover complete, queryable tables following a cyber incident, so they respond and recover with greater ease. Bridging a critical gap in enterprise data lakehouse resilience Native snapshots are metadata pointers, not backups, and when a table is deleted, corrupted by ransomware, or overwritten by an errant AI agent, those pointers…
The Riyadh Art Program, one of the programs of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Royal Institute of Traditional Arts “Wrth” to strengthen cooperation in cultural and creative fields. The agreement aims to develop initiatives that bring together contemporary and traditional arts, serve the objectives of both parties, and enhance their cultural impact. The MoU covers the development of joint creative initiatives that bring together contemporary and traditional arts through the exchange of expertise, art residency programs, and seasonal events. It also includes cooperation to enhance the presence of both parties’ projects…