Author: Editorial Team

The National Research and Development Center for Sustainable Agriculture (Estidamah) concluded its participation in the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (COP17) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, showcasing Saudi Arabia’s advanced agricultural solutions for arid environments.  Estidamah presented key research findings on the impact of high-tech greenhouses on agricultural efficiency, notably reducing water consumption to produce one kilogram of tomatoes from 350 liters in open-field cultivation to 4.9 liters, while increasing yield from five to 99 kilograms per square meter.  In crop development, the center highlighted rapid breeding techniques and extended photoperiods that can produce five…

LONDON — At least 17 companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank hold United Kingdom public-sector contracts worth more than 2.1 billion pounds ($2.85bn), a new report revealed on Friday. The findings by an Al Jazeera investigation come as more than 140 UK Labour MPs are calling on the government to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering. Burnham’s plans to impose tougher sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have deepened divisions within the governing Labour Party. Supporters are also…

Rahul Misra, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, MEA at IFS. IFS, the leading provider of Industrial AI software announces its participation at LEAP 2026, taking place from 31 August–3 September 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. IFS will demonstrate how Industrial AI creates value in work environments and supports organisations to move beyond experimentation and generic AI to achieve measurable outcomes in the real world. IFS is participating with its partner, Microsoft to showcase how the partnership enables customers to accelerate transformation on a secure and scalable technology foundation. At the event, IFS will demonstrate how AI can understand the…

The Saudi-Syrian relationship is no longer moving only through the language of diplomacy. It is now moving through banks, transport corridors, investment councils, export platforms, energy discussions, logistics channels, urban development projects, and private-sector partnerships. This shift matters Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the beginning of Syria’s transitional phase under President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Saudi Arabia has played a central role in helping Syria return to its Arab, regional, and international surroundings. The Kingdom’s support has not been limited to political statements. It has been visible in the diplomatic push to break Syria’s isolation, in the encouragement of…

NEW YORK — Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Olabi, accused Israel on Thursday of escalating tensions in the region, saying its military strikes and incursions in Syria are pushing the region toward catastrophe Speaking during a UN Security Council session, Olabi said, “The entire region is standing at a threshold of a regional war that would spare no one,” because of “the narrow electoral calculations” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the policies of a “reckless and extremist government.” His remarks came as senior UN officials briefed the council on the humanitarian situation in Syria and…

Vlad Korsunsky, Chief Technology Officer, Tenable. SentinelOne®, the AI security leader, and Tenable® Holdings, Inc., the exposure management company, recently released joint research that suggests a growing disconnect between vulnerability discovery, disclosure and actual exploitation. The research draws on Tenable’s exposure data across thousands of organisations and remediation telemetry with SentinelOne’s endpoint and post-exploitation detection data. Together, both views produce a prioritised picture of where risk is concentrating, with lessons ripe for the Frontier AI era. The most critical takeaway: Both nation state and criminal threat actors are focusing on vendors and susceptible points in the attack surface more than…

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed ElKhereiji met today with Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Dr. Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, who was accompanied by Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held in Jeddah.  During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations and addressed issues of common interest. Source: Riyadh Daily

Commercial activity at the Unaizah International Dates Season, known as “Naqwa Unaizah,” is accelerating as dates arrive at the Food City in Unaizah.  The event brings together farmers, auctioneers, and buyers. Daily auctions serve as the main link in the dates marketing chain, connecting producers directly with markets.  From the early morning hours, the auction yards receive dates from farms before displays and bidding begin. This commercial cycle provides farmers with a direct outlet to market their crops and shortens the distance between farms and markets.  Unaizah Chamber of Commerce Chairman Khalid Al-Saikhan said the chamber’s efforts, in cooperation with…

Farbod Sadeghian – Founder of TheBlock FZCO; Sebastian Agren – co-founder & COO of Tribe; Gary Blowers – CEO of Tribe. The partnership will combine Tribe’s regulated property investment infrastructure with TheBlock’s broker network, training capabilities and physical ecosystem in Dubai Tribe Tokenisation FZE, a Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)-licensed broker-dealer platform specialising in structured tokenised real estate, has entered a strategic distribution partnership with TheBlock FZCO, a Dubai-based fintech and digital asset ecosystem. The collaboration will combine Tribe’s regulated broker-dealer and distribution infrastructure with TheBlock’s market reach, broker engagement capabilities and physical facilities at One Central, Dubai. The companies plan…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America” amid growing tensions between Canada and the United States. He signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the US geographic naming service. Trump cannot force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention, however. Trump has been floating the idea of the name change in recent days as the US announced it was imposing 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods over the weekend after talks between the countries broke down. Trump has been needling…