Author: Editorial Team
BEIRUT — An Israeli interceptor missile exploded over the town of Khiam in southern Lebanon on Monday, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported, as tensions persist along the border amid ongoing US-led negotiations aimed at addressing security arrangements and ending the Israeli occupation of the country. The NNA said the explosion occurred over Khiam in the Marjayoun district, without providing further details. At around the same time, the Israeli army said it had launched an interceptor toward a “suspicious aerial target” detected in an area where its forces were operating in southern Lebanon. The army said details of the…
SoftBank Group is reportedly targeting up to $100 billion in funding to scale up the company’s AI ambitions. Apparently there are a number of investors in the Gulf in line to strike partnerships. The Financial Times (FT) reported that founder and CEO Masayoshi Son has been in discussions with senior figures across the Middle East including in the UAE over possible fundraising, although the outlet added there is no guarantee talks with the investors will amount to anything. It also did not name any companies or specific individual investors. FT sources claim Son is looking to use the cash to…
For some, TikTok is a way to relax after a busy day. For others, it has become a habit that is difficult to break, with hours passing by as they scroll through short videos. But how much does the app really affect the way young people spend their time? Three UAE residents, aged between 17 and 23, shared how TikTok has become part of their daily routines and whether they believe it has affected their lives. 8 hours a day on TikTok with no plans to stop For 23-year-old Alreem Ali, TikTok has become such a regular part of her…
GENEVA —At least 139 people, including 15 children, have died and 84 are missing after a boat carrying more than 300 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, according to the United Nations migration agency. In a statement on Sunday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) quoted survivors as saying that the incident happened near Guhere off Djibouti’s eastern coast in the Gulf of Aden near the Bab al-Mandeb strait from Thursday night to before dawn on Friday. “Our teams are on the ground alongside local authorities to provide emergency assistance,” IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti…
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received a phone call from his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi to discuss the recent escalation in the region. Source: Saudi Gazette
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance held a guidance session in Madinah for the fourth group of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ Umrah and Visit Program, featuring Imam Sheikh Dr. Khalid Al-Muhanna. Al-Muhanna encouraged the guests to be grateful to Allah for the gift of Islam, emphasizing that gratitude is among the highest expressions of faith. The fourth group comprises 250 Umrah pilgrims from 21 countries. Source: Riyadh Daily
(L-R) Suren Vedantham, CEO, Exelixi AI & Steve Lockie, Managing Director of TechBridge MEA. Exelixi AI, an enterprise Agentic AI products company, recently announced the appointment of TechBridge Distribution MEA as its authorised distributor for the United Arab Emirates. The appointment gives TechBridge’s established network of resellers and systems integrators access to Exelixi AI’s entire portfolio of products for business productivity including Visionaible – Agentic Computer Vision solutions; Finaible- Agentic Commercial Banking underwriting; Aclaim – Agentic Customer Lifecycle Management; Exellens – Agentic Business Intelligence Assistant; and ExelGRC Agentic GRC for AI adoption. With a broad range of use cases and…
NEW DELHI — Leaders of India’s “cockroach” movement have vowed to press on with their protests, hours after police in New Delhi unleashed brutal force at young protesters angry over what they say is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s manipulation of the country’s electoral system, bashing them and dragging them to detention by the thousands. The rallies in the capital come after weeks of opposition mobilization following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter roll revision that critics say could benefit Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission of India, which oversees the voting process in the world’s most…
ISLAMABAD —Pakistan’s President President Asif Ali Zardari declared a state of emergency and suspended a provincial government led by the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday, which the federal government said had failed to tackle militancy in the province bordering Afghanistan. The state of emergency and imposition of a new governor in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sharply escalates a standoff between Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and the government, and comes a week after PTI supporters gathered in the province intending to march on Islamabad to demand Khan’s release. Hundreds of activists and three of Khan’s sisters have…
In a follow-up statement on the attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on the afternoon of Sunday, October 11, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) reported that a Pakistani resident was killed and 11 others were injured. The injured were immediately taken to a hospital for treatment. The attack also caused material damage that is still being assessed. Source: Riyadh Daily