Author: Editorial Team

e& UAE recently announced the launch of its new Business Pro AI plans, introducing AI-powered broadband bundled with Microsoft Copilot to power the next generation of AI ready businesses. This offering combines faster business fibre connectivity, advanced digital productivity tools, and enterprise-grade AI capabilities into a single, simplified subscription to accelerate AI transformation for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the country. Esam Mahmoud, Senior Vice President, SMB Sales and Marketing, e& UAE, said: “SMEs play an essential role in the UAE economy, but many continue to face cost and implementation barriers when adopting advanced AI tools. By including Microsoft…

RIYADH — The Ministry of Commerce emphasized the importance of complying with the regulations and provisions of the Commercial Franchise Law and its executive regulations when granting or exercising a franchise. The ministry warned against six major violations that a franchisor or franchisee may commit while conducting franchise activities. These violations include failing to register the franchise agreement and disclosure document with the ministry within 90 days of the agreement’s signing; failing to provide the franchisee with the disclosure document at least 14 days before the agreement’s conclusion or the date of any payment, whichever is earlier; and failing to…

JERUSALEM — A four-year-old child was among three Palestinians killed in central Gaza on Sunday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to escalate attacks over the alleged launching of paper kites from the war-torn enclave. Israel fired missiles at a warehouse in az-Zawayda, reducing it to rubble, and then carried out strikes near Salah al-Din Street, killing four-year-old Muhammad Abdel Salam Taha. Israeli drone attacks also targeted southern Khan Younis and a tent sheltering displaced people in Deir el-Balah, resulting in more casualties. An Anadolu correspondent, citing a medical source, said Mohammed Abdul Nasser Abu Asad, 27, was killed and…

A growing number of UAE mothers are placing Apple AirTags in children’s backpacks or fastening them to wristbands, saying the small devices give them reassurance during the journey to school, on bus routes and during field trips. The motivation, they say, is not necessarily to monitor every moment of a child’s day. It is to calm the anxiety that can come with a first school year particularly when a young child is travelling independently by bus for the first time. “I put one in my daughter’s bag when she was in KG1,” said Mariam, a mother who shared her experience.…

Eric Doerr, Chief Product Officer, Tenable. Tenable® Holdings, Inc., the exposure management company, recently announced enhanced AI security capabilities within the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. Tenable One AI Exposure now delivers expanded platform coverage with support for Google Gemini, extending its coverage across major LLMs: Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise and Microsoft Copilot. The release also extends discovery to all major Model Context Protocol (MCP) deployments and AI-native Integrated Development Environment (IDE) tools. Together, these capabilities give security teams a more complete view of where AI is being used, what risk it creates and where action is…

 The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST), in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), has released the fifth edition of the Digital and Space Sustainability Report. The report aims to enhance transparency in sustainability, raise awareness, support informed decision-making, and attract investment, while showcasing Saudi Arabia’s efforts to leverage digital and space technologies to advance sustainable development and strengthen its global leadership in digital regulation and sustainability. The report highlights Saudi Arabia’s most notable achievements in digital sustainability in 2025. These include Saudi Arabia ranking first globally in the ITU’s ICT…

 The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST), in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), has released the fifth edition of the Digital and Space Sustainability Report. The report aims to enhance transparency in sustainability, raise awareness, support informed decision-making, and attract investment, while showcasing Saudi Arabia’s efforts to leverage digital and space technologies to advance sustainable development and strengthen its global leadership in digital regulation and sustainability. The report highlights Saudi Arabia’s most notable achievements in digital sustainability in 2025. These include Saudi Arabia ranking first globally in the ITU’s ICT…

The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance conducted a religious course for students seeking knowledge in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, with approximately 150 participants. The four-day course aims to deepen participants’ understanding of Islamic law and strengthen their knowledge of its principles and rulings. The course is part of the ministry’s outreach programs conducted outside the Kingdom to promote moderation, instill Islamic beliefs among those seeking knowledge, enhance their academic and religious knowledge, and equip them to serve the Muslim community better. Source: Riyadh Daily

ASTANA — Kazakhstan opened more than 10,400 polling stations on Sunday for the first elections to its new 145-seat unicameral legislature, the Kurultai, marking the country’s first nationwide vote under its new constitutional system. Polling stations across the country opened at 7 a.m. local time and are scheduled to close at 8 p.m., while some stations at military facilities, shift-worker settlements, continuous-production facilities and specialized institutions opened an hour earlier. Kazakh citizens abroad can cast their ballots at 79 polling stations established at diplomatic missions in 61 countries. Voting abroad has been suspended in Iran and Ukraine due to security…

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Saturday to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state in Gaza or the occupied West Bank for as long as he remains in office. Netanyahu made the remarks in response to Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List, who said a Palestinian state already exists and is recognized by most of the international community, while urging Israel and the United States to recognize it as well. “As long as I am prime minister, there will be no Palestinian state controlled by Iran, neither in Gaza nor in Judea and Samaria,” Netanyahu…