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If Montenegro has suddenly made it onto your summer travel wishlist, there’s good news for UAE residents. The Balkan country has introduced a temporary visa-free entry scheme for eligible residents, making it easier than ever to plan a quick European getaway. However, there’s one important thing to remember: your passport and not your Emirates ID ultimately determines how you can enter Montenegro. While the new exemption opens the door for many UAE residents, the rules differ depending on your nationality and residency status. What if you have an Emirati passport? For Emirati passport holders, travelling to Montenegro is relatively straightforward.…
MOSCOW — Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of kilometres from the border in an overnight attack, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday, as Russia hit a train station and commercial ship in Ukraine. Both sides have been intensifying their long-range attacks in recent months, leading to a jump in civilian deaths. Kyiv has been firing record numbers of drones at Russia, while Moscow has been launching all-time high missile attacks. Zelensky said Ukraine had hit oil refineries in the Bashkortostan and Yaroslavl regions, about 700 kilometers from the front. The attacks were “strengthening the prospects for diplomacy,” Zelensky…
JERUSALEM — The Israeli army withdrew from the Qalandia refugee camp north of occupied East Jerusalem late Thursday after a nearly two-day military raid that left 51 Palestinians injured, Palestinian authorities said. The Jerusalem Governorate said Israeli forces pulled out after an operation involving widespread raids, searches and detentions. Israeli forces demolished commercial shops near the Qalandiya checkpoint on Thursday, before imposing a curfew on the neighboring town of Kafr Aqab and sealing off roads linking the area to Jerusalem. Several homes and other buildings were seized and turned into detention and field interrogation centers during the operation, the governorate…
At Future of Memory and Storage 2026 (FMS 26), Sandisk will showcase how NAND innovation is powering the next phase of AI infrastructure. As larger models, longer context windows, and agentic applications drive unprecedented demand for capacity, bandwidth, and power efficiency, memory and storage are increasingly critical to AI performance and deployment at scale. Sandisk is helping customers scale AI inference with advanced NAND technologies built to keep pace with the evolving needs of data centers, cloud environments, and AI-driven workloads. “AI infrastructure has entered a new phase where the ability to store, move, and access data efficiently has become…
“Mohammad Al Habib” Real Estate Company announced its participation as a platinum sponsor in the “Saudi Luxury Real Estate Show” (SLRE), which will be hosted in London from 24 to 28 August as part of the company’s plans to enhance its international presence and introduce its projects to global investors. The inaugural SLRE edition will be held at The Peninsula London Hotel, marking the first event of its kind in the United Kingdom. It is organized in strategic partnership with the Real Estate General Authority. It will feature participation from real estate developers, institutional investors, family offices, wealth managers, and…
Dubai delivery riders will receive 5,000 health kits this month as authorities step up efforts to protect workers from heat exhaustion and heatstroke during the peak summer period. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched the ‘Safe and Healthy Summer for Delivery Riders’ campaign in collaboration with Keeta. The initiative will run throughout August and will combine health checks, safety awareness and the distribution of protective supplies. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The health kits will contain medical and protective supplies, as well as a hand fan and cooling towel to…
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), alongside Silver Lake and Affinity Partners, has completed its acquisition of video game giant Electronic Arts (EA), bringing one of the world’s biggest gaming companies under private ownership and marking another major milestone in the Kingdom’s global gaming ambitions. The deal, first announced in September 2025 and approved by EA shareholders in December, officially closed on Tuesday. Under the transaction, EA shareholders will receive $210 per share in cash, and the company’s stock has been delisted from the Nasdaq. EA, one of the world’s largest interactive…
BHM Capital, the leading financial institution in the capital markets of the United Arab Emirates, has become the first financial institution in the UAE to connect to the Astana International Exchange (AIX) as a Market Making Member through Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange’s (ADX) Tabadul platform, marking another strategic milestone in the company’s regional expansion and reinforcing its commitment to advancing cross-border capital market connectivity. This milestone enables BHM Capital to provide market making services on AIX through ADX’s Tabadul platform, the exchange connectivity platform that facilitates seamless access between participating regional and international capital markets. As the first financial institution…
BANGKOK — A school shooting left at least 7 people dead and 15 injuredin Thailand on Friday morning. The dead include three teachers, three students, and the gunman, according to the province’s disaster prevention and mitigation office. A witness at the scene said that the gunman, wearing a purple tracksuit, fired dozens of shots inside the school. National police spokesperson Trairong Phiwphan said the suspected gunman also died in the incident, which took place in Debsirin Nonthaburi School in the Bang Kruai district on the northwestern outskirts of Bangkok. Police identified the suspected perpetrator as a student. There were no…
The sixth edition of the PIF London Championship got underway on Thursday at Centurion Club in Hertfordshire, England, bringing together a field of the world’s leading women golfers. The tournament, organized by Golf Saudi, runs from August 6 to 9 as part of the PIF Global Series. The series aims to develop women’s golf and strengthen its international profile through a calendar of professional tournaments that raise the level of competition, expand the sport’s fan base, and attract investment to support its growth. Held over four days in St Albans, near London, the championship is sanctioned by the Ladies European…