RIYADH — Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman met with United Arab Emirates Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Riyadh on Tuesday. During the meeting, they reviewed matters of mutual interest and ways to further strengthen cooperation and coordination between the two countries. They also exchanged views on regional and international developments. Source: Saudi Gazette
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Adil Ali, General Manager – Hiperdist Gulf; Wang Jack, Director of Cloud Ecosystem at Huawei Cloud Middle East; and Salman Syed, Senior Channel Sales & Alliance Manager at Huawei Cloud Middle East. Adil Ali, General Manager, Hiperdist Gulf, and Salman Syed, Senior Channel Sales & Alliance Manager, Huawei Cloud Middle East, discuss partner enablement, cloud adoption, and emerging opportunities across AI and data services. Hiperdist’s appointment as an Authorised Huawei Cloud Distributor for the UAE marks a new phase in the companies’ regional collaboration, extending a relationship established across Africa into one of the Middle East’s fastest-growing cloud markets. The partnership…
For many children in the UAE, the language they hear at home is different from the one they use at school. Parents may worry that learning both will leave their child struggling with each. Dr He Sun, a professor and researcher who studies children’s language learning, says children are capable of learning more than one language from an early age. The more useful question for parents is how to give them meaningful opportunities to use each one. “Children are more capable than your imagination. They can handle two languages since early on,” she told Khaleej Times. “They know which language…
TEHRAN — Iran’s parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday that any obstruction to the country’s energy exports would have consequences for the entire region, according to the state-run IRNA news agency “If Iran cannot sell its oil, no one in the region will sell oil, and if our security is not guaranteed, no infrastructure will be safe,” Ghalibaf said in an online parliamentary session, cautioning Washington against “miscalculations”. “If our security is not guaranteed, no infrastructure will be safe,” Ghalibaf said. His warning comes as Iran faces severe restrictions on its oil exports amid the…
WASHINGTON — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with U.S. Representative to the United Nations Michael Waltz in Washington on Tuesday. Senior Advisor to the U.S. President for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos was also present in the meeting. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States. They discussed ways to further enhance bilateral cooperation, as well as the latest regional developments and efforts to reach comprehensive and sustainable political solutions. Source: Saudi Gazette
Core42, a G42 company specialising in sovereign enabled cloud and AI infrastructure, signed an agreement with the UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC) to advance Signature Sovereign AI Cloud in the UAE. The two organisations will leverage Core42’s existing Signature Private Cloud offerings with advanced AI infrastructure, designed around the country’s sovereignty requirements. The agreement was signed at GISEC Global 2026 in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Cybersecurity Council, and Talal M. Al Kaissi, Chief Executive Officer of Core42. Government entities and regulated industries are adopting cloud and AI for increasingly critical…
What happens when 177 people laugh out loud together in a black-box theatre? This weekend, we found out. As Mumbai-based theatre company D for Drama brought Puraane Chawal to Dubai’s The Junction on September 26 and 27, there was something profoundly powerful about sitting in a room full of strangers and hearing laughter echo through it. One person gives in, then another, until suddenly an entire room is responding to the same moment at precisely the same time. There is nothing quite like live performance. And I suspect it will only become more important as we attempt to retain and…
RIYADH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman met UAE Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Riyadh on Tuesday. During the meeting, Sheikh Mansour conveyed the greetings of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the Crown Prince, who in turn asked him to convey his greetings to the UAE president. The two sides reviewed relations between Saudi Arabia and the UAE and discussed developments in the region. Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman attended the meeting. Source: Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — Fitch Ratings revealed that the Saudi stock market remained the largest in the Gulf region in September 2026, accounting for approximately 63 percent of the total market capitalization of Gulf stock markets. The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange followed with an 18 percent share, while the Dubai Financial Market accounted for about 7 percent. In its report, Fitch rated 24 entities listed on the Saudi market, representing approximately 84 percent of its market capitalization as of August 2026. The report noted that all of these entities carry investment-grade ratings, with 96 percent assigned a stable outlook. The report further…
Bertrando di Renzo does not believe a table is something to look at. He believes it is something to play with. “I always say that tables are like playgrounds,” says the founder of Italian interiors and lifestyle brand Les Ottomans. “We can have fun with them.” From 15 October to 15 November, that philosophy takes over Bungalo34, the beachfront restaurant at Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Dubai, in a month-long collaboration called “The Art of the Table”. The collaboration has been a long time in the making. Almost a decade ago, Natasha Sideris – Founder of Tashas Group and its…