StarLink, an Infinigate Group company, is returning with its flagship event – a multi-city cybersecurity series spanning key markets across the Middle East. The spotlight is on the emerging AI vs AI cybersecurity combat, marking a new era where autonomous systems both identify and counter sophisticated, AI-driven threats at unprecedented speed. As organisations embrace AI to accelerate innovation, cyber adversaries are leveraging the same power to launch faster, smarter, and more sophisticated attacks. This year’s theme, “AI vs AI: The Silent Battle”, reflects this defining shift in the cybersecurity landscape, where artificial intelligence is no longer just an enabler but…
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The General Directorate of Passports at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah received the first flight of pilgrims arriving from the Kingdom of Thailand for this year’s Hajj season. The directorate affirmed full readiness to facilitate entry procedures at all air, land, and sea ports by deploying advanced technological capabilities and multilingual qualified personnel to ensure smooth and efficient services throughout the Hajj season. Source: Riyadh Daily
After over a month of closure, Dubai’s Global Village is reopening its doors to the public, welcoming visitors again from today 5 pm onwards. Ticket prices start at Dh25 per person. The season was previously scheduled to end on May 10, though it remains unclear whether dates will be extended. In the meantime, here are five experiences visitors should start with: 1. Viral street food that’s taking over social media Food remains one of the biggest draws at Global Village, with several viral favourites making rounds this season. At Taco Loco, visitors can try authentic Mexican birria tacos, slow-cooked and…
SOFIA — Bulgaria’s ex-president Rumen Radev, a euroskeptic former fighter pilot who opposes military support for Ukraine’s war effort against Moscow, hailed a “victory of hope” after his coalition topped the eighth parliamentary elections in five years on Monday. Bulgarians went to the polls on Sunday in the eighth parliamentary election in five years, with Radev, the clear frontrunner, promising to stamp out corruption and end a spiral of weak, short-lived governments.Pro-Russian Radev stepped down from the presidency in January to run in the election, which comes after mass protests forced out the previous government in December. A slick social…
WASHINGTON — The US military said it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people on Sunday, as the Trump administration continues its efforts to crackdown on the smuggling of drugs into the United States. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September, killing at least 181 people. Other strikes have taken place in the eastern Pacific Ocean as well. The series of strikes have ramped up again in the past week or so, despite the war in Iran, which…
Mostafa Zafer, Vice President of Automation, IBM Middle East and Africa, has written a thought leadership article that examines how automation and observability are now the new frontlines of operational continuity. Mostafa Zafer, Vice President of Automation, for IBM Middle East and Africa, has said that resilience is not about getting back to normal, but instead that the new normal keeps moving. Disruption has evolved. It is no longer episodic, a crisis to weather and recover from. It is systemic, unfolding across interconnected layers of infrastructure, supply chains, regulatory environments, and digital ecosystems. For organizations in the Middle East, this…
The first flight carrying beneficiaries of the Makkah Route Initiative from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, via Islamabad International Airport, arrived today at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah. The initiative provides high-quality services to visitors from participating countries by completing procedures in their home countries, including biometric enrollment, electronic issuance of Hajj visas, and passport procedures after verifying health requirements, in addition to coding and sorting luggage in line with transport and accommodation arrangements. Pilgrims are then transported directly via designated routes to their residences in Makkah and Madinah, while partner entities handle the delivery of their luggage. The initiative…
RIYADH — A maximum fine of SR900 will be slapped as a penalty for driving a deceased person’s vehicle without authorization. The penalty also includes impounding of the vehicle until the violation is rectified. The Public Security Directorate has proposed an amendment to the Traffic Law by adding a clause in this regard. The directorate has presented the proposal via the Istitlaa platform for public feedback before its approval. Amending paragraph four of Article 68 of the Traffic Law adds the offense of driving a vehicle, owned by a deceased person, without authorization to that vehicle as a traffic violation…
JEDDAH — Minister of Transport and Logistics Saleh Al-Jasser visited the dedicated terminal for the Makkah Route Initiative at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah on Saturday. He received pilgrims who arrived under the initiative from Bangladesh. The minister was briefed on the procedures implemented to facilitate pilgrims’ journeys, accelerate processing times, and deliver high-quality services that enable them to perform their rituals in ease and comfort. The Ministry of Interior has been implementing the Makkah Route initiative for the eighth year in 2026. This year the number of beneficiary countries of this initiative rose to 10 with the addition…
The first flight carrying beneficiaries of the Makkah Route Initiative arrived from Istanbul International Airport in the Republic of Türkiye to the Kingdom via the initiative’s terminal at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah. The Makkah Route Initiative aims to deliver high-quality services to pilgrims from beneficiary countries by receiving them and completing their procedures with ease in their homelands. This begins with biometric data collection and the electronic issuance of Hajj visas, followed by passport formalities at the departure airport after verifying health requirements, and the coding and sorting of luggage in line with transport and accommodation arrangements…