Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) announced the successful implementation of the operational plan for the Haramain High Speed Railway during the 1447 AH Hajj season, with the railway transporting more than 1.16 million passengers through 5,569 trips linking Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah Main Station, King Abdulaziz International Airport Station, and King Abdullah Economic City Station. The service supported the smooth movement of pilgrims and facilitated their travel between destinations connected by the railway network throughout the season. The Haramain High Speed Railway recorded outstanding performance during the Hajj season, achieving an on-time performance rate exceeding 98%. The number of daily…
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TIRANA— Thousands took to the streets of Albania’s capital Tirana on Thursday in the latest demonstration against the development of a luxury resort planned by US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. The project, expected to cost around 5 billion euros ($4.6-billion), has provoked outrage in the Balkan country because of its location near a protected wetland on the country’s Adriatic coast poses a risk to the environment and to a nearby lagoon critical to migrating birds. Protesters also point out a perceived lack of transparency surrounding the plans designed by foreign investors. Albania has been rocked by nearly two…
LONDON — The Israeli government is presiding over a deliberate campaign of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and the Western governments have done too little to prevent the violence, a new report by Amnesty International has claimed. The report said the ongoing activities could not be blamed solely on rogue settlers or hawkish ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet. The damning report by Amnesty International comes as the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said settler violence in the occupied West Bank has reached record levels, with an average of six attacks daily causing…
MOZN, a leading enterprise AI platform, recently announced a major leap in its Enterprise Fraud Management (EFM) solution with the introduction of AI Rule Builder, empowering fraud teams to turn control decisions into production ready fraud rules in minutes instead of waiting days for engineering and QA cycles. The first of its kind in the region, MOZN AI Rule Builder brings natural language rule creation into a unified enterprise fraud management solution, enabling institutions to generate, govern, and deploy high‑impact fraud rules at unprecedented speed while staying tightly aligned with existing data models and real‑time processing constraints. As fraud attacks…
Officials from the Abha Chamber of Commerce met today with an economic delegation from the People’s Republic of China to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral economic and investment cooperation, explore promising investment opportunities in Aseer Region, and support international economic partnerships. Participants reviewed a range of investment opportunities across several key sectors, including tourism, industry, services, and agriculture, underscoring the region’s potential to attract local and international investors. Both sides emphasized the importance of strengthening communication and cooperation between the business community in Aseer and its counterparts in China, while exploring mechanisms to further develop trade and investment relations. The…
When Wadha Al Marri rushed her infant son to an emergency department in Abu Dhabi in 2019, his temperature had climbed to 40°C. She feared the worst. Instead of being taken straight for treatment, she says she was stopped at reception and asked for documents her foster son did not yet have. “I offered my own ID. I offered my bank card. I said, ‘Please, just treat him,’” Al Marri recalled. “He was burning with fever, and I was standing there crying.” The child was eventually treated after medical staff intervened, but the experience remains one of several incidents that…
JEDDAH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman has sent a letter of appreciation to French President Emmanuel Macron, expressing gratitude for the kind invitation extended to him to attend the G7 Summit meeting and working lunch scheduled to take place in the French town of Évian on Tuesday, June 16. In the letter, the Crown Prince conveyed his regrets for being unable to attend the summit due to prior commitments. He reaffirmed the strength of the strategic relations between the two friendly nations, and extended his best wishes for the success of the summit. Source: Saudi…
RIYADH — The Saudi General Authority of Media Regulation (GAMR) summoned a Saudi citizen for insulting a sister nation through an audio recording posted on a social media platform. Following the completion of the necessary legal procedures, the suspect was referred to the Public Prosecution on June 8, as the act constitutes a cybercrime under Article 6 of the Anti-Cybercrime Law. This move came after the authority identified on June 6 offensive content in an audio recording that carries insults directed at the symbols and leaders of a sister nation. Such content is in violation of the Anti-Cybercrime Law, which…
Meta Platforms recently expanded its collaboration with Reliance Industries by agreeing to lease its first AI-enabled data centre in India as part of its ambitions to grow their presence in the country. Meta stated Reliance will build the facility in the Indian state of Gujarat with 168MW of capacity which Meta will use to “scale its AI infrastructure”. The Facebook-owner explained it is investing aggressively to expand its capacity footprint, and India’s “tech-forward digital economy”, massive user base and the strength of its partnership with Reliance makes it the ideal location. Reliance has identified Jamnagar, Gujarat as a strategic location,…
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Charitable Foundation and Honorary President of the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz approved the 12th edition winners of the prize for 2026, following the completion of adjudication and scientific evaluation. The edition received 275 nominations from 69 countries worldwide. The prize comprises five categories: the Creativity Prize, Surface Water Prize, Groundwater Prize, Alternative Water Resources Prize, and Water Management & Protection Prize. The prize is held under the patronage of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman…