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ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif received the new Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Rajeh Albugamy in Islamabad on Friday. Sharif congratulated the ambassador on his appointment, stressing that Pakistan-Saudi relations have developed significantly in recent years, and reaffirmed his country’s commitment to strengthening institutional cooperation and advancing the bilateral partnership across various sectors. He said Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have always stood by each other, describing the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement and the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement as historic milestones in their deep-rooted fraternal ties that reflect a shared commitment to regional peace and security. Albugamy…

Professor Ahmed bin Ali Al-Qahtani, Principal Scientist at the Research Centre of King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC), has been listed among Stanford University’s top 2 percent of the world’s most influential scientists for the fifth consecutive year, according to the ranking, which weighs the quality of published research and how often it is cited by other scientists. His repeated inclusion reflects the growing international visibility of Saudi researchers and their contribution to global scientific knowledge. Al-Qahtani’s career spans more than three decades. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from King Saud University in 1984, followed by…

Abdelilah Nejjari, Managing Director, Gulf, Levant, Türkiye, Caucasus and Central Asia, Cisco, outlines how the value AI can deliver for the region depends on the security, privacy and control of data in this exclusive op-ed. For years, discussions surrounding digital infrastructure in the Gulf have largely focused on pace: how quickly services could be digitised, networks expanded and new technologies adopted. Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the nature of that discussion. As AI moves from pilot projects into the core of how organisations operate, a more fundamental question comes into focus: who controls the data, the systems and the infrastructure…

KYIV — At least three people were killed and 35 others injured as Russia and Ukraine exchanged overnight drone and missile strikes, with Moscow launching one of its largest attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, officials from both countries said Saturday. In Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Russian airstrike on a residential neighborhood in Slovyansk killed one person and injured 10 others, according to Vadym Lyakh, head of the city’s military administration. Lyakh said eight apartment buildings were damaged, including two that were partially destroyed, while several people remained trapped beneath the rubble. In the southern Kherson region, another Russian airstrike…

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) continues to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people through its central kitchen, which distributed 25,000 hot meals on Wednesday to the most vulnerable groups in central and southern Gaza Strip, benefiting 25,000 people. The distribution is part of the Saudi campaign to provide relief to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.  This humanitarian and relief assistance is an extension of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing efforts through KSrelief to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Source: Riyadh Daily

Circus SE has unveiled its CA-1 AI-powered autonomous food production system in Abu Dhabi. The launch marks the company’s first deployment outside of Europe, bringing this first of its kind technology to the UAE. CA-1 is being deployed with Royal Prestige Food Contracts, one of the UAE’s leading contract caterers. Royal Prestige produces more than three million meals annually for clients such as the UAE Army, the UAE Royal Palace, UAE ministries, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the Red Crescent. How CA-1 works Output: Over 200 meals per load, up to 5 meals in parallel serving a wide variety…

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SpaceX recently entered into a deal to buy a low-band spectrum portfolio from Grain Management, this is part of the company’s increasing ambition to compete with U.S. carriers for mobile customers. The transaction for all of Grain Management’s nationwide portfolio of up to 14MHz of paired spectrum in the 800MHz band is subject to regulatory approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Financial terms are not available. “This is the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete phone coverage in America”, said SpaceX owner Elon Musk on X above a post which questioned the…

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VAD Technologies, a value-added distributor of enterprise technologies headquartered in Dubai, recently announced it has signed a distribution agreement with WEKA, the AI data and memory infrastructure company, to bring WEKA® NeuralMesh software and solutions to channel partners across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and other markets in the region. As organisations across the Middle East invest in AI infrastructure at scale, demand continues to grow for data infrastructure that keeps GPUs from sitting idle and improves AI workload efficiency. The partnership pairs WEKA’s technology with VAD Technologies’ regional channel ecosystem and market expertise to help partners capture that opportunity…