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Raul Villar Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Optro. Dubai regional centre will provide local support for audit, risk and compliance teams across the Middle East and North Africa Optro, the leading AI-powered GRC Intelligence Platform, today announced its expansion into the United Arab Emirates (UAE), establishing Dubai as the company’s newest regional center. The move represents a major step forward in serving global GRC teams and providing localised support for its rapidly growing customer base across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The announcement was made at the 2026 CAE Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The expansion…
RIYADH — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan received on Monday phone calls from Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom Edward Miliband and Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullatif Al-Zayani. During the call, Prince Faisal and Miliband discussed Houthi militia attacks on King Khalid International Airport. Miliband affirmed the UK’s condemnation of Houthi acts of violence targeting Yemen and civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia. He expressed the UK’s solidarity with both Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government in confronting these attacks. They also discussed bilateral relations between the two countries, as…
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) launched a volunteer project for psychological support and rehabilitation in Kano State, Federal Republic of Nigeria, coinciding with World Mental Health Day. The project, which runs from October 10 to 16 in cooperation with Al-Mawaddah Society for Family Development, involves three volunteers from various specialties. The center’s volunteer team has provided specialized counseling sessions to 436 individuals since the campaign began. The project is part of the humanitarian programs and efforts delivered by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through KSrelief to provide psychological support to people in need and affected communities worldwide.…
SoftBank Group is reportedly targeting up to $100 billion in funding to scale up the company’s AI ambitions. Apparently there are a number of investors in the Gulf in line to strike partnerships. The Financial Times (FT) reported that founder and CEO Masayoshi Son has been in discussions with senior figures across the Middle East including in the UAE over possible fundraising, although the outlet added there is no guarantee talks with the investors will amount to anything. It also did not name any companies or specific individual investors. FT sources claim Son is looking to use the cash to…
For some, TikTok is a way to relax after a busy day. For others, it has become a habit that is difficult to break, with hours passing by as they scroll through short videos. But how much does the app really affect the way young people spend their time? Three UAE residents, aged between 17 and 23, shared how TikTok has become part of their daily routines and whether they believe it has affected their lives. 8 hours a day on TikTok with no plans to stop For 23-year-old Alreem Ali, TikTok has become such a regular part of her…
GENEVA —At least 139 people, including 15 children, have died and 84 are missing after a boat carrying more than 300 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, according to the United Nations migration agency. In a statement on Sunday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) quoted survivors as saying that the incident happened near Guhere off Djibouti’s eastern coast in the Gulf of Aden near the Bab al-Mandeb strait from Thursday night to before dawn on Friday. “Our teams are on the ground alongside local authorities to provide emergency assistance,” IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti…
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance held a guidance session in Madinah for the fourth group of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ Umrah and Visit Program, featuring Imam Sheikh Dr. Khalid Al-Muhanna. Al-Muhanna encouraged the guests to be grateful to Allah for the gift of Islam, emphasizing that gratitude is among the highest expressions of faith. The fourth group comprises 250 Umrah pilgrims from 21 countries. Source: Riyadh Daily
(L-R) Suren Vedantham, CEO, Exelixi AI & Steve Lockie, Managing Director of TechBridge MEA. Exelixi AI, an enterprise Agentic AI products company, recently announced the appointment of TechBridge Distribution MEA as its authorised distributor for the United Arab Emirates. The appointment gives TechBridge’s established network of resellers and systems integrators access to Exelixi AI’s entire portfolio of products for business productivity including Visionaible – Agentic Computer Vision solutions; Finaible- Agentic Commercial Banking underwriting; Aclaim – Agentic Customer Lifecycle Management; Exellens – Agentic Business Intelligence Assistant; and ExelGRC Agentic GRC for AI adoption. With a broad range of use cases and…
NEW DELHI — Leaders of India’s “cockroach” movement have vowed to press on with their protests, hours after police in New Delhi unleashed brutal force at young protesters angry over what they say is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s manipulation of the country’s electoral system, bashing them and dragging them to detention by the thousands. The rallies in the capital come after weeks of opposition mobilization following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter roll revision that critics say could benefit Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission of India, which oversees the voting process in the world’s most…
In a follow-up statement on the attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on the afternoon of Sunday, October 11, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) reported that a Pakistani resident was killed and 11 others were injured. The injured were immediately taken to a hospital for treatment. The attack also caused material damage that is still being assessed. Source: Riyadh Daily