Middle East

Saudi Arabia to host WEF Special Meeting on Global Collaboration

Saudi Arabia will host the World Economic Forum (WEF) Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth, and Energy for Development on 28th-29th April, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

2024-04-23T08:44:01.959294+00:00 IST

Israeli military attacks Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Israeli forces also attacked buildings belonging to Hezbollah in al-Adisa and Arzoun in southern Lebanon.

2024-04-23T08:36:17.012712+00:00 IST

Technion scientists harness ultrasound for drug delivery

Prof Shulamit Levenberg's research group has developed an innovative non-invasive method for bio-printing live cells and tissues deep within the body using external sound wave irradiation.

2024-04-23T08:35:28.564124+00:00 IST

Israel’s FM lobbies EU ministers for more sanctions on Iran

The main goal is to impose sanctions on Iran's missile project, including the supply of missiles to all proxy terrorist entities associated with it in the Middle East.

2024-04-23T08:34:03.635722+00:00 IST

UAE shares successful government modernisation experiences

The Government Experience Exchange Office in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs received a delegation from the Government of the Republic of Rwanda, with the aim of sharing the UAE's successful experiences in government work.

2024-04-23T08:33:15.854145+00:00 IST

Israel’s FM lobbies EU ministers to impose sanction on Iran

The main goal is to impose sanctions on Iran's missile project, including the supply of missiles to all proxy terrorist entities associated with it in the Middle East.

2024-04-22T23:35:42.426198+00:00 IST

UAE President holds dinner banquet at Qasr Al Watan

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan hosted a dinner banquet today at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi in honour of his brother, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, Sultan of Oman, as part of the state visit to the UAE.

2024-04-22T23:21:03.829011+00:00 IST

UAE: G42 selects Qualcomm to boost AI inference performance

The Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 inference solutions are designed to provide industry-leading energy efficiency, portability, flexibility and price performance for customers running computationally intense AI workloads.

2024-04-22T22:39:59.653746+00:00 IST

Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre joins 38th Tunis Book Fair

The ALC pavilion at the Fair offers visitors the opportunity to explore the latest contemporary releases across various genres of literature, humanities, and children's literature, alongside a number of classical works, all as part of the hundreds of releases issued by the Kalima Project and the Basaer (Insights) series of research papers and studies.

2024-04-22T18:29:51.678013+00:00 IST

Conference of Khalifa Award for Education to discuss new trends

The conference aims to review the key international experiences in early education and explore visions and perspectives that align with the future of technological advancement in education.

2024-04-22T18:25:15.883203+00:00 IST

Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi directs University of Sharjah to estab

Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and President of the University of Sharjah (UoS), has recommended that the UoS develop a specialised centre to manage the risks of rapid climate change. The centre's emphasis will be on specialised studies in geographic and geological sectors to redesign valley routes and install warning sensors for their flow to aid in early evacuation efforts.

2024-04-22T18:17:17.195566+00:00 IST

Official opening ceremony of first Gulf Youth Games take place

At the heart of the opening ceremony lies a profound emphasis on three fundamental pillars: sustainability, unity, and the vibrancy of youth. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies and harnessing the power of artificial intelligence tools, the spectacle promises to be a testament to innovation and inclusivity.

2024-04-22T16:40:53.983880+00:00 IST

Dominican Republic eyes clean energy cooperation with UAE

In an ambitious move to combat climate change through clean energy initiatives, the Dominican Republic has expressed a strong interest in fostering robust cooperation with the UAE

2024-04-22T14:44:11.329789+00:00 IST

UAE showed effectiveness in dealing with weather conditions: MoEI

Hassan Al Mansoori, Undersecretary for Infrastructure and Transport Affairs at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI), highlighted that the UAE has proved highly effective in dealing with the consequences of the extreme weather conditions that it experienced last week

2024-04-22T09:58:36.530259+00:00 IST

UAE: COP28 President receives award

Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber was recognised with an award by the World Energy Council for his leadership in advancing the energy transition through the delivery of the historic UAE Consensus.

2024-04-22T09:47:21.548385+00:00 IST

Israel’s chief Rabbis ‘sell’ the country’s ‘chametz’

Chametz is defined as anything that is made with one of the five grains - wheat, barely, rye, oats and spelt - that was not made into the Passover unleavened Matzah bread in accordance with Jewish law.

2024-04-22T09:44:37.282839+00:00 IST

Jerusalem prepares events for massive visitation

Preparations are being made for the arrival of tens of thousand of visitors to Jerusalem over the Passover holiday, specifically to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. The holiday begins Monday night.

2024-04-22T09:31:11.317790+00:00 IST

Israeli military intel chief Aharon Haliva resigns

In a resignation letter, Haliva expressed remorse over the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, acknowledging his division's failure to fulfil its entrusted task.

2024-04-22T09:23:57.458863+00:00 IST

Israeli-led researchers discover Milky Way’s heaviest black hole

Situated approximately 1,500 light-years away from Earth, the black hole was revealed through data collected by the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft.

2024-04-22T09:20:50.394509+00:00 IST

Iran’s Supreme leader commends army’s anti-Israel operation

The 85-year-old leader described the issue of "the number of missiles fired or the missiles hit the target as of secondary importance".

2024-04-22T07:53:02.052047+00:00 IST

Second Industrialists Career Exhibition launches in Abu Dhabi

The exhibition, organised by MoIAT in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (Mohre), the Emirati Talent Competitiveness Council (Nafis) and ADNOC Group, runs from 9am to 4pm from 21 until 23 April.

2024-04-22T00:04:10.896232+00:00 IST