• DEWA records 12.5 million digital transactions in 2023

    DUBAI, UAE - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced that its customers conducted around 12.5 million digital transactions in 2023, compared to around 10 million digital transactions in 2022, an increase of about 25 percent. This reflects DEWA’s leading role in supporting the leadership’s vision to make Dubai the...
  • Saudi Arabia’s industrial production rose 8.6% in November 2022, says GASTAT

    RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) published Tuesday on its official website the results of the Industrial Production Index (IPI). In November 2022, the Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased by 8.6 percent compared to November 2021. The IPI continued to show positive growth rates due to...
  • Qatar records ‘impressive’ 94% attendance in World Cup first round

    Doha, Qatar— After the first round of FIFA World Cup group stage matches were completed, official figures show that the average overall match attendance stands at an impressive 94% compared to stadium capacities for the event, according to a report published by FIFA on its website. With all 32 nations...
  • GCC condemns German minister’s remarks on Doha World Cup

    The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned remarks by Germany's interior minister on the World Cup due to be hosted in Doha. Qatar summoned Germany's ambassador to protest against comments made by Interior Minister Nancy Faeser casting doubt on whether the Gulf state should host the football World...
  • CBUAE launches new website with various services

    The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has announced the launch of a new corporate website with various interactive digital services in promoting financial stability and meeting the aspirations of the consumers.
  • Algeria sentences director of private radio to six months in prison

    Ihsane El Kadi, director of Radio M and news website Maghreb Emergent, was also fined 50,000 dinars (322 euros), Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights said. He remains at liberty as the court in Algiers did not issue a warrant for his arrest.
  • Amazon fined $98k/day in France

    France says Amazon’s seller contracts have ‘unbalanced’ clauses.
  • Emirates NBD launches website to support IPOs on DFM

    Emirates NBD has taken the lead in supporting upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) with the launch of an end-to-end IPO subscription website for individual investors. The initiative is aligned to the recent announcement by Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler...
  • Now website owners may apply for ‘.abudhabi’ domain names

    Abu Dhabi’s Department of Government Support has announced ‘.abudhabi’ as the official internet TLD name for the emirate.
  • The most vulnerable Linux distros

    Now, security solutions provider Trend Micro has said that detected millions of “security events” in Linux distributions — both in PC and server versions — in recent years.