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With GenAI emerging as a new frontier for cyber threats, and stricter data privacy laws coming into effect, organizations are...

Iran has been trying to enter the SCO for years, and was close last year, but Tajikisatn objected to it.
Iran has hailed its acceptance into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a bloc led by China and Russia
This, for it, was an eastward turn that it sees as opening access to major world markets and a counter to Western sanctions
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been elected as vice president of the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation...
The UAE’s delegation participated in the Supervisory Board meeting, where the President and the Vice President of the Forum were elected
The decision to continue with the UAE was taken during meetings bringing together participants from around 57 countries around the world
This would include monitoring visitors for safety from the moment of their arrival to the UAE until they reach the...
The Dubai authorities have already taken several other steps to secure Expo 2020
This is especially after it has already been delayed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The court will be part of a new arbitration body formed by Dubai’s ruler, and have 13 members with non-renewable...
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed has issued a decree that will merge two entities to create the Dubai International Arbitration Center
The DIAC, in turn, will establish a new arbitration court for Dubai, consisting of 13 members, including its president and vice-president
Saudi Arabia and South Africa are looking to boost trade after a year of slump that saw imports from the...
South Africa imports approximately 40 percent of its oil from Saudi Arabia, according to the EIA
Far fewer goods went the other way, with Saudi Arabia importing $347.8 million from South Africa last year, down from $423.8 million in 2019
Days after securing a $125 million Series B funding from SoftBank, the Saudi startup, Unifonic, says that it wants to...
The main criterion is to maximize the company’s profitability and the appropriate market in terms of the quality of the products we offer
Unifonic, which currently has offices in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan and Pakistan, plans to expand its customer engagement offering into new markets in the Middle East and Africa
Saudi Arabia is confident that its new mining law will lure private investment from the kingdom as well as abroad...
In January, the Kingdom moved to capitalize on the vast wealth hidden below ground in Saudi Arabia with the establishment of a mining fund
The Saudi Industrial Development Fund is also offering 60 percent loans to investors in a bid to attract global players into the Kingdom
The merged company will be called PT Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison.
PT Indosat, the Indonesian arm of Qatari telecom firm Ooredoo, will be merged with and PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia
H3I is a telecom company owned by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings
Adnoc has inked deals with British Petroleum and Masdar for this.
Under the terms of the agreements, Adnoc, BP, and Masdar will on UK and UAE clean hydrogen hub development
This development will be at an initial scale of 1GW in the UAE and 1GW in the UK
A Dubai-based think-tank has said that as many as 254 start-ups, mostly from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, have...
Dubai-based think-tank MAGNiTT said that as many as 254 start-ups, mostly from the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, have attracted record breaking funding this year
Dubai SME offers funding options and support for including advisory and incubatory services to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), start-ups and established businesses