- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia will be enhancing partnerships in the digital sector with Estonia and Denmark, according to...
Despite its small size, the 21-year-old digital transformation in Estonia has made it a model for other nations looking to digitalize their economies and governmental institutions.
Governor of DGA Ahmed Mohammed Al-Suwayan led a delegation of Saudi officials who held several meetings with their counterparts in Estonia and Denmark.
- Iranians are accustomed to using virtual private networks, or VPNs, to evade restrictions and access prohibited websites or apps, including...
As many as 89 million people have signed up to Iranian messaging apps including Bale, Ita, Rubika and Soroush, the government says, but not everyone is keen on making the switch
At the height of the deadly Amini protests in October, the Iranian government cited security concerns as it moved to restrict internet access and blacklisted Instagram and WhatsApp
- Muscat, Oman--Qatar Chamber (QC) Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al-Thani has called for a unified policy for purchase of food...
The chairman was speaking at a meeting between GCC ministers of commerce and heads of unions and chambers of commerce and industry in Muscat
He said the region has been coping with a number of challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine
- AI has the ability to create human-sounding recordings -- at assembly-line speed -- while bypassing at least part of the...
There is no label identifying AI-assisted recordings as such, but professionals say thousands of audio books currently in circulation use "voices" generated from a databank
Early this year, Apple announced it was moving into AI-narrated audio books, a move it said would make the "creation of audio books more accessible to all"
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia--The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group has signed 77 financing agreements worth $5.4 billion with 24 member countries...
The 77 agreements look to develop projects in sectors such as health, agriculture, food security, transport, energy, education, and humanitarian relief
President of the IsDB Group said the discussion with the member states covered a range of development issues and the future of the IsDB Group
- Tehran, Iran--Iran's trade with six Arab states has vaulted to $35.11 billion in the fiscal year of 2022-2023, according to...
Iran traded 58.25 million tons of goods worth $35.11 billion with Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia during the fiscal 2022-2023
The Islamic Republic's top business partner among the Arab countries was the UAE, trading 24.35 million tons of goods worth $24.16 billion
- The emirate's luxury home sales surged to $1.63 billion in Q1 2023, as affluent buyers acquired 88 units exceeding $10...
A plot of land on Dubai's prestigious Jumeirah Bay Island has been sold for an astounding $34 million, setting a new record in the UAE's real estate market
Palm Jumeirah, Emirates Hills and Jumeirah Bay Island are prime residential neighborhoods in Dubai, the world's fourth-most active luxury residential market
- BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - The EU imported US$524 billion (€482 billion) worth of high-tech products from extra-EU countries in 2022 (+22...
In 2022, over half of the EU’s high-tech imports from non-EU countries came from China (US$199 billion) and the United States (US$99 billion).
The most significant category of high-tech products imported from non-EU countries was electronics-telecommunications (US$219 billion).
- ICIEC is world's only multilateral Islamic insurance firm.
DCIP is a non-payment insurance policy against the default of issuing banks to meet their obligations under an irrevocable letter of credit.
DCIP supports the potential of SNB to provide confirmation lines to various issuing banks in Saudi Arabia or ICIEC member states.
- ABU DHABI, UAE - Emirates Development Bank (EDB) displayed its flexible and customized financing solutions in the Annual Investment Meeting,...
The Bank offers financing solutions with flexible terms for industrial companies and projects with high developmental impact.
Financing options include capex financing, advanced technology adoption financing, renewable and energy efficiency financing.





















