- Makkah, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi authorities have asked pilgrims performing the hajj to remain in their tents for several hours...
Hajj Minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah has requested that pilgrims refrain from leaving their tents between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm on Thursday.
The "Day of Arafat" traditionally marks the high point of the hajj, when pilgrims scale Mount Arafat on the outskirts of Makkah.
- Geneva, Switzerland – The World Economic Forum today released a new report examining how emerging technology combinations are reshaping industries...
AI is a key enabler, making many emerging tech synergies commercially viable across industries.
Digital twins, enhanced by AI and sensors, are expanding efficiency in sectors from aerospace to healthcare.
- Trump, who wants a swift end to the three-year war, is "open" to a three-way summit "if it comes to...
Putin has so far refused such a meeting, but Zelensky has said he is willing, underlining that key issues can only be resolved at leaders-level
Trump is "open" to a three-way summit "if it comes to that, but he wants both of these leaders and both sides to come to the table together.'
- Cries of grief echoed across southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital Monday as dozens came to mourn Hossam Wafi, after the father...
Israel faces growing condemnation as famine looms and aid seekers are killed in Gaza
The UN says the GHF-run aid centres contravene basic humanitarian principles and risk civilian lives
- Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli gunfire killed at least 31 people and wounded 176 near the aid distribution site...
"I am appalled by the reports of Palestinians killed and injured while seeking aid in Gaza yesterday," Guterres said.
"I call for an immediate and independent investigation into these events and for perpetrators to be held accountable."
- Washington, United States -- As misinformation exploded during India's four-day conflict with Pakistan, social media users turned to an AI chatbot...
NewsGuard's research found that 10 leading chatbots were prone to repeating falsehoods, including Russian disinformation narratives.
The quality and accuracy of AI chatbots can vary, depending on how they are trained and programmed, prompting concerns that their output may be subject to political influence.
- Jerusalem, Undefined - The US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has lashed out at France's advocacy for recognition of a...
France is co-chairing with Saudi Arabia this month an international conference at the United Nations aimed at resurrecting the idea of a two-state solution
In an interview with Fox News published on Saturday, Huckabee called the initiative at the UN "incredibly inappropriate when Israel is in the midst of a war".
- Russian and Ukrainian officials will meet Monday in Istanbul to exchange their plans for how to end the three-year war,...
Urged on by US President Donald Trump, Moscow and Kyiv have opened direct negotiations for the first time since the early weeks of Russia's invasion
Russia says it will present a "memorandum" of its peace terms, having resisted pressure by Ukraine to send its demands in advance
- Israel has faced growing condemnation over the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has warned...
Israel has faced growing condemnation over the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip
UN has warned the entire population faces the risk of famine after no aid was allowed to enter for more than two months
- The new city, named Jirian meaning "Flow" in Arabic, is part of Egypt's Nile Delta scheme, a massive agricultural initiative...
The project is the latest in a string of megaprojects launched by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in recent years, including a new administrative capital east of Cairo.
The project will feature luxury residences, 80-storey skyscrapers, international universities and hospitals, an eco-friendly hotel and commercial zones.





















