(L-R) Mohamed Talaat, Vice President, Saudi, Egypt, North Africa & Levant (SENAL), Dell Technologies & Rabee El Mohammadi, Vice President, Sales and Partnerships, MEA at Armada. Dell Technologies and Armada have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to join forces in delivering containerised Mobile and Edge Data Centre solutions across Saudi Arabia. The MoU was signed during LEAP 2026 in Riyadh between Mohamed Talaat, Vice President, Saudi, Egypt, North Africa & Levant (SENAL), Dell Technologies and Rabee El Mohammadi, Vice President, Sales and Partnerships, MEA at Armada. The MoU establishes a strategic framework to address high-demand projects…
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CAPITALS, 7th September, 2026 (WAM) — Gold prices nudged lower on Monday. Spot gold was down 0.5 percent at $4,405.47 per ounce, as of 02:11 GMT, after falling 1 percent on Friday. US gold futures for December delivery were down 0.5 percent at $4,452.20. Among other metals, spot silver eased 0.2 percent at $66.03 per ounce, platinum lost 0.8 percent at $1,805.53 and palladium declined 0.7 percent to $1,396.08. Source: Emirates News Agency
TOKYO — At least three people were killed in a suspected arson attack at a cake shop in central Japan, local media reported Sunday. Two people were found dead after a fire broke out at the shop in Gifu prefecture on Saturday night, while a third person later died at a hospital, Kyodo News reported, citing local police. Police are investigating the incident as a suspected case of murder and arson. The fire occurred outside business hours at a two-story building housing both the cake shop and a residence. The victims included the 66-year-old woman who owned the shop and…
Nintex, a global leader in process management and workflow automation, recently reaffirmed its commitment to building a long-term partner ecosystem in Saudi Arabia, as the Kingdom’s Year of Artificial Intelligence drives growing demand for automation and orchestration across regulated industries. The announcement comes as Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers has declared 2026 the Year of Artificial Intelligence, backed by a national AI investment pipeline exceeding $100 billion. The Kingdom has built a full sovereign AI stack, from national compute and data infrastructure through to homegrown models such as HUMAIN’s Arabic first ALLaM, giving organisations across government and enterprise the tools…
BEIRUT — At least four people were killed and 20 others injured in Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Sunday, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, amid an escalation in attacks despite a US-brokered framework agreement. The ministry’s Emergency Operations Center said two people were killed and two others injured in Nabatieh Al-Fawqa, while eight people, including a woman and a girl, were wounded in the Al-Rahibat neighborhood of Nabatieh. In Arab Salim, two women were killed and six people, including two girls, were injured. Four women were also wounded in Kfar Remman, the ministry said. Lebanon’s National News Agency…
LONDON-VALENCIA, , 6th September, 2026 (WAM) — Barcelona produced a dominant La Liga display on Sunday, cruising to a 5-0 victory over Valencia to maintain their strong early-season momentum at the top of the table. In the Premier League, Arsenal maintained their flawless start to the season with a 2-1 win over Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium. Chelsea took an early lead before Arsenal rallied with two unanswered goals to move to nine points alongside Manchester City at the summit, leaving Chelsea on six. Meanwhile, Everton secured a 2-2 draw against Manchester United at the Hill Dickinson Stadium courtesy of…
TAIZ — Yemeni government forces said Sunday they inflicted “heavy losses” on the Houthis during fierce clashes in the southwestern province of Taiz. The government-aligned National Resistance Forces said its troops were engaged in intense fighting with Houthi forces in the Al-Kadhah sector in western Taiz. The forces said the Houthis suffered “heavy losses” in the clashes but did not provide details on casualties or equipment losses. The Al-Kadhah front is considered strategically important because it lies along a route linking Taiz with the Red Sea port city of Mokha. The fighting comes amid a broader escalation between government forces…
(L-R) Eng. Amjad Arab, Chief Carrier and Wholesale Officer at Salam & Eng. Mohammed Al-Jadah, Chief Strategic Planning and Development Officer at WTCO. Etihad Salam Telecom Company (Salam), a leading provider of telecommunications services and digital infrastructure & solutions in Saudi Arabia, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Water Transmission Company (WTCO) to explore opportunities for collaboration in connectivity services and support the development of advanced digital infrastructure across the Kingdom. The partnership was announced at LEAP 2026, where Salam is participating as a strategic sponsor under the theme, “Powering what’s next”. The MoU establishes a framework for both companies to explore potential business opportunities…
DAMASCUS — The new Saudi Ambassador to Syria Ghazi Al-Anzi presented his credentials to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. During their meeting in Damascus, the ambassador conveyed the greetings of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman to al-Sharaa. Al-Anzi also offered the wishes of the King and the Crown Prince for Syria’s further progress and prosperity. Source: Saudi Gazette
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin held “substantive, constructive and extremely frank” talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Sunday.The talks on Saturday lasted three hours and 10 minutes and focused on the war in Ukraine as well as potential major Russian-US projects, state news agency TASS reported, citing Ushakov.Ushakov said Putin reaffirmed Russia’s readiness to continue working with the United States toward a political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict.Putin also stressed what Moscow describes as the need to address the “root causes” of the war and discussed recent battlefield…