RIYADH — The National Center for Security Operations (NCSO) received 2,966,795 calls through the unified emergency number (911) in the regions of Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh, and the Eastern Province during May 2026. This falls within NCSO 911’s mandate to receive calls and route them to the relevant security and service agencies within their jurisdictions, using advanced automated systems operated by specialized multilingual personnel, ensuring high accuracy and professionalism around the clock. The total number of calls received was 986,077 in Makkah region, 245,173 in Madinah region, 1,201,900 in Riyadh region, and 533,645 in the Eastern Province. Source: Saudi Gazette
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MAKKAH — The Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites has announced the awarding of six development sites under the Developed Districts Program, spreading over a total area of more than 2.7 million square meters with investments valued at SR13.3 billion. The initiative is part of the commission’s efforts to enhance the urban environment, support economic growth, improve the quality of life, and advance sustainable development in the holy city. The commission stated that the awarded sites are located in the neighborhoods of Jurhum South, Al-Khalidiyah, Al-Hajlah, Al-Hindawiyah East, Al-Hindawiyah South, and Al-Hindawiyah West. The projects will be implemented…
Karthikeyan Gunasekar and Mohammed Abrar during the TahawulTech.com podcast discussion on self-driving networks. TahawulTech.com’s latest podcast examines how AI-driven networking is moving beyond industry hype to deliver proactive, intelligent, and experience-led infrastructure for modern enterprises. UAE-based enterprise leaders are beginning to view networking through a new lens, where AI is no longer simply an operational enhancement, but a core driver of intelligent, autonomous and experience-centric infrastructure. In a recent TahawulTech.com podcast hosted by CPI Media Group, Karthikeyan Gunasekar, Business Development Lead & Evangelist AI for Networking | Worldwide, HPE, and Mohammed Abrar, Director – Cyber Security, Alpha Data, unpacked the realities…
DUBAI, 1st June, 2026 (WAM) — Positron AI Ltd, a US-based developer of next-generation specialised AI inference infrastructure, has established its first presence outside the United States in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region. The DIFC licence marks a key milestone in Positron’s regional expansion. The company has raised more than US$300 million, including a US$230 million Series B round, deployed inference technology with a US hyperscaler, and achieved unicorn status. The move comes as AI inference becomes the dominant driver of global compute demand. AI…
DUBAI, 1st June, 2026 (WAM) — Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), today received a high-level delegation from Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network. The delegation was led by Mohammed Abdulla Alshehhi, Chief Projects Officer, and Ahmed Lootah, Executive Director – Commercial. During the meeting, Al Tayer commended Etihad Rail’s role as a cornerstone of sustainable economic growth and national integration, as well as a key catalyst for several forward-looking national aspirations. He recognised the network as a vital driver of the UAE’s long-term development ambitions.…
RIYADH — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Saudi Arabia’s strongest condemnation and denunciation of the repeated and heinous Iranian attacks against Kuwait. In a statement, the ministry said: “The Kingdom reiterates its categorical rejection of these assaults that undermine the sovereignty of the State of Kuwait, constituting a clear violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, and affirms that such violations jeopardize international efforts aimed at restoring security and stability in the region.” Saudi Arabia expressed its solidarity with Kuwait, both government and people, reaffirming its full support for all measures Kuwait takes to safeguard…
Anas Naim, Managing Director Middle East and Turkey, Orange Business, and Sahem Azzam, President IMEA & Inner Asia, Orange Business. Orange Business executives discuss resilience, secure connectivity, data sovereignty, and the UAE’s rise as a digital-first nation in this joint interview.Rising geopolitical uncertainty, distributed IT environments and accelerating AI adoption are forcing enterprises across the Middle East to rethink how they approach resilience, security and operational continuity. Organisations are moving beyond traditional disaster recovery models and focusing on integrated digital infrastructure that combines cloud, networking, cybersecurity and data governance into a unified operational framework. Sahem Azzam and Anas Naim share insights in a joint…
Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has approved the employment of 717 Emiratis in the Sharjah Government. The new employees will join 633 other UAE nationals who were employed in the government sector during the first five months of 2026. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The Sharjah Ruler also approved the Sharjah Programme for the Qualification and Training of Job Seekers, which will be implemented from June to November 2026. The programme will benefit 410 UAE nationals, each of whom will receive a monthly stipend of Dh6,000, at a…
DUBAI — Iranian strikes have damaged 20 US military sites since the start of the US-Israeli war against Tehran in February, a BBC analysis of satellite images and videos showed Monday. Iran has attacked key facilities across eight countries in the Middle East since February 28, causing extensive damage to state-of the-art air defense systems, refuelling aircraft and radars. Tehran has targeted both US bases and shared military facilities in retaliation to the US-Israeli strikes across Iran and Lebanon over the past three months. The Pentagon has said it has hit more than 13,000 targets in Iran since the start…
Ghenwa Yehia is the recipient of the 2025 Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism as a UAE Fellow. This story begins a four-part series supported by the RCFMHJ. In December 2021, I received a voice note from my aunt. She was planning to visit her daughter, my cousin, in Doha, Qatar, and I was thrilled at the chance to see her again. Now I know, for most people, family visiting can be a source of stress. But as a Lebanese-Canadian-first-generation-immigrant-turned-expat whose family is literally scattered across continents, any opportunity to reconnect is more than welcome. My maternal aunt in…