RIYADH — Roshn Saudi League newcomers Diriyah Club strengthened their squad with three major signings, bringing in Darwin Nunez, Enzo Millot and Adil Boulbina as they prepare for their first season in the Saudi top flight. Nunez joins on loan from Al Hilal, while Millot arrives on a temporary deal from Al Ahli. Algeria international Boulbina has completed a permanent transfer from Qatar’s Al Duhail. The move gives Nunez, 27, a fresh opportunity in the RSL following his first season with Al Hilal after joining the Riyadh club in a high-profile transfer from English Premier League side Liverpool. The Uruguay…
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Murad Ali, Head of Middle East & Central Asia, Logitech for Business. Logitech recently announced its participation at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from August 31st to September 3rd, 2026. With a key focus on AI-Enabled Collaboration, Logitech will present its AI-powered, human-centric products aimed at improving productivity, fit for future-ready workplaces and contributing towards Saudi Vision 2030 goals. Murad Ali, Head of Middle East & Central Asia, Logitech for Business, said: “Logitech is proud to be part of LEAP, a platform where we can showcase our cutting-edge technologies that help advance Saudi Arabia’s goals outlined in Vision 2030.…
stc group, a leading digital enabler, has concluded its third consecutive year as a Founding and Elite Partner of the Esports World Cup 2026 — closing out the tournament’s first-ever edition outside Saudi Arabia with a grand final at the iconic Accor Arena in Paris, attended by the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This year’s edition was the largest in the tournament’s history, bringing together more than 2,000 professional players and 200 clubs from over 100 countries, competing across 25 tournaments and 24 games titles for a prize pool, valued at more than $75million. When the Esports World Cup expanded…
DUBAI, 24th August, 2026 (WAM) — Dubai Chambers has highlighted the continued expansion of economic ties between Dubai and India, driven by growing trade and investment flows and increasing cooperation in future-focused sectors. Mohammad Ali Rashed Lootah, President and CEO of Dubai Chambers, discussed the strength of bilateral relations during a panel session at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2026 in New Delhi. The event brought together leading investors and senior executives from India and around the world and was attended by His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. During the session, Lootah revealed that Dubai’s non-oil trade…
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received a written message from President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates. The message was pertaining to further enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Al-Khereiji received the message from UAE Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Matar Salem Al-Dhaheri during their meeting in Riyadh on Monday.They reviewed bilateral relations and ways to develop them across various fields. They also discussed issues of common interest. Source: Saudi Gazette
DeepSeek recently released a new experimental multimodal model, claiming it will bring performance close to Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 model on matters of agentic capabilities. DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp is available through the Chinese AI developer’s API, adding image interpretation abilities to its V4-Flash model. The system can process images alongside text, allowing it to interpret screenshots, charts and other visual information. DeepSeek said the model “matches DeepSeek-V4-Flash on text capabilities—including agents, reasoning, and world knowledge” and makes “a major leap” over V4-Flash on multimodal agent benchmarks. The company added its model’s multimodal agent performance is “close to Opus-4.8”. The new model supports JPEG,…
PARIS — Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Alibrahim, on behalf of Minister of Health Fahad AlJalajel, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the French Ministry of Health, Families, Autonomy and Persons with Disabilities on Monday. The signing ceremony was held on the sidelines of the visit of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman to the French Republic. The MoU aims to enhance health cooperation between Saudi Arabia and France in several priority areas, most notably public health and health security, governance of health systems, quality of care, patient safety, preparedness and response to health emergencies,…
LONDON, 24th August, 2026 (WAM) — Hamid Saif Al Zaabi, President of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF), participated in the 43rd Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, held from 23rd to 30th August under the theme, “Asset Recovery and the Rule of Law: Taking the Profit Out of Crime – From Rhetoric to Results.” His participation forms part of MENAFATF’s efforts to strengthen its international partnerships, expand cooperation with organisations and entities involved in combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, and exchange expertise on emerging risks and trends in financial crime. His…
RIYADH — More than 26.34 million passengers used public buses across Saudi Arabia’s cities and governorates during the second quarter of 2026, an increase of 23.2 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the Transport General Authority (TGA). The TGA said the 23.2 percent growth reflects increasing demand for bus transportation within cities, supported by technical equipment that meets the highest operational standards. According to the TGA’s quarterly bulletin, Riyadh recorded the highest number of passengers at 20.07 million, followed by Makkah with 2.97 million and Jeddah with 1.19 million. The Dammam metropolitan area and Qatif Governorate…
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced a €6 billion Saudi-backed investment to develop three theme parks in Cergy-Pontoise, northwest of Paris, describing the project as unprecedented and the biggest development of its kind in France since Disneyland Paris. Macron on Monday said the project, backed by Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya, is expected to create 22,000 jobs and establish a new global entertainment destination in France. “An extraordinary announcement,” Macron said in a post on X. “With Saudi Arabia, we are making an unprecedented announcement.” The French president said three theme parks would be developed in Cergy-Pontoise under the €6 billion…