SHARJAH, 28th September, 2026 (WAM) — Arada has submitted a series of planning applications to the London Borough of Newham to advance Thameside West, an AED12 billion regeneration project in East London. Spanning more than two million square feet in London’s Royal Docks, the development has the potential to deliver at least 5,000 homes while providing affordable housing and creating a new connection between the River Thames and the surrounding area. The first stage will comprise nearly 1,500 new homes across six buildings, with the first two buildings dedicated entirely to social-rent housing, including family homes. The buildings will be…
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An increasing number of people aged between 31 and 50 are now being treated for cardiac issues, according to data from a Dubai hospital’s catheterisation lab. Dr Naveed Ahmed, Head of Cardiac Services at Aster Hospitals & Clinics, UAE, describes the trend as “alarming”, noting that one of the youngest patients he treated was just 19 years old. “The 30 to 50 age group is the most productive age for any individual,” he told Khaleej Times. “They finish their education, start earning, start their family and support people back home. If such a person suffers, the entire family dependent on…
BELFAST — Tensions remained high in Northern Ireland on Monday after police prevented an early morning attempt by the Orange Order to make a controversial parade down a road that had previously been blocked by protesters. The stand-off followed a day of protests in which thousands gathered to block the road, while police kept the two sides apart. The dispute centres on the Drumcree parade, an annual march by the Orange Order, a Protestant organisation closely associated with British unionism. A group of men tried to march from Drumcree Church down the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown in the…
In recent months experts have seen many examples of sophisticated scam and phishing mailings, but that doesn’t mean that traditional, simple tactics have gone away. During the early weeks of the post-holiday season, Kaspersky’s team has uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign that impersonates Zoom and Docusign official emails. This case demonstrates that sometimes spammers rely on tried and tested, basic phishing schemes, hoping that at least some of them will succeed. In the first wave, attackers sent emails impersonating an official Docusign communication to corporate accounts across the Middle East, Latin America, Western Europe, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, each containing…
ABU DHABI, 28th September, 2026 (WAM) — M42, a global health leader powered by artificial intelligence (AI), technology and genomics, has launched Beyond Bounds, a new global thought leadership platform featuring perspectives from leading scientists, researchers, policymakers, business leaders and innovators on the developments transforming healthcare worldwide. Designed to challenge the status quo, introduce new thinking and encourage cross-border and -discipline dialogue, the platform launches at a pivotal moment for healthcare. Advances across genomics, artificial intelligence, precision medicine and diagnostics are rapidly expanding what health systems can predict, prevent and treat. Yet progress remains uneven. More than 80 percent of…
ABU DHABI, 28th September, 2026 (WAM) — The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has introduced a new regulatory framework that reduces the processing time for domestic heliport registration procedures from up to 135 days to just two working days by replacing the certification requirement for domestic heliports with a simplified registration system. The initiative marks a significant step in the evolution of vertical aviation in the UAE and supports the country’s vision of a more agile, efficient, and business-friendly regulatory environment while maintaining the highest standards of aviation safety. The new regulatory framework applies from the date of publication…
SEOUL —South Korea has demanded an official explanation and apology from Ukraine for denying an agreement to keep the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul confidential. The incident came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the United Nations that his country had sent two North Korean soldiers to the South, adding they were “not easy to capture alive”. Hours later, South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung said on X, “I do not know why the Ukrainian side broke the agreement and made the matter public, but it is very disappointing.” “The presidential office expresses strong regret…
LUCKNOW — Heavy rain and storms have triggered floods and landslides that killed at least 62 people in northern India, officials said Monday, while in Nepal, 21 people have died and another five remained missing. India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh recorded 66.5 mm of rain between September 25 and the morning of September 27, compared with a normal 7.6 mm for the period, Hrishikesh Bhaskar Yashod, the state’s relief commissioner, said on Sunday. The state government said 46 people were injured and more than 1,000 houses were damaged after three days of heavy rainfall caused flooding in several districts.…
Neeti Rodrigues and Christoph Nagy. Premchand Kurup and Christoph Nagy discuss integrating SAP intelligence with SOC operations to strengthen visibility, resilience and incident response SAP’s growing role across finance, procurement, supply chains, HR and production has made its security critical to business resilience across the GCC. Cloud migrations, connected applications and expanding digital ecosystems are also exposing organisations to vulnerabilities that conventional security tools may not detect within the SAP application layer. In this interview, Premchand Kurup, CEO of Paramount Assure, and Christoph Nagy, Co-founder of SecurityBridge, discuss the need to embed security into SAP transformation programmes, integrate SAP intelligence…
JERUSALEM — Israel’s government said on Sunday that the diplomatic accreditation of Dutch officials based in the occupied West Bank would be revoked, after the Netherlands began enforcing sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements. The diplomats representing the Netherlands at the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, the administrative capital of the Palestinian Territories, have seven days to hand over their Israeli-issued diplomatic papers, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar posted on X. “After this period, the diplomatic privileges and immunities granted to them by the State of Israel will expire,” he added. Saar said the move was a response to Dutch sanctions…