Haidi Nossair, Sr. Director – Client Solutions Group, Dell Technologies META, shared insights on workforce transformation and how Dell is helping organizations in Saudi Arabia build a thriving, sustainable future of work with up-and-coming technologies. Q1. How do you perceive the current state of workforce transformation within the KSA business …
Read More »Top Saudi, Turkish military officials discuss ways to further strengthen defense cooperation
Saudi Gazette report ANKARA — Saudi Chief of the General Staff Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwaili met with the Turkish National Defense Minister Yaşar Guler and Chief of the General Staff Gen. Metin Gorak in Ankara on Tuesday. They discussed the ways to further strengthen defense and military cooperation between the two …
Read More »Israel returns bodies of 80 Palestinians killed in Gaza
The shrouded bodies of Palestinians killed in northern Gaza, that were taken and later released by Israel, are unloaded from a container to be buried in a mass grave in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. AFP The shrouded bodies of Palestinians killed in northern Gaza, that were …
Read More »KAU students win 39 global medals and awards at Seoul Invention Fair
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Prince Saud Bin Abdullah Bin Jalawi, Governor of Jeddah, received on Tuesday female students from King Abdulaziz University, which won 39 medals and global awards at the Seoul International Invention Fair in South Korea. The meeting was attended by the acting President of the University …
Read More »Saudi defense minister meets British PM in London
Saudi Gazette report LONDON — Under the directives of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid Bin Salman met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the British government headquarters in London on Friday. The defense minister conveyed greetings from Saudi leadership to Prime Minister Sunak, …
Read More »Afghan couples marry in mass ceremony in bid to cut costs
KABUL — A mass wedding ceremony involving 50 couples has been held in Afghanistan. Such ceremonies have become more common as low-income couples seek to avoid the high costs of a traditional wedding. The brides-to-be were kept out of sight in a separate wing – it was only after lunch …
Read More »Crown Prince to open annual Shoura Council session on Wednesday
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman will deliver on Wednesday the King’s annual speech, marking the opening of the activities of the fourth year of the 8th session of the Saudi Shoura …
Read More »Plane grounded over trafficking fears lands in India
MUMBAI — A plane carrying hundreds of Indian nationals who were held for days at an airport in France over human trafficking fears has arrived in India. The chartered Airbus A340, which had been flying from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nicaragua, aroused suspicion during a refuelling stop. It …
Read More »Three KAUST scientists named MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 MENA
JEDDAH — Three scientists from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Hamed Albalawi, Hend Mohamed and Walaa Khushaim, have been named MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 MENA. The three are among 15 people named this year, according to a KAUST press release. The honor is …
Read More »Egypt floats plan to end Israel-Hamas war
CAIRO — Israel and Hamas on Monday gave cool public receptions to an Egyptian proposal to end their bitter war. But the longstanding enemies stopped short of rejecting the plan altogether, raising the possibility of a new round of diplomacy to halt a devastating Israeli offensive in the Gaza …
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