Middle East Experience

Underwriting and risk profiling remain the areas most positively impacted by AI, with 45.8 percent of industry professionals identifying them as the top beneficiaries
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: AI’s impact expands beyond underwriting in insurance sector: Report

HCLTech’s enterprise-grade cognitive virtual agent with generative AI offers dynamic, personalised, and intelligent engagement.
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: HCLTech is driving GenAI-led transformation in the Middle East by reimagining customer experience

Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Smart Capital, Smarter Homes: FAB new services offer business-minded investors a strategic edge

France's highest court Friday annulled a French arrest warrant against Syria's ex-president Bashar al-Assad -- issued before his ouster -- over 2013 deadly chemical attacks.The Court of Cassation ruled there were no exceptions to presidential immunity, even for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.But its presiding judge, Christophe Soulard, added that, as Assad was no longer president after an Islamist-led group toppled him in December, "new arrest warrants can have been, or can be, issued against him" and as such the investigation into the case could continue.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: France's top court annuls arrest warrant against Syria's Assad

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September."What he says doesn't matter," Trump told reporters at the White House. "He's a very good guy. I like him, but that statement doesn't carry weight." (Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Trump dismisses Macron's plan to recognize Palestinian state

France's President Emmanuel Macron hopes that his country formally recognising a Palestinian state in September will encourage other countries to follow suit, according to analysts.International envoys are set to discuss a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict early next week in New York, before a further summit co-hosted by France ahead of the UN General Assembly in September.- Why now? -
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Why has France decided to recognise Palestinian statehood?

During discussions with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, President Emmanuel Macron emphasized that Beirut must implement economic reforms before an aid conference can be organized to support Lebanon's reconstruction.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: On first visit to Paris, Lebanon's Salam secures M reconstruction pledge

The leaders of Britain, France and Germany said Friday the "humanitarian catastrophe" in the Gaza Strip "must end now", as the war-ravaged Palestinian territory faces a deepening crisis. "We call on the Israeli government to immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid and urgently allow the UN and humanitarian NGOs to carry out their work in order to take action against starvation," they said in a joint statement released by Berlin.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UK, France, Germany say Gaza 'humanitarian catastrophe must end now'

A Tamra resident has been indicted for transferring over NIS 1.5 million to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, disguised as donations for Gaza's children.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Tamra resident indicted for transferring NIS 1.5 m. to PIJ under the guise of Gaza aid donations

KNOW COMMENT: Thirty Western foreign ministers, from Australia to Switzerland, issued a fierce joint statement this week condemning Israel for its actions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel faces double standard, pressures, from Western hypocritical 'uber allies' - opinion