Gulf investors are betting big on AI, with sovereign wealth funds in the UAE and Saudi Arabia making the booming tech sector a core component of their portfolios.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Amid DeepSeek competition, Altman visits UAE seeking OpenAI investment
Swedish police say 'multiple nationalities' died in mass shooting
Swedish police said Thursday the victims of the country's worst mass shooting were of multiple nationalities, as Syria and Bosnia said their citizens were among the dead.Regional police chief Lars Wiren said officers arriving at the scene, where the gunman had killed 10 people before apparently killing himself, had described a scene resembling "an inferno".Wiren said officers sent to the adult education centre in Orebro, west of Stockholm, were faced with "dead people, injured people, screams and smoke".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Swedish police say 'multiple nationalities' died in mass shooting
Turkey, Syria draft road map to strengthen Syrian military: What we know
Ankara and Damascus are working on a plan for defense cooperation, according to a Turkish official, who added that Turkey's priority in Syria is the armed groups it deems a national security threat.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Turkey, Syria draft road map to strengthen Syrian military: What we know
Erdogan to host Syria’s Sharaa on first Turkey visit, discuss security ties
The meeting between the Turkish president and Syria's new leader will focus on Syria's post-conflict reconstruction, economic recovery and security issues.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Erdogan to host Syria’s Sharaa on first Turkey visit, discuss security ties
Hamas stages Gaza beach handover as Israeli hostages freed
Ranks of Hamas fighters formed up on Gaza's beachfront on Saturday for the handover of an Israeli-American hostage in a show of force against the dramatic backdrop of breaking waves.In Gaza City a stage had been erected at a harbour for the handover of Keith Siegel.Green Hamas and Palestinian flags flapped in a strong sea breeze near a fisherman's wharf.Earlier, Israeli Yarden Bibas and Franco-Israeli Ofer Kalderon were handed over in a swift and organised ceremony in the war-battered city of Khan Yunis to the south.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hamas stages Gaza beach handover as Israeli hostages freed
We should all compromise to protect Israel’s judiciary from political strife
The incoming president of the Supreme Court could raise the flag of compromise in the form of the victor’s outstretched hand and allow Levin’s candidate to be appointed to the court.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: We should all compromise to protect Israel’s judiciary from political strife
Still ruling in Gaza: How Hamas uses hostage releases to exert control
The group mostly consists of armed gunmen, but it has lost a lot of its arsenal, which is why it must showcase its strength in numbers.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Still ruling in Gaza: How Hamas uses hostage releases to exert control
Tears and cheers for freed West Bank Palestinian prisoners
Stepping off a bus with two dozen other released Palestinian prisoners on Saturday after 23 years imprisonment in Israel, Ata Abdelghani had more than his freedom to look forward to.The 55-year-old was also to meet his twin sons, Zain and Zaid, for the first time.The encounter was made possible by his release in an ongoing hostage-prisoner exchange as part of a January ceasefire deal for the Gaza Strip agreed by Israel and Hamas.The twins, now 10 years old, were conceived while Abdelghani was incarcerated after his sperm was smuggled out of his prison.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Tears and cheers for freed West Bank Palestinian prisoners
At least 56 killed as fighting grips greater Khartoum
Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese activists.Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a battle for power since April 2023 that has intensified this month as the army fights to take all of the capital Khartoum and its sister cities of Omdurman and Khartoum North.RSF shelling killed 54 people at a busy market in Omdurman on Saturday, overwhelming the city's Al-Nao Hospital, a medical source told AFP.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: At least 56 killed as fighting grips greater Khartoum
Emotions run high in Tel Aviv's 'Hostages Square'
Pictures of Ofer Kalderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas were everywhere on Saturday at "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv as the three Israeli captives were released by Gaza militants.Sighs of relief ran through onlookers gathered to watch a live transmission of the three being handed over to the Red Cross in the Palestinian territory before being brought home to Israel."It's a good feeling, it makes us stronger," Miki Pnini, a 67-year-old Israeli from the outlying suburb of Pardesiya west of Tel Aviv, told AFP.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Emotions run high in Tel Aviv's 'Hostages Square'