Business & Money | Monday 27 February, 2017 7:38 am

Saudi Arabia food demand represents 59% of GCC market

Euler Hermes, the world’s leading provider of trade-related credit insurance solutions, expects food prices to rise in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2017. Global food prices stopped plunging in 2016, with a contained -1.5 percent drawback of the FAO Food Index. This was the lowest...

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Sports | Monday 27 February, 2017 7:36 am

Saudi kid honors his taekwondo coaches

After winning the red belt from the Taekwondo College in Washington, young Saudi player Fahad Ahmed Al-Ariani presented special gifts to his coach and his assistant as a token of appreciation. The gifts included symbolic items such as the traditional coffee pot, coffee grinder, incense burner, a ...

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Business & Money | Monday 27 February, 2017 7:34 am

KSA faces difficulty in hiring African workers

Saudi Arabia is facing difficulty to recruit workers from Somalia, Ethiopia, Chad and Guinea as the Labor and Social Development Ministry is unable to sign manpower agreements with the four African countries, a responsible ministry source said. The source emphasized the need to reach agreements...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 27 February, 2017 7:33 am

King graces Grand Horse Race in Janadriyah

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman graces the Annual Grand Horse Race Festival for the Cup of King Abdulaziz at King Abdulaziz Equestrian Square in Janadriyah, Riyadh ‪on Saturday evening‬. The King presented King Abdulaziz Cup to Muhammad Bin Obaid Al-Qahtani, whose horse came...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 27 February, 2017 7:16 am

Oman Air boosts fleet with New Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, continues its ambitious expansion plans in 2017 with three new additions to the fleet already this year. The latest aircraft is the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner which joined the fleet on 23rd February 2017; this is in addition to the two new...

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Business & Money | Monday 27 February, 2017 1:08 am

Security Intelligence Company Expands Presence in KSA and Africa

 to Address Growing Threat Landscape   LogRhythm cements regional footprint through locally based cyber security teams, and enhanced customer support and partner training Cyber crime is hitting headlines in the Middle East and Africa like never before with prominent organisations ...

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Government | Monday 27 February, 2017 12:55 am

International Security Alliance Announced in Abu Dhabi

  Saif bin Zayed: The UAE will fight all types of crime with unrelenting determination   “We will adamantly confront dangers that undermine security and world peace”    (ME NewsWire): A 7-nation international security alliance was recently announced in ...

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Technology & IT | Monday 27 February, 2017 12:53 am

BenQ Launches the World's First DLP 4K UHD LED Home Cinema Projector

Blending High-Brightness with DCI-P3 Colour Accuracy   X12000 Combines Exclusive CinematicColor™ Technology and Philips ColorSpark™ HLD LED Technology for Digital Cinema Quality Colour in 8.3 Million Pixels   Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 26 February 2017, (ME...

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Business & Money | Monday 27 February, 2017 12:46 am

Schmidt Heilbronn opens Schmidt Middle East Head Quarters in Khalifa Port Free Trade Zone within KIZAD

    The 22,000 square metres facility includes a warehouse and  9silo bunker storage Dry bulk goods services include land and maritime transport   Schmidt Middle East logistics, a wholly owned company by Schmidt Heilbronn, a world leader in dry bulk logistics...

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Business & Money | Monday 27 February, 2017 12:39 am

WING CONNECTS FIRST 20 PROVIDERS TO ITS PLATFORM, DOUBLES SHIPPING VOLUMES OVER PAST 3 MONTHS

  Region’s first of its kind innovative mobile and web-based delivery platform: Over 23,000 packages delivered during White Friday, 120,000 since its inception WING, the UAE’s most innovative mobile and web-based user-friendly delivery platform for businesses and...

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