Syria marked World Tourism Day on September 27 with the launch of Touristech at the Aleppo Citadel, a national initiative using technology to showcase the country’s heritage through an interactive tourism experience. The project was launched in Aleppo as the first phase of a broader initiative designed to expand to tourism and heritage sites across

Guinness World Records has officially recognized a new record achieved by Arab music icon Amr Diab. The artist earned the title for the “Most weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Arabic Artist 100 chart (male)”, having spent a cumulative 69 weeks at the top of Billboard Arabia’s Artist 100 chart. Guinness World Records is the

OpenAI announced on Wednesday that it will publish reports on unexpected or unauthorised behaviour by its artificial intelligence models, amid growing concern over the challenges of aligning increasingly capable AI systems with intended objectives. The company launched a new framework for tracking, investigating and disclosing instances of model misalignment, alongside six reports detailing unexpected or

PepsiCo today opened its new $10 million Regional Research & Development (R&D) Hub in Riyadh, inaugurated in the presence of His Excellency Eng. Khalil bin Ibrahim bin Salameh, Vice Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources for Industrial Affairs in Saudi Arabia. Designed to bring multiple stages of the innovation journey together in one location, the

Forbes Middle East has unveiled its annual Top 100 Travel and Tourism Leaders 2026 list, recognizing 100 leaders driving the region’s airlines, airports, hotels, destinations, and travel services across the public and private sectors. Their businesses and institutions are playing an expanding role in the Middle East’s economic diversification, investment, and destination development. Leaders on

Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the FIA, met with Lebanese President His Excellency Joseph Aoun today after attending the Rally of Lebanon, an event he won four times in a distinguished rally driving career which established him as a sporting ambassador for the Arab world. The meeting at Baabda Palace provided an opportunity to reflect

TikTok has unveiled its Q1 2026 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, providing insight into how the platform enforces its Community Guidelines and works to maintain a safe, trusted digital environment. Between January and March 2026, TikTok removed a total of 15,519,240 videos across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Oman, Iraq, Morocco, Lebanon, and Sudan