VIENNA: Saudi Arabia has been elected first vice-chair of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, a senior leadership position that underscores the Kingdom’s growing influence in the global sector and international governance.
The COPUOS appointment was announced during the committee’s latest session in Vienna, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. The role will be filled by Muryah Al-Shahrani, general manager of Space Systems and Infrastructure at the Saudi Space Agency.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s new national carrier Riyadh Air launched its first scheduled Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner service on Wednesday, marking a major milestone in the airline’s commercial rollout and the Kingdom’s ambition to become a global aviation hub.
The inaugural flight, RX401, departed King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and arrived at London Heathrow at 7:30 a.m. local time, according to a report by the Saudi Press Agency.
The president suggested the recent numbers mean there will be a bigger decline in inflation once the war in Iran is over.
Officers across England and Wales will spend less time behind desks and more time protecting their communities, as the government today launches PoliceAI – a new national centre dedicated to the responsible development, piloting and scaling of artificial intelligence in policing. The centre, backed by a record £75 million over 3 years, will work across all forces to identify, […]
Millions of patients will receive faster diagnoses thanks to almost £30 million of government funding in artificial intelligence across the NHS. This funding will expand proven AI technology to every NHS Trust in England while piloting the next generation of digital innovation, marking the latest step in the government’s drive to modernise the NHS and […]
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives passage of H.R. 7892, the No Aid for Ghost Students Act: “Federal student aid is meant for students, not fraudsters. We are proud to see the House pass Congressman Burgess Owens’ No Aid for Ghost Students Act, which will […]
The Department of War (DoW) is launching the Cyber Mastery Incentive Pay (C-MIP) program, a key effort in the Secretary of War’s Project Patriot Pipeline initiative, and an important step toward hardening our cyber defenses and strengthening our Defense Industrial Base capacity to compete in the cyber domain. C-MIP fundamentally modernizes how the Department incentivizes […]
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a man in Washington state who threatened to shoot ICE law enforcement officers. On May 19, 2026, HSI Yakima attempted to arrest an illegal alien who fled law enforcement in his vehicle. Agents located the alien’s truck […]
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the following statement after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) operation led to the convictions of two criminal aliens for running a scheme to manufacture and distribute millions of deadly counterfeit pharmaceuticals. On June 1, 2026, a jury in the Southern District […]
Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on thirteen individuals and entities based in Iran, Belarus, and China, including Hong Kong, that have sought to source and purchase weapons, including man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). These designations follow our action on May 8, 2026, to disrupt procurement networks that support […]