Saudi Arabia announces revised school timings for Ramadan/Representative Image As Ramadan approaches, education authorities across Saudi Arabia have finalised adjusted school schedules to reflect the demands of the holy month. Start times will vary by region, with most morning classes beginning between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., while continuing and adult education programmes will largely […]
WhatsApp Web Calling Launched Globally: What UAE Users Need to Know WhatsApp has begun a global rollout of voice and video calling features on WhatsApp Web, allowing users to make and receive calls directly from their browser without installing the desktop app. This update brings long-awaited calling functionality to the web version of the platform, […]
UAE Partners with Starlink to Expand Global Digital Education Access The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a strategic global partnership with Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by SpaceX, aimed at transforming digital education access worldwide, especially for students in remote and underserved communities with limited or no reliable connectivity. The initiative, launched alongside […]
du to invest in the subsea fibre optic network that will link six key locations, with landing points in Kalba in the UAE, Muscat in Oman, Mumbai and Chennai in India, Kedah in Malaysia and Singapore. In a major step for the UAE’s digital infrastructure ambitions, telecom provider du has announced a strategic partnership to […]
Christianity declined in the West, losing followers, while sub-Saharan Africa grew rapidly, becoming the region with the largest Christian population/ saintandrewpasadena For nearly two millennia, Christianity expanded outward from a small Jewish sect in the eastern Roman Empire to become the world’s largest religion. Imperial endorsement in the 4th century, medieval missionary networks across Europe […]
Ofelia Torres, the 16-year-old Chicago student who publicly appealed for her father’s release from immigration detention while battling a rare cancer, has died, reports NBC news. Ofelia passed away on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer that affects soft tissue. She had been diagnosed in December 2024 and had spent […]
MacKenzie Scott donated $26 billion over the past seven years, including a record $7.2 billion in 2025, a pace of giving that makes her the third-largest philanthropist of all time by total lifetime donations, according to Forbes. Scott is a novelist and the former spouse of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. She has distributed the funds […]
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi left Tehran on Sunday for Geneva to take part in the second round of indirect nuclear negotiations with the United States, Iranian state media reported, with AFP confirming the development.Araghchi “left Tehran for Geneva late Sunday heading a diplomatic and technical delegation to conduct the second round of nuclear talks […]
PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan underwent an eye examination at Adiala Jail on Sunday following a Supreme Court order, with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) calling the process as “malicious” and questioning the exclusion of his family and personal doctors.According to news website Dawn, a five-member medical team conducted a detailed examination that lasted […]
US former President Barack Obama said that his wife, Michelle, would divorce him during a wide-ranging interview. “First of all, I’m not a politician anymore and I can’t be, right?” Obama began. “I mean, I guess technically I could run for, you know, city council or something, but I’m not in elected office. I don’t […]
