RABAT, Morocco (AA): Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a memorandum of understanding with the International University of Rabat in the field of artificial intelligence and aeronautics research, according to the Israeli liaison office on Wednesday. The deal aims to establish a center of excellence in artificial intelligence and aeronauti...
Cape Canaveral, United States (AFP): The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), organized by Axiom Space, blasted off from Florida Sunday, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to travel to the orbiting laboratory. Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, is the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and i...
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI (AA): The ongoing disruption of internet and broadband services in Pakistan is causing a daily loss of $5 million to the country’s IT sector, officials and market sources have confirmed. Internet and broadband services across the country still remain disturbed a week after the government shut down the services, followin...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry late on Sunday confirmed a cyberattack on its information website but denied reports about the leak of documents and data. Nasser Kanani, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, said the ministry’s information website was hacked, but “necessary measures” were taken immediately to rest...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP): Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi stepped out of the International Space Station (ISS) Friday for the first space walk by an Arab astronaut, a moment touted by the UAE as a “milestone”. Alneyadi, 41, dubbed the “Sultan of Space” by his alma mater, became the first Arab astronaut to emb...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Türkiye has successfully launched its first indigenous high-resolution earth observation satellite, called the IMECE. The Turkish-made pioneering satellite was blasted off early on Saturday from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in the US state of California at 0648 GMT. The launch marks the first time that Türkiye will have an e...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Tuesday it had thwarted more than 8,000 cyberattacks in the previous Iranian calendar year that ended on March 20. Amir Muhammadzadeh-Lajevardi, CEO of Iran’s Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (TIC), said as many as 8,321 cyberattacks targeting the country’s critical infrastructure network were successfully...
ANKARA (AA) – A Kuwaiti newspaper has introduced a virtual news anchor as part of a trial aimed at utilizing artificial intelligence in journalism. The anchor was named Fedha, a classic Kuwait name meaning silver, and appeared on the Twitter account of Kuwait News website. The introduction of the virtual news anchor marks a significant [...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Moatasem Jibril, a young man from Sudan, has been conducting technological experiments to manufacture robots by using recycled electronic waste. Living in a mud house in the city of Omdurman, west of the capital Khartoum, Jibril did not give up on his dream of making a robot even after having to […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel on Tuesday blamed Iran for a cyberattack that targeted a leading engineering educational institute in the country last month. In a statement, the Israel National Cyber Directorate said the cyberattack on the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa city was carried out by a hacking group that works for Iran. [...
