July 19, 2024
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GCC chief underlines concerted response to IT challenges
Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Al-Budaiwi said Friday it is essential for the GCC member countries to exert joint efforts to address information technology challenges.
Al-Budaiwi said in an X post that the Gulf bloc’s c…
Chaos hits most airports in the world due to technical failure
Chaos hits most airports in the world due to technical failure.
The technical failure that occurred today caused air traffic to stop in most airports in the world and cancel their flights, affecting train traffic, banks and hospitals.
International …
Kuwait: Team established to counter any threats from global IT glitch
The State of Kuwait had established an operation room and hotline to monitor and counter cyberattacks or threats caused by a malfunction in the CrowdStrike update system, which in turn resulted in global IT outage, said a minister on Friday.
Speaking…
/5.8 / magnitude earthquake hits Indonesian Sumatra
An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale of nine degrees struck southwest of Indonesian Sumatra on Thursday.
The German Research Center for Geosciences “GFZ” reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 10 kilometers at a l…
Kuwaiti agencies reassure nationals about global IT glitch
Kuwait IT and cyber security watchdogs have reassured the public they are doing their best to deal with the global IT disruption that hit globally earlier in the day.
This came in a joint statement by the Communication and Information Technology Regu…
Iraq receives an ISIS leader from Lebanon
The Iraqi authorities received the financial official of the terrorist organization ISIS, after the Lebanese State Security Service arrested him.
The Lebanese authorities reported that ‘the accused is 50 years old,’ stressing that ‘he financed the mo…
Kuwait DGCA: Action undertaken handling Microsoft global services outage
Plans and actions are in motion to handle the global outage of Microsoft services that affected airports globally, including Kuwait International Airport, said Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday.
DGCA official spokesman Abdullah A…