Middle East

Meta And Snapchat Deny Limiting Palestinian Content Amid Israel-Hamas Conflict

Reports from journalists and social media users allege that social media firms like Meta shadowbans Palestinian content, suppressing fair reporting on the ground.


Starbucks to Lay off Thousands of Workers in Middle East After Being Hit by Boycott Campaign Relating to Israel-Hamas War

Starbucks' franchisee in the Middle East, Alshaya Group, is implementing significant job cuts at its coffee shops...

Industry Reacts to Houthi Attacks Disrupting Red Sea Shipping Routes, Companies Strategize

Houthi attacks disrupt Red Sea shipping, causing global companies like Geely, Tesla, and Adidas to face delays and logistic challenges, prompting strategic adaptations...

Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Some Other OPEC+ Producers to Prolong Oil Production Cuts Until June

Saudi Arabia, Russia, and some other key members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Plus (OPEC+) have decided to prolong their voluntary crude supply cuts until June...


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Aptima Chairman Joins Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on Innovation Mission to Israel
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Israel's SiSense sees surging demand for data analytics software
Business intelligence software provider SiSense said it expects sales to triple in 2014, boosted by soaring demand from small- and medium-sized businesses seeking to analyze growing amounts of data.
RRsat sees video distribution market shifting to outsourcing
New technologies in digital media services and an industry shift towards outsourcing will bring strong growth opportunities in the coming years, said Avi Cohen, chief executive of Israel's RRsat Globa
AOL to invest in Israeli start-ups
AOL Inc said on Sunday it is starting a program inIsrael to assist start-ups, and that it will invest at least $100,000 in as many as 10 projects at a time. The Internet giant already has a developmen
Time to embrace the Internet, Iran president says
Iran should embrace the Internet rather than see it as a threat, President Hassan Rouhani has said, in remarks that challenge hardliners who have stepped up measures to censor the Web.
Kaltura buys Israeli pay TV startup Tvinci
New York, US-based open-source video platform Kaltura bought Tel Aviv, Israel-based pay TV service startup Tvinci for an undisclosed amount to gain flexibility in the video business and grow its reven
Domain Elite invests $6.5M to bring SMART Medical Systems' endoscopy products to China
American venture capital firm Domain Elite invested $6.5 million in Israeli endoscopy and colonoscopy products maker SMART Medical Systems to bring the latter's products to meet the demand for the sai
Abraaj picks up stake in Moroccan chocolate maker Kool Food
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based firm Abraaj Group picked up a stake in Casablanca, Morocco-based chocolate manufacturer Kool Food for an undisclosed amount to back the latter's international d
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