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Board of Directors of Alat Company Appoints Amit Midha as CEO

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Saudi Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Investment Fund (PIF). (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Saudi Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Investment Fund (PIF). (SPA)
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Board of Directors of Alat Company Appoints Amit Midha as CEO

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Saudi Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Investment Fund (PIF). (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Saudi Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Investment Fund (PIF). (SPA)

The Board of Directors of Alat, chaired by Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Saudi Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), announced Amit Midha as its global CEO.

Amit Midha is a global business leader who has built and transformed businesses in leadership roles across the globe, including China, the US, India, and Singapore. He joined Alat from Dell Technologies, where he was responsible for Dell's growth in Asia Pacific and Japan, overseeing a multi-billion-dollar business spanning more than 40 countries.

Alat aims to enhance the capabilities of the technological sector, benefiting from the rapid development of this sector in Saudi Arabia, which will increase the nation's ability to create investment opportunities. The company will empower the private sector and enhance the commercial environment through its business systems and partnerships with leading international technology manufacturers.

Midha said: “Alat's mandate is to transform the global electronics and advanced industrial industries by creating a sustainable manufacturing hub leveraging the Kingdom's solar, wind, and green hydrogen clean energy. We will passionately use technology to transform business by leveraging cutting-edge AI technology and Industry 4.0 best practices for manufacturing.”

“We will enable the realignment of practices and approaches to embrace sustainability and efficiency. This is not only using clean energy but also applying sustainability measures to all our operations, buildings, logistics, and supply chains, with sustainability at the core of everything we do,” he added.

Alat will focus on transforming global industries, electronics and advanced industries and creating a world-class manufacturing hub in the Kingdom. The company will deliver sustainable manufacturing to help international companies reduce emissions and move towards carbon-zero manufacturing.

It will deliver its mandate by partnering with the world's leading corporations to innovate and transform industries, with a commitment to and focus on using clean energy.

The name Alat is derived from the word “machines” and is relevant to manufacturing, electronics, and industries. Rooted in Arabic, the Alat logo and wordmark feature traditional Salmani architecture references with modern design elements, positioning the brand as contemporary for the next generation.

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Bahrain Issues Threat Alerts as Iran Says it Attacked US Base

Visitors tour the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Achievements Exhibition at the National Aerospace Park outside Tehran, Iran, 12 November 2026. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Visitors tour the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Achievements Exhibition at the National Aerospace Park outside Tehran, Iran, 12 November 2026. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
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Bahrain Issues Threat Alerts as Iran Says it Attacked US Base

Visitors tour the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Achievements Exhibition at the National Aerospace Park outside Tehran, Iran, 12 November 2026. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Visitors tour the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Achievements Exhibition at the National Aerospace Park outside Tehran, Iran, 12 November 2026. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH

Bahrain issued two alerts of potential threats on Sunday, its first such warnings since September, as Iran said it had attacked a US base in the country.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had attacked a US military base in Bahrain in retaliation for "hostile US actions,” Iran's Fars news agency reported.

The Revolutionary Guards said they had launched six drones targeting a US air-defense radar at the Al-Rifaa helicopter base in ⁠Bahrain, Iranian state-run Press ⁠TV reported.

Bahrain, home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, urged citizens and residents to remain calm and proceed to the nearest safe location, the interior ministry said.

President Donald Trump has said in recent days that he might hold off on attacking Iran if the US faces no new provocations from Tehran or the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, but that he would maintain a US naval blockade, Reuters reported on Saturday.

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Arab Coalition Intercepts Missiles Towards Riyadh, Drones in Eastern Province

Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki
Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki
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Arab Coalition Intercepts Missiles Towards Riyadh, Drones in Eastern Province

Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki
Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki

The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said on Sunday it had intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles launched towards the Saudi capital Riyadh and three drones in the Kingdom's Eastern Province.

"Air defenses intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi terrorist militia toward Riyadh," Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki said.

He earlier said in separate statements that Saudi air defenses had destroyed three drones in the country's Eastern region.

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Saudi Arabia and 17 Arab, Islamic Countries Condemn Israeli Strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza

People inspect damage to Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP)
People inspect damage to Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP)
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Saudi Arabia and 17 Arab, Islamic Countries Condemn Israeli Strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza

People inspect damage to Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP)
People inspect damage to Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP)

Saudi Arabia and 17 Arab and Islamic countries strongly condemned on Saturday the Israeli on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis earlier this week.

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Palestine, Djibouti, Somalia, Oman, Mauritania, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, Pakistan, Indonesia, Lebanon, and Algeria slammed the attack “as a violation of international humanitarian law, which affords special protection to medical facilities and healthcare workers.”

In a statement, they also condemned “continued Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians, including strikes on tents and other sites sheltering displaced persons.”

“These attacks undermine the ceasefire and efforts to restore security and stability in Gaza and are inconsistent with President Trump’s Comprehensive Plan,” they added.

An Israeli airstrike hit one of the main hospitals still operating in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing six people and wounding 28 others.

The Israeli military said the strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza targeted an unidentified Hamas commander and other fighters, without providing evidence.

The FMs expressed on Saturday “grave concern that continued Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid, shelter materials, including tents, caravans and mobile homes, as well as medical supplies are deepening Gaza's humanitarian catastrophe as winter approaches.”

“Inadequate shelter and deteriorating water, sanitation and healthcare services put civilian lives at grave risk, particularly those of children and infants, who could once again die from exposure to freezing temperatures,” they warned.

The FMs called on Israel “to heed appeals from the international community and the Board of Peace, for increased aid and to fulfil immediately and in full its obligations under the Sharm El-Sheikh Agreement, President Trump's Comprehensive Plan and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803.”

“Israel must uphold the ceasefire, protect civilians and medical facilities, and ensure the safe, sustained and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid in sufficient quantities, including shelter and early recovery supplies and equipment to restore essential infrastructure,” they demanded.

“It must also allow UN agencies and humanitarian organizations to carry out their mandates without obstruction,” they said.

“These first-phase commitments were due to take effect upon signature. Israel must implement them without further delay or additional conditions, including political and security conditions, that impede humanitarian access,” they continued.

“Urgent humanitarian assistance must proceed independently of progress on subsequent phases. The ministers called on the United States and the Board of Peace, within their respective roles, to intensify their efforts to ensure Israel's full implementation of these commitments and the lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, thereby preserving the credibility of the agreements and consolidating the ceasefire,” they stressed.

The ministers reaffirmed their determination “to work with regional and international partners to consolidate the ceasefire, implement all phases of the Plan and scale up humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering of the brotherly Palestinian people.”