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Track and Field: IAAF World Athletics Championships

Saudi allies coordinate defence response to Houthi attacks

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have moved to activate military coordination under their new joint defence pact after Houthi attacks on the kingdom, with Pakistan pledging

Saudi allies coordinate defence response to Houthi attacks

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have moved to activate military coordination under their new joint defence pact after Houthi attacks

L’Imad maps port expansion beyond Strait of Hormuz

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi sovereign investor L’Imad Holding is positioning AD Ports Group for tighter state control as the emirate strengthens trade

Oil steadies as Saudi pipeline restores export route

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Oil prices steadied near $105 a barrel on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia restored substantial flows through its East-West pipeline, easing supply

Netanyahu makes unannounced Abu Dhabi trip for MBZ talks

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Abu Dhabi on Sunday for an unannounced meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin

After the FOMC: my macro convictions for 2027

Matein KhalidAny macro crystal-ball gazer must learn to swallow crushed glass – this is a lesson I learned the hard way on Wall Street.My

Fed will collide with the mother of all AI credit bubble

Matein KhalidI never thought a routine telegraphed 0.25% a rate hike at a FOMC conclave would make September 16, 2026 one of the scariest

LatAm gushers and possible Venezuela exit a nightmare for Opec

Matein KhalidIt is ironic that Opec, born as the brainchild of a nationalist Venezuelan oil minister in 1960, could die in 2027 as a

Oman targets doubling Duqm crude storage capacity

Oman plans to more than double onshore crude storage at Duqm to 10 million barrels within three years while considering two supertankers for floating

ADIA unit backs $2.34 billion Slate Grocery buyout

A wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is participating as a strategic investor in the $2.34 billion acquisition of Canada’s Slate

UAE higher education intake climbs 15 per cent

Student admissions to higher education institutions across the UAE rose 15 per cent during the 2025–2026 academic year, pushing total enrolment above 218,000 as

DP World maps shifts in maritime trade

Global maritime trade is being redrawn by geopolitical disruption, climate pressures, trade-policy changes and the spread of manufacturing to new regions, increasing the need

Talking Point

Oil steadies as Middle East supply rebounds

Oil prices steadied on Wednesday as Middle East crude exports approached pre-war levels, with restored Saudi pipeline flows easing immediate

Mubadala, Together AI forge Abu Dhabi partnership

UAE-bound flights face delays after Sunday disruption

Water financing gap constrains global growth ambitions

G7 urges Iran to halt Houthi support

IHC identifies Fount Trust as ultimate parent

UN mission identifies grounds for US war-crime finding

EMM4 enters Chile’s music scene with AI debut

Chile’s first artist conceived as an artificial-intelligence-driven project has made her public debut, releasing the single “Pelis de Amor” and

Aldar launches first homes at Yas Point

BankDhofar earns 2026 workplace certification

Bake My Day takes pink tins to Riyadh

Wire

Press Release

Enfield Royal Clinic Dubai Expands to United States With Three New Branches

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17 Years in Dubai: What the Interior Design Industry Has Learned and Where It Goes Next

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HUUM 9kW Face-Off: Which Iconic Estonian Heater Belongs in Your Sauna?

Saudi Subsidiary of 3D Factory Korea Receives Guinness World Records Pre-Approval for World’s Highest Mountain Media Facade

Politics

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Bank Account Opening in Dubai: An Ultimate Guide

Any firm in the UAE must have a corporate bank account. It

Science & Research

NVIDIA opens viral protein map with BioNeMo pipeline

September 26

BASE39 completes inaugural accelerator for furniture designers

September 19

Specialised surgical video sharpens robotic vision models

September 18

GhostCode exploits Entra enrolment for persistent access

September 17

Epoxy-oxylipins curb harmful inflammatory immune-cell expansion

September 13

Higher tyrosine levels correlate with shorter male lifespan

September 10

Satellite tracking sharpens Nepal glacier flood warnings

September 08

Chinese researchers engineer self-contracting muscle grafts

August 31

columns

Gulf’s growth model faces its first true stress test

Matein KhalidThe US-Israel war with Iran has now stretched beyond five weeks, inflicting extensive damage on energy infrastructure, airports, ports and commercial

Iran war is an economic disaster for India

PUK to wait and watch until Baghdad picture becomes clear

Diesel’s record run exposes the world’s refining bottleneck

President Trump says the White House is considering a ban on US diesel exports “very seriously”. This is a huge threat,

What global investors want from Xi’s Washington summit

Markets have split America in two

3 reasons for investors to be cheerful till year-end

Sharjah launches world’s first AI trade-name service

Sharjah Economic Development Department and Sharjah Digital Department have introduced an AI-powered Trade Name Issuance Service at GITEX Global 2025

Ajman Unveils Smart-Payment Push at GITEX 2025

Dubai expands nol card reach via new MoU pacts at GITEX

Commvault and HPE Deepen Gulf‐Scale Data Protection Alliance

MBRHE Unveils Next-Gen Smart Housing at GITEX 2025

Skyborne Shift: Aridge Debuts Flying Car in Dubai

Syria Enters Global Tech Stage with GITEX Debut

UAE Pushes Heart Health Ahead of Global Awareness Day

A surge of new initiatives is underway across the UAE ahead of the upcoming global heart-health campaign, as health authorities

Apple Unveils iPhone 17 Series; UAE Pre-Orders Launching 12 September

iPad-Exclusive Instagram Puts Reels First

UAE Plans Long Weekend for Upcoming Public Holiday

Peer to Peer

Tether creates $495 million batch of gold tokens

Tether has minted about $495 million of its gold-backed XAU₮ token, adding a large new batch of digital bullion as

Open USD enters market with shared ownership model

Polymarket adds 15-minute Bitcoin markets to US app

California bars public officials from launching meme coins

Financial

Insights

Global Residency by Investment: How Investors Are Choosing in 2026

The residency-by-investment landscape looks very different in 2026 than it did just a few years ago.[/caption]Across the world, governments

Regional Uncertainty Drives Rising Interest in EB-5 Among Pakistani Families

Revolut sharpens push for business clients

Global Tensions Spark Surge in Rare Diamond Investments

Investing

EB-5 Clock Ticks as U.S. Investors Abroad Reassess Timing and Strategy

For U.S. immigration policymakers, the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program has long served as a bridge between global capital and domestic

Between U.S. Tightening Scenarios and Japan’s Expanding Deficit Post-Elections

Climate Action

Updates

UAE flags $141bn water funding gap amid AI demand

Greenlogue/APThe UAE has warned that a global water financing shortfall of as much as $141 billion a year threatens

Qatar greenhouse market projected to reach $600.1m by 2034

Beam, Masdar City advance clean-energy mobility collaboration

Aldar, Mubadala add Masdar City Square for Dh918m

Business

How Flexible Talent is Supporting the Gulf’s Hospitality and Events Boom

[caption id="attachment_122040" align="alignleft" width="1012"] Image Source - https://www.pexels.com/photo/business-meeting-in-modern-office-setting-36765734/[/caption]The Gulf's events and hospitality sectors are expanding at a pace few regions can