Arabian Post Staff -Dubai United Arab Emirates prosecutors say a flydubai co-pilot who attacked the captain of a passenger aircraft intended to crash the jet into a terminal at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in a suicide operation. Attorney-General Hamad Saif al-Shamsi said on Friday that Hammam al-Hammami, a 29-year-old citizen of Oman, had admitted planning to seize control of the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight and cause the greatest […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital has secured US regulatory clearance for its $6.2 billion acquisition of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, removing the final regulatory obstacle to taking the American billboard advertising company private. Clear Channel announced on Wednesday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States had approved the transaction, allowing the investor consortium led by Mubadala Capital to proceed towards completion […]
We’re heading into earnings season again in Corporate America, and S&P 500 earnings are forecast to climb 27% in the third quarter, and for the first time since 2021, every single sector is expected to grow its profits. For two years sceptics have argued the AI boom is a narrow bet on a handful of technology companies. These numbers point to an investment wave now feeding profits […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Deutsche Bank has made three key appointments in its Dubai office as the German lender broadens investment banking coverage across the Middle East and seeks to capture growing capital-markets and institutional-client business. Ilya Korobov has relocated from London to Dubai as a director of debt capital markets for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He joined Deutsche Bank in November […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Rasmal Ventures and Türkiye’s Bilişim Vadisi have signed a three-year cooperation agreement aimed at creating a structured route for startups, investors and companies between Türkiye and Gulf markets. The memorandum of understanding, signed in Istanbul, covers joint innovation programmes, investor and business-to-business matchmaking, knowledge exchange, capacity building and the movement of startups, specialists and networks between the two regions. The partnership also involves […]
Coinbase has expanded Coinbase for Agents to US stocks and exchange-traded funds while activating x402 micropayments, allowing artificial-intelligence agents to trade across more asset classes and buy data or services needed to inform their actions. The September 22 expansion extends a platform launched in June that connected AI agents directly to customers’ Coinbase accounts for trading, payments and automated financial workflows. Coinbase said its Model Context Protocol, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai The two pilots involved in a violent cockpit altercation aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 have been transferred from Saudi Arabia to Abu Dhabi, placing them directly within a UAE investigation seeking to establish what triggered the mid-air emergency. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior said the captain and co-pilot left for Abu Dhabi on Thursday after receiving medical clearance, accompanied by a UAE security team. […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia has lifted crude flows through its East-West Pipeline to nearly 6 million barrels a day, restoring more than 80% of the strategic route’s capacity and sharply increasing oil available for export from the Red Sea coast. The 7 million-barrel-a-day conduit, operated by Saudi Aramco, is now carrying volumes close to levels reached during the Iran war, after running at roughly half […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai UAE-based technology company AIQ has signed an agreement to enter India’s oil and gas sector, extending its international expansion with a deployment covering an unnamed conglomerate’s refineries, fuel stations and digital stores. Chief Executive Officer Dennis Jol disclosed the agreement at a media briefing on Wednesday but declined to identify the customer or give financial terms. The contract marks AIQ’s entry into one […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Chicago’s City Council has approved the $2.53 billion sale of its privatised parking-meter concession to Stonepeak Partners, clearing the transfer from a Morgan Stanley-led investor group after months of political dispute over the transaction. Aldermen voted 46-3 on Tuesday to authorise Stonepeak, a New York-based infrastructure investment firm, to acquire Chicago Parking Meters LLC, which controls the city’s metered street-parking system under a […]
President Trump says the White House is considering a ban on US diesel exports “very seriously”. This is a huge threat, but behind the threat sits a problem no export ban can solve: the world can’t refine enough fuel. A barrel of crude does nothing for a truck or a cargo ship until a refinery has processed it. Oil in the ground or on a tanker counts […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi-based Shorooq and Presight have invested in Maven Robotics as part of the US industrial robotics company’s $100 million Series A financing round. The investment was made through the Presight–Shorooq AI and Bedaya funds managed by Shorooq, the companies said. RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures and XTX Ventures also participated in the financing, which Maven announced earlier this month. The individual commitments from […]
THORChain has rejected Bitget chief executive Gracy Chen’s call to block addresses linked to the cryptocurrency exchange’s $387.5 million security breach, arguing that its permissionless network cannot selectively censor transactions. The dispute emerged after assets stolen from Bitget were routed through cross-chain services, including THORChain, and converted into Bitcoin. Chen publicly urged the protocol to refuse service to attacker-controlled addresses that had already been identified and flagged, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Huawei is making its first appearance at the Egypt Mining Forum on Monday, presenting digital-power and clean-energy technologies aimed at improving the reliability, efficiency and sustainability of mining operations. The company is participating in the fifth edition of the two-day forum, which opens on September 28 at the St Regis New Capital in Cairo under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Egypt’s […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai The UAE’s ambassador to Uzbekistan has received a joint delegation from the Emirates Scholar Center for Research and Studies and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, with talks focusing on expanding academic, cultural and research cooperation with Uzbek institutions. Dr Saeed Matar Al Qamzi hosted the delegation at the UAE Embassy in Tashkent during its visit to Uzbekistan, the Emirates Scholar […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Microsoft has refreshed its compact Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Plus processor, raising performance and local artificial-intelligence capacity while keeping the existing lightweight designs. The devices, announced at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, will go on sale in selected markets on October 13. The Surface Pro 12-inch starts at $1,149.99, while the Surface Laptop 13-inch starts at $1,199, placing […]
Both are appealing versions of life in the city. Choosing between them starts with understanding how you want your home to serve you. For buyers considering Dubai property, exploring different housing types within one developer’s portfolio can make that decision more concrete. Liam Real Estate’s guide to Binghatti properties brings together apartment projects such as Spectre and Wraith alongside the villa-focused Tilal Binghatti, offering a useful starting […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Iran has presented the United States with a proposed regional ceasefire framework that would halt attacks on Arab states, gradually reopen the Strait of Hormuz and set a timetable for broader negotiations aimed at ending the conflict, according to officials briefed on the diplomatic effort. The proposal, conveyed during talks around the United Nations General Assembly in New York, envisages a ceasefire lasting […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi-listed MAIR Group has agreed to acquire a 70 per cent stake in Eslab, owner of Turkish-origin specialty coffee chain Espressolab, marking the investment group’s first international acquisition since its stock-market listing. The company said it had signed a share purchase agreement for 70 per cent of Eslab’s issued share capital. Eslab’s founders and existing shareholders will retain the remaining 30 per […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai Electronic Security Centre has unveiled SARAAB, an artificial intelligence model built to detect deepfake videos, presenting the Emirati-developed system at GISEC Global 2026 as authorities intensify efforts to counter AI-enabled cyber fraud and manipulation. The open-source model was developed entirely by a team at the Dubai Electronic Security Centre, or DESC, and is designed to analyse video frame by frame for signs […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Odisha has signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company and the Adani Group to explore 14 projects carrying an indicative investment of ₹2.105 trillion across minerals, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, tourism and infrastructure. The agreement was concluded during Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi’s investment outreach in the UAE, with the state describing the portfolio as a major expansion of its […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Ajman Real Estate Investment Exhibition 2026 recorded 344 property transactions worth AED226 million on its third day, as visitor numbers reached 6,936 at Emirates Hospitality Hall. The figures were announced as the fourth edition of the exhibition continued in Ajman on Wednesday, with the Ajman Land and Real Estate Regulation Department citing strong participation from investors, developers and property specialists. The event had […]
More than 11.6 million cryptocurrency tokens stopped trading in 2025, an unprecedented annual total that accounted for 86.3% of all failures recorded by CoinGecko’s GeckoTerminal dataset between mid-2021 and the end of last year. The figure marks a steep acceleration from 2024, when 1,382,010 projects were classified as failed, and highlights the fragile economics of a market flooded with easily created tokens, particularly meme coins. CoinGecko counted […]
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Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia is broadening international security contacts as Iran-backed Houthi forces consolidate positions along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, with Britain backing Riyadh and reports of Israeli intelligence co-operation emerging as the kingdom confronts missile, drone and maritime threats. The Saudi outreach has accelerated after Houthi forces captured territory and islands around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the narrow waterway linking the Red Sea with […]
