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Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Sharjah Taxi has completed one million trips booked through the Yango app, marking a significant expansion of digital taxi use in the emirate since the service was launched in February 2025. The milestone reflects rising passenger demand for app-based access to regulated city taxis, combining digital booking, journey tracking and electronic payment options with Sharjah’s established public transport network. The platform allows customers […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai Police has launched a Young Journalist course to equip school students with journalism skills, media awareness and a stronger understanding of responsible communication. The course forms part of the Dubai Police Summer Student Programme 2026, which is bringing together about 1,400 pupils from 130 public and private schools. Participants represent 31 nationalities, reflecting the broad social mix of Dubai’s student population. The […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai ExxonMobil has signed on as a Gold Sponsor of Angola Oil & Gas 2026, strengthening its position in the country as Luanda seeks billions of dollars in investment to sustain crude production and revive exploration. The conference will be held in Luanda on 9 and 10 September, bringing together energy companies, investors, financiers, service providers and policymakers. Angola is promoting an upstream investment […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai Future District Fund has expanded its portfolio to 30 investments, confirming that the future is now sufficiently diversified to survive several pitch decks, two market corrections and at least one founder describing an ordinary payment service as “transformational infrastructure”. The fund made eight new investment commitments during 2025, including five venture capital funds and three high-growth companies. Its portfolio now consists of […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi is emerging as a leading long-term residential investment market as economic diversification, controlled development and stronger international capital flows reshape demand across the emirate. BlackBrick, a UAE real estate advisory firm, said the capital offered investors a combination of government-backed planning, limited prime supply and expanding employment sectors. Its assessment reflects growing interest in Abu Dhabi among overseas buyers seeking stability, […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Iran launched missile and drone attacks on US military facilities across the Gulf on Friday after American forces completed a sixth consecutive night of strikes on Iranian military infrastructure, deepening a cycle of retaliation that has disrupted regional shipping and unsettled energy markets. Tehran said its forces targeted US facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait during the early hours of Friday. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards […]

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund held about 733,500 tokens valued at more than $47.5 billion on July 15, cementing its position as the dominant regulated Bitcoin investment product in the United States. The latest official portfolio data differs slightly from a widely circulated social media claim that the iShares Bitcoin Trust held 734,762 Bitcoin worth $47.1 billion. Holdings change each trading day as authorised participants create or […]

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Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai is assessing the feasibility of converting organic waste into sustainable aviation fuel, extending the emirate’s clean-energy ambitions to one of the world’s most difficult sectors to decarbonise. The proposal was examined at the 95th meeting of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, chaired by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Council members reviewed how locally available waste could provide feedstock for lower-carbon […]

Revolut has secured in-principle approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority to offer cryptocurrency services in the UAE, advancing the financial technology group’s plan to build a regulated digital finance platform in the country. The proposed Virtual Assets Service Provider licence would permit Revolut to provide broker-dealer, management and investment, and exchange services. Full operations will remain subject to the company meeting VARA’s conditions and obtaining final […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Gemcorp Capital has completed a $20 million Shariah-compliant structured financing in Saudi Arabia, marking the emerging-markets asset manager’s first direct lending transaction in the kingdom. The financing has been extended to SILQ, a Saudi financial technology platform that provides procurement, payment and funding services to small and medium-sized enterprises. The transaction gives Gemcorp an initial foothold in a market where growing companies often […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai ADNOC Logistics and Services has ordered four next-generation liquefied natural gas carriers for about $900 million, expanding its shipping capacity as Abu Dhabi seeks a larger role in global gas supply and trading. The vessels, each capable of carrying 175,000 cubic metres of LNG, will be built at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai and delivered in 2029. The contract raises the company’s LNG newbuild […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi-based technology group e& has agreed to sell its entire 16.21% holding in Vodafone Group to an investment vehicle controlled by French telecommunications entrepreneur Xavier Niel’s family for about AED21.8 billion. The transaction covers 3,944,743,685 Vodafone ordinary shares, representing 17.13% of the company’s voting rights. Vega, the Niel family’s acquisition vehicle, will pay about 110.5 pence in cash for each share. E& […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Emrill has opened a central warehouse in Dubai’s Ras Al Khor district, consolidating materials storage and distribution to improve response times across its facilities management contracts in the UAE. The strategically located facility is expected to cut travel time across the company’s Dubai operations by as much as 12 minutes per journey on average. Emrill said the reduction would accelerate deliveries to client […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Ajman Bank has opened a corporate office on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, strengthening its capacity to serve companies, institutions, business owners and wealth-management clients across the UAE’s largest commercial centre. The 7,565-square-foot office has been designed as a specialised hub for corporate, business and wealth banking. It combines private meeting areas with digital screens, advanced audiovisual systems and smart technology intended to […]

BingX has launched a global community initiative after Enzo Fernández scored Argentina’s stoppage-time winner against Egypt, turning a World Cup comeback into a marketing moment for the cryptocurrency exchange and Web3-AI platform. Fernández’s goal completed Argentina’s 3-2 victory in Atlanta after the defending champions had trailed 2-0 deep into the last 16 tie. Cristian Romero began the recovery in the 79th minute, Lionel Messi levelled four minutes […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Azentio Software has launched a UAE e-invoicing solution inside its enterprise resource planning platform, positioning the product around the Federal Tax Authority mandate that will begin applying to large businesses from January 2027. The Dubai announcement follows Azentio’s designation as a pre-approved Accredited Service Provider by the Ministry of Finance, a status that places the company among technology vendors preparing to connect businesses […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Keyper has raised US$11 million in Series A funding to expand its monthly rent payment platform and digital property infrastructure across the UAE, as tenants and landlords adjust to a housing market under pressure from high demand, rising rents and changing payment expectations. The round was backed by Speedinvest, Mashreq’s NeoVentures, Middle East Venture Partners, Dubai Future District Fund, Property Finder and other […]

Bitcoin fell below $62,000 in Asian trading as renewed US-Iran hostilities drove oil prices higher, prompting investors to cut exposure to cryptocurrencies and other risk assets. The world’s largest digital token traded near $62,000 after touching an intraday low around $61,700, extending a pullback that spread across Ether, XRP and Solana. Ether hovered near $1,625, while several large alternative tokens lost between 1 and 3 per cent […]

Securitize’s shares have fallen about 40 per cent since the BlackRock-backed tokenisation firm completed its public listing through a Cantor Fitzgerald-linked blank-cheque vehicle, exposing a sharp gap between investor enthusiasm for blockchain-based financial infrastructure and the early trading performance of companies entering public markets through SPAC deals. The company, now trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ, slipped to about $8 after opening […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Ras Al Khaimah is preparing for one of the largest residential supply expansions in its history, with 25,600 new homes expected to be delivered by 2030 as developers accelerate launches around waterfront districts, branded residences and lifestyle-led communities. The new supply pipeline, tracked by Cavendish Maxwell, is heavily weighted towards apartments, which account for 97 per cent of planned stock. The figure underlines […]

The Reserve Bank of India has renewed its support for keeping cryptocurrency away from the formal financial system, reviving the prospect of a tougher national policy on private digital assets even as millions of users continue to trade through domestic and offshore platforms. Government documents and briefings to a parliamentary panel point to a policy line that leans towards prohibition rather than licensing. The central bank has […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia has slashed the price of its flagship crude for Asian buyers by the widest margin in more than two decades, signalling a tougher fight for market share as rising supply and softer demand reshape the oil trade. Saudi Aramco cut the August official selling price of Arab Light crude by $11 a barrel, setting it at $1.50 below the Oman-Dubai average, […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai DMCC has launched a dedicated cybersecurity vertical as part of a wider restructuring of its technology ecosystem, bringing more than 4,000 technology companies under the newly formalised DMCC Tech platform. The new unit, DMCC Cyber, is designed to support businesses working across cyber resilience, digital trust, data protection, identity management, and governance, risk and compliance. It will sit alongside the DMCC AI Centre, […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai BARQ Systems has formed a regional partnership with ServiceNow to speed up digital transformation and enterprise automation across the Middle East and North Africa, targeting organisations that are moving from isolated technology upgrades to AI-enabled operating models. The collaboration is designed to help enterprises use the ServiceNow AI Platform to convert complex workflows into automated, data-led processes across IT, customer service, human resources […]

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