Arabian Post Staff -Dubai The UAE has emerged as the GCC’s busiest confirmed construction market, with 700 execution-ready projects valued at $138 billion, underscoring the country’s shift from post-boom recovery to a broader phase of active development across real estate, energy, infrastructure and specialised industrial assets. Saudi Arabia ranks close behind by project count, with 628 confirmed schemes, though its pipeline is larger in value terms at […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Mastercard has joined a consortium of more than 140 companies backing Open USD, a new dollar-pegged stablecoin designed to lower the cost of business payments and widen corporate use of blockchain-based settlement. The initiative, run by Open Standard, brings together payment networks, banks, technology companies, crypto platforms and asset managers in an attempt to create a shared stablecoin infrastructure rather than a token […]
Bitcoin, Ether and other large crypto tokens are moving in unusually tight formation as a market worth more than $2.2 trillion tries to recover from a bruising correction, raising fresh questions over whether investors are gaining diversification or merely holding different versions of the same risk trade. Live market data showed Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, BNB, Solana, Dogecoin, Tron and Hyperliquid’s HYPE controlling roughly $1.74 trillion in combined […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai The UAE’s non-oil private sector came close to stalling in June as the impact of the Iran conflict, softer tourism activity and cost pressures hit client demand, leaving firms with the weakest improvement in business conditions since February 2021. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global UAE Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 50.8 in June from 52.6 in May, staying only slightly above the 50 […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi’s e& Carrier & Wholesale Services has signed a strategic partnership with Lenovo Connect to deliver global connectivity for electric vehicles, connected cars and industrial IoT systems, strengthening its push into cross-border digital infrastructure as mobility platforms demand faster, safer and more compliant data services. The agreement brings together e&’s international network reach, 5G capabilities and regulatory experience with Lenovo Connect’s IoT […]
Dubai’s virtual asset sector has reached a fresh regulatory marker after the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority issued its 50th Virtual Asset Service Provider licence to Tribe Tokenisation FZE, strengthening the emirate’s push to build a supervised digital-finance industry. The licence, recorded on VARA’s public register as VL/26/06/002 and issued on 22 June 2026, authorises Tribe Tokenisation FZE for broker-dealer services. Its addition takes the number of active […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi has launched a maritime investment guide aimed at drawing global companies, entrepreneurs and specialist service providers into the emirate’s expanding ports, logistics and shipping ecosystem. The guide, titled Abu Dhabi’s Compass for Maritime Businesses: Your Gateway to Global Opportunity, has been introduced by Maritime Hub Abu Dhabi, the sector collaboration platform operated by Abu Dhabi Maritime and led by the Integrated […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai SolitAir has launched its first flight to Sofia, Bulgaria, opening the Dubai-based cargo carrier’s first operational route into Europe and extending its network beyond the Global South as it seeks a larger role in time-sensitive regional freight. The service marks a new phase for the airport-to-airport cargo airline, which is based at Dubai World Central and has built its early network around underserved […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai’s property boom is giving way to a more measured investment cycle as buyers shift attention from quick capital gains to developer strength, delivery quality and long-term asset performance. A new investor confidence survey points to a market that remains broadly optimistic about Dubai’s prospects but less willing to chase rapid price appreciation after a long rally. The findings suggest that investors are […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai US negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff held what Washington described as positive discussions with regional leaders in Qatar, while technical contacts with Iran moved ahead through mediators as both sides sought to preserve a fragile ceasefire and turn a temporary truce into a wider settlement. The Doha meetings form part of an indirect negotiating track designed to reduce the risk of renewed […]
Dubai, UAE: As Dubai continues to attract property buyers from overseas markets, DSQ Real Estate is highlighting the growing importance of post-purchase advisory for international investors who own property in the emirate but may not be physically present to manage every stage of the ownership journey. For many overseas buyers, purchasing a property in Dubai is only the beginning. Once the transaction is completed, owners often need […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has opened the prequalification stage for contractors and consortiums seeking to build the Dubai Metro Gold Line, moving the Dh34 billion project from planning into the procurement phase. The authority has issued requests for qualification for the fully underground line, with interested contractors required to submit qualification documents by 17 August. The process follows an expression-of-interest stage launched […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Iran has rejected French involvement in clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz, declaring that Tehran alone will manage security operations in the strategic waterway under its memorandum of understanding with the United States. The rejection, delivered by Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, followed President Emmanuel Macron’s offer for France to work with Oman and other partners on demining and safe passage through […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi has begun work on Dar al Funoon Abu Dhabi, a major performing arts centre on Saadiyat Island that is scheduled to open in 2030 and add more than 6,000 seats to the emirate’s cultural infrastructure. The project, whose name means House of the Arts, was launched near the Saadiyat Cultural District during a site visit by Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Oil prices rose on Monday as renewed US-Iran military exchanges unsettled traders and slowed energy traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, reviving concerns that a fragile pause in hostilities may not hold long enough to restore normal crude flows. Brent crude futures climbed 58 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to $72.57 a barrel at 0207 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude rose […]
Tether is moving to turn its multibillion-dollar bullion base into an active lending instrument, with holders of its gold-backed XAU₮ token set to borrow against their digital claims on physical gold without selling the underlying asset. The plan extends the company’s tokenised gold strategy into collateralised credit, a market structure already familiar to holders of bitcoin who use digital assets to obtain liquidity while keeping exposure to […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai The UAE has moved to deepen technology cooperation with the United States and allied economies through the second Pax Silica Summit in Washington, DC, placing secure artificial intelligence supply chains, advanced infrastructure and trusted cross-border deployment at the centre of its expanding AI diplomacy. The delegation, led by Saeed Al Hajeri, Minister of State, joined officials from dozens of partner economies and senior […]
There is a particular kind of conversation happening in Munich, Vienna, and Zurich right now. A founder runs the numbers on another year of operating at home, looks at the tax line, the energy bill, and the months lost to permits and paperwork, and starts asking a question that would have seemed exotic a decade ago: what would it actually take to run this from Dubai? In […]
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Arabian Post Staff -Dubai UAE authorities confirmed there was no security threat after an emergency missile warning was pushed to mobile phones across the country on Friday evening and withdrawn within minutes, briefly unsettling residents before officials traced the episode to a technical malfunction in the national early warning system. The first message, sent at about 5.17pm on June 26, warned of “potential missile threats” and instructed […]
Avalanche has launched the Avalanche Payments Collective, bringing together 28 financial and technology groups including VanEck, Franklin Templeton, Anchorage Digital and Paxos in a push to build blockchain-based infrastructure for global payments, treasury management and settlement. The initiative, unveiled on Thursday, is designed to consolidate a payments ecosystem around Avalanche’s blockchain network, covering stablecoins, custody, foreign exchange, card issuance, business payments, asset management, global payouts and on-chain […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai ADNOC Drilling has delivered AD-300, its first AI-enabled automated walking island rig, nearly three months ahead of schedule, advancing Abu Dhabi’s push to use robotics, data systems and lower-emission power options in offshore oilfield development. The rig is the first of six next-generation island units covered by a $1.54 billion drilling services programme awarded by ADNOC Offshore across 2024 and 2025. Its early […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi’s banking regulator has imposed an AED20 million penalty on the UAE branch of an unnamed foreign bank after examinations found significant and repeated failures in its anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing and sanctions compliance framework. The Central Bank of the UAE said the action was taken under the federal law governing the regulator and licensed financial institutions. It also imposed a separate […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai J. P. Morgan has cut its Brent crude price forecast for the second half of 2026, signalling that weaker demand and smaller-than-expected stock draws have reduced the upward pressure that had kept oil markets tense through much of the year. The bank now expects Brent to average $86 a barrel in the third quarter and $80 in the fourth, with prices ending 2026 […]
