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Arabian Post Staff -Dubai DUBAI — The World Economic Forum has recognised UAE PASS as a global model for integrated digital government infrastructure, confirming that civilisation can function without citizens carrying a folder containing six photocopies, three passport photographs and a letter proving that the letter exists. The recognition places the UAE’s national digital identity system among leading examples of how governments can connect public and private […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai The UAE economy has withstood disruption from the Middle East conflict, supported by strong financial reserves, rapid policy intervention and continued strength across banking, trade and logistics, the International Monetary Fund has said. An IMF staff team completed a visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai from July 7 to 16, holding discussions on economic conditions, financial-sector performance and policy priorities. The meetings also […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Iran has claimed that ballistic missiles and drones destroyed several US military aircraft stationed in Jordan, widening a fast-escalating exchange of attacks across the Middle East. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the operation targeted US fighter jets and aerial refuelling aircraft at military facilities in Jordan. It claimed several aircraft were destroyed and others seriously damaged, but offered no independently verifiable evidence. […]

Toni Pons, the Catalan company whose hand-stitched espadrilles have become one of Spain’s more durable footwear exports, turns 80 this year. It marks the anniversary in the middle of an expansion push — and, increasingly, with the Gulf on the map as a retail market rather than a holiday one. The company closed 2025 with revenue of 32 million euros, three per cent up on the previous […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai’s skyline is packed with buildings designed to command attention, but The Pad in Business Bay stands apart by leaning deliberately towards the Dubai Water Canal, echoing the shape of an Apple iPod resting in its charging dock. Developed by Omniyat and designed by Hong Kong-based architect James Law, the residential tower is inclined at an angle of 6.5 degrees. Its unconventional profile […]

India has barred shipping companies from assigning the country’s seafarers to vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, tightening safety measures after deadly attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf. The Directorate General of Maritime Administration issued the instruction through Circular No. 36 of 2026, dated July 15, directing shipowners, ship managers and recruitment and placement service companies to stop fresh deployments on voyages involving the strategic […]

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, […]

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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 […]

Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in cryptocurrency exchange Crypto. com, valuing the Singapore-based trading platform at $20 billion as established financial groups deepen their involvement in digital assets. The strategic investment will support Crypto. com’s expansion beyond cryptocurrency trading into tokenised securities, derivatives and other blockchain-based financial products. The transaction also gives the exchange a powerful institutional partner with extensive expertise in liquidity provision, pricing and […]

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 […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Britain will require social media platforms to place 16- and 17-year-olds under a default overnight curfew, extending its child online safety campaign beyond a planned ban covering younger users. The proposed rules will block access to social media accounts between midnight and 6am unless teenagers actively change their settings. Platforms will also have to disable autoplay, infinite scrolling and other features designed to […]

The US military has disabled an oil tanker sailing towards Iran’s main crude export terminal, marking the first publicly disclosed attack on a commercial vessel since Washington renewed its blockade of Iranian ports. A US aircraft fired Hellfire missiles into the smokestack of the empty, Curaçao-flagged M/T Belma after the vessel ignored repeated warnings while crossing international waters towards Kharg Island. The strike left the tanker unable […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Iran has threatened to disrupt energy exports across the Middle East as renewed US military action and a naval blockade deepen the struggle for control of the Strait of Hormuz. The warning raised the prospect of attacks extending towards the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the southern entrance to the Red Sea and a vital route for oil, liquefied natural gas and container traffic. Iran’s […]

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 Fynd has launched its artificial intelligence-powered fashion development platform, Fynd Create, across the Gulf Cooperation Council, targeting brands seeking to shorten design cycles, improve sourcing visibility and move collections into production faster. The platform brings trend forecasting, product design, range planning, technical specifications, supplier selection, manufacturing oversight, catalogue creation and logistics into one connected system. Fynd said early deployments with fashion businesses across […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai DMCC and the Botswana Stock Exchange Group have signed an agreement to connect Botswana’s commodity producers with Dubai’s trade, finance and logistics network, creating a new commercial corridor between Gaborone and the emirate. The memorandum of understanding will establish what the organisations describe as Africa’s first multi-commodity sister-hub trading corridor. It is intended to widen international market access for Botswana’s diamonds, copper, coal, […]

U. S. President Donald Trump has abandoned his proposed 20 per cent charge on cargo moving through the Strait of Hormuz, replacing it with planned trade and investment agreements with Gulf states while keeping a naval blockade on Iran in force. The reversal came a day after Trump said Washington would collect a “reimbursement fee” from vessels using the strategic waterway, a move that triggered objections over […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dealing. com has secured a Guinness World Records title after making 24,343 tokenised stocks available for trading on a single investment platform, placing the Dubai-linked service at the centre of efforts to widen access to global securities through blockchain infrastructure. The title for the “Most Tokenised Stocks Available for Trading on a Single Platform” was presented to Tajinder Virk, co-founder and chief executive […]

The entrepreneur and strategist argues that the debate around AI and creativity has been captured by the wrong question TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands — The conversation about artificial intelligence and creative work has been dominated by a single, persistent question: will AI replace human creativity? Alessio Vinassa thinks this is the wrong question, asked at exactly the wrong time, by people who fundamentally misunderstand what creativity is. […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Iranian cruise missiles struck two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, killing one crew member and injuring eight others as maritime tensions intensified across the Gulf. The Mombasa and Al Bahiyah were hit while travelling through the southern shipping lane within Omani territorial waters, the UAE Ministry of Defence said. Fires broke out on both vessels and caused material damage […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai SBI Funds Management raised ₹26.63 billion from anchor investors, including major sovereign wealth funds, before opening one of the country’s largest public offerings of 2026 to wider subscription on Tuesday. The asset manager allocated 46.4 million shares to 129 anchor investors at ₹574 each, the upper end of its ₹545-₹574 price band. Strong institutional demand helped the anchor book attract prominent global investors […]

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 Sharjah has secured exclusive rights to develop and operate BookXcess bookstores across the Middle East and Africa, extending the emirate’s publishing ambitions into large-scale international book retail. The agreement places Big Bad Wolf Sharjah, a subsidiary of the Sharjah Book Authority, in charge of developing, managing and marketing the Malaysian bookstore chain throughout both regions. The arrangement also gives the Sharjah entity responsibility […]

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