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Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Qatar Islamic Bank has been named Qatar’s best private bank at the Euromoney Private Banking Awards 2026, handing the lender a prominent endorsement in a market where domestic banks and international wealth managers are competing more aggressively for high-net-worth clients seeking personalised advice, Shari’a-compliant products and stronger digital access. Euromoney’s national winners list for Qatar names QIB as the country’s best private bank […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai University of Doha for Science and Technology and the Community College of Qatar have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at deepening academic collaboration, in a move that underscores Qatar’s push to align higher education more closely with labour-market needs and applied learning. The agreement establishes a framework for cooperation and knowledge exchange between the two institutions, with the stated goal of advancing […]

PEPE gave up ground after a sharp run-up ran into selling pressure near the $0.0000037-$0.0000038 range, with traders taking profits as excitement around a proposed US exchange-traded fund for the meme token failed to generate a lasting second leg higher. Market data on April 11 showed PEPE trading around $0.0000035, leaving it well below its 2024 peak and indicating that the latest burst of enthusiasm had not […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi will bring back its flagship infrastructure gathering in a larger format next month, with organisers casting the 12-14 May event as a platform to push smart, sustainable and people-centred urban development at a time when the emirate is moving ahead with one of the region’s biggest public project pipelines. The Abu Dhabi Infrastructure Summit, hosted by the Abu Dhabi Projects and […]

Michael Saylor has argued that Bitcoin may already have found a durable floor around $60,000, framing the slide earlier this year as a washout of forced sellers rather than a collapse in conviction. The Strategy executive chairman also pushed back against rising alarm over quantum computing, saying the threat to Bitcoin is overstated for now. His remarks landed as Bitcoin traded near $72,800 on April 11, showing […]

Enhanced Labs has raised $1 million in a strategic pre-seed round as the decentralised finance startup seeks to widen access to structured yield products built on options and derivatives, moving beyond large crypto tokens towards a broader set of on-chain assets that includes tokenised real-world assets. The round was led by Maximum Frequency Ventures, with GSR, Selini, Flowdesk and angel investors also taking part, according to company […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia has moved to raise its profile in global data governance after the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority, known as SDAIA, said it had joined the Global Privacy Assembly, a forum that links privacy and data protection authorities worldwide. The step puts the Kingdom’s privacy regime more visibly alongside international rule-setting efforts at a time when Riyadh is pushing digital government, […]

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Arabian Post Staff -Dubai RAK Ceramics has moved to reassure customers, contractors and distributors that its operations across the UAE and the wider region remain uninterrupted, saying access across its customer network is continuing without disruption across both retail and project channels. The statement comes at a time when businesses across the Gulf are paying closer attention to logistics resilience, input costs and delivery schedules amid wider […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi supply lines face deeper strain Attacks on Saudi energy facilities have knocked about 600,000 barrels per day from the kingdom’s oil production capacity and cut throughput on the East-West Pipeline by roughly 700,000 bpd, according to Saudi state media citing an Energy Ministry official, in a blow to the world’s top oil exporter at a time when its western pipeline route has […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Jazan Municipality has put 28 development projects worth SR546 million into the Farasan Islands pipeline, combining completed works with schemes still under construction as authorities step up efforts to improve infrastructure, add hospitality capacity and expand housing across one of the Red Sea’s most distinctive island groups. The municipality said 19 projects valued at SR398 million have been completed, while nine more worth […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Louvre Abu Dhabi has launched a digital teaching platform that links museum objects directly to school subjects, widening the role of art in classrooms beyond history and humanities and giving teachers a new route to use cultural material in everyday lessons. The Museum Curriculum Portal has been rolled out as part of a broader Abu Dhabi effort to connect cultural institutions more closely […]

Bitcoin Depot, one of the biggest operators in the crypto ATM business, has disclosed that hackers stole about 50.903 Bitcoin, valued at roughly $3.665 million, after gaining access to parts of its internal technology systems and taking control of credentials linked to its digital asset settlement accounts. The Atlanta-based company said the intrusion was discovered on March 23 and later judged material on April 6, before being […]

The U.S. State Department in April 2026 indicates that demand for passports is still at an all-time high, with Consular Affairs estimating an all-time high of 24.6 million passport applications. The sudden surge in applications surpasses a record 23,308,976 applications filed in 2025. Highlights of Changes The application volume for a U.S. passport in the State Department’s recent budget narrative is forecast at an unprecedented 24.6 million. […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai   Abu Dhabi has issued 11 new hazardous materials guidelines in a move officials say makes the emirate the first jurisdiction to apply the 11th revised edition of the UN Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, or GHS. The framework, launched by the Abu Dhabi Hazardous Materials Management Centre in coordination with the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council, is […]

OpenAI is projecting a steep new revenue path built around advertising, with the ChatGPT maker expecting about $2.5 billion in ad revenue in 2026 and as much as $100 billion annually by 2030, according to a report by Axios citing investor presentation material. The same projections indicate ad sales could climb to $11 billion in 2027, $25 billion in 2028 and $53 billion in 2029, underscoring how […]

Ethereum hovered near the $2,000 mark on Thursday after a choppy stretch that left the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency caught between stronger long-term supply dynamics and a fresh wave of geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty. Ether was trading around $2,178 during the session, after moving within an intraday range of roughly $2,167 to $2,264, underscoring the tight consolidation that has kept traders focused on whether the token can build […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Attacks tied to the widening confrontation with Iran could spill far beyond the battlefield and damage global health, food security and the environment, the UAE told an international summit in Lyon, urging governments and institutions to rally around a “One Health” strategy that treats human, animal and ecosystem health as inseparable. The intervention came at a high-level gathering hosted by France on 7 […]

Tokenised perpetual swaps tied to commodities and equities have surged into a new phase of growth, with weekly trading volume reaching about $31 billion as oil volatility and broader macro uncertainty pulled traders towards round-the-clock synthetic exposure. Oil contracts accounted for roughly $6.9 billion of that weekly turnover after geopolitical tensions rattled energy markets, while stock perpetual swaps climbed 908% to around $4.9 billion, underscoring how quickly […]

Embedded banking is moving financial services out of the bank branch and bank app and into the software people and companies already use, reshaping how accounts, cards, payments and credit are distributed across the economy. What began as an extension of embedded payments has matured into a broader model in which regulated banks provide the licensed infrastructure while technology platforms control the customer experience, a shift that […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi medical devices distributor ProMedEx has renewed an 84 million riyal Islamic financing package with Riyad Bank for one year, extending a facility the company says will be used to fund existing projects and back expansion plans as healthcare suppliers across the kingdom continue to seek working capital for inventory, imports and contract execution. The facility is equivalent to about $22.4 million. The […]

GitLab has issued a security update covering multiple vulnerabilities in its Community Edition and Enterprise Edition products, with the latest patch aimed at denial-of-service weaknesses and an Enterprise-only code injection issue that could expose users’ IP addresses through maliciously crafted Code Quality reports. The company said self-managed customers should upgrade immediately to versions 18.10.3, 18.9.5 or 18.8.9, while GitLab. com is already running the patched release and […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Mubadala Capital has closed its biggest Brazil-focused investment vehicle at about $900 million, exceeding its original $750 million target in a sign that large overseas investors still see room for opportunistic deals in Latin America’s biggest economy despite a tougher global fundraising climate. The fund, Brazil Special Opportunities Fund III, was backed by a $250 million anchor commitment from Mubadala Capital, the investment […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi University said an associate professor and a former student have been granted a patent for an artificial-intelligence application designed to translate between sign language and spoken or written language in real time, marking a push by the institution into assistive technology with a clear accessibility focus. The university identified the inventors as Dr Modafar Ati, associate professor of computer science and […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai shares posted their strongest one-day rise in more than a decade on Wednesday after a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran eased fears over a wider regional conflict, soothed concern over energy shipping routes and triggered a broad relief rally across Gulf markets. Dubai’s benchmark index jumped as much as 8.5% intraday, while Abu Dhabi’s main market also recorded its […]

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