Dubai still delivers, even in the shadow of war. I’ve just arrived back in the city where we have our headquarters and several core offices, and what strikes me immediately is not disruption, but continuity. The US-Iran conflict has injected real tension into the region, with the Strait of Hormuz under pressure and the wider Middle East adjusting to a far more uncertain backdrop. Yet here in […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Global bond markets fell on Monday as the collapse of US-Iran peace talks shifted investor attention away from hopes of de-escalation and back towards a harsher inflation outlook, with oil above $100 a barrel reinforcing bets that central banks will keep borrowing costs elevated for longer. Government bond yields moved higher across major markets as traders reassessed how persistent energy-driven price pressure could […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai AD Ports Group is accelerating its effort to turn itself from a Gulf port operator into a broader trade and logistics network, using expansion in Egypt, Africa, Pakistan and the Mediterranean to win a larger role in global supply chains as companies seek more resilient routes and integrated cargo services. For the Abu Dhabi-based group, 2025 marked another year of record financial growth. […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority said a temporary technical issue disrupted services across multiple channels on Sunday, affecting access to its app and website and triggering complaints from users who said they were unable to complete tasks such as parking payments. The authority said its team was working to restore services as quickly as possible, while asking customers for understanding as the problem […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai World Trade Centre Free Zone has partnered with Wio Bank to give businesses setting up or operating in the zone faster access to digital banking services, in a move aimed at easing one of the more persistent bottlenecks faced by new companies in the emirate: opening and managing a bank account during the early stages of incorporation. The agreement, announced on April […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Oil vaulted above $100 a barrel and share markets retreated on Monday after President Donald Trump ordered a US naval blockade targeting traffic to and from Iranian ports, sharply escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz after weekend talks between Washington and Tehran collapsed in Islamabad. The move revived fears of a wider confrontation across the Gulf and renewed concern over inflation, shipping […]
DIFC Art Nights will return to Gate Village in Dubai from 23 to 26 April, offering free entry to a four-day programme of visual art, performances, panel discussions and workshops as the financial district once again turns part of its public realm into an open-access cultural venue. Organisers have billed the 2026 edition as the 21st staging of the event, with visitors able to attend from 5pm […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has unveiled one of its largest single-market expansions in years, adding five mainland China destinations and 28 weekly flights as it deepens its joint venture with China Eastern Airlines and sharpens its focus on a corridor carrying growing weight in trade, tourism and cargo. The move will lift Etihad’s mainland China operation to 35 weekly services across six gateways, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Central Bank of the UAE has appointed financial software group VERMEG to develop a central securities depository solution, a move that places the monetary authority more directly inside the country’s post-trade market infrastructure and signals a broader push to tighten the links between payments, settlement and capital markets. The announcement was made on 13 April, with CBUAE saying the project is intended to […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia has restored full pumping capacity on its East-West pipeline to about seven million barrels a day, reactivating a strategic export artery that has become central to global crude flows during the disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The Ministry of Energy said operational and technical teams brought the line back to full strength within days of attacks that had […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai University of Sharjah has opened a conference on intellectual security and social media, placing the debate over online influence, youth vulnerability and responsible digital engagement at the centre of its academic agenda as governments, universities and religious scholars grapple with the speed at which harmful narratives can spread online. The event, organised by the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies through its Forum […]
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 […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia Railways has launched five new logistics routes aimed at accelerating cargo movement between Gulf ports, inland industrial centres and cross-border markets, in a move designed to strengthen the Kingdom’s position in regional and international trade. The new network combines rail and road links, tying Arabian Gulf gateways to central and northern regions, with onward access to the Red Sea and […]
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise and Blackstone Credit & Insurance have launched a new aircraft investment platform, branded Equator, targeting about $1.6 billion in annual deployments into jets already on lease to commercial airlines, as institutional capital pushes deeper into aviation finance. The programme will focus on what the companies described as key markets, with DAE sourcing aircraft from third parties and managing them through its Aircraft Investor Services […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Capital, liquidity and asset quality at the UAE’s largest banks remain robust, according to Dubai-based Al Ramz Capital, which says a ceasefire between Washington and Tehran has removed an immediate geopolitical overhang that had weighed on sentiment, valuations and foreign risk appetite. The firm said direct exposure to sectors most sensitive to conflict, including real estate, hospitality, aviation, transport and trade finance, […]
Service My Car and PlusX Electric have formed a partnership aimed at making life easier for households in the UAE that own both petrol-powered vehicles and electric cars, as mobility providers race to adapt to a market that is adding EVs faster than the after-sales ecosystem has traditionally been built to handle. The agreement links a mainstream digital servicing platform with an EV-focused charging and support business, […]
Dubai has unveiled a parking-linked retail incentive that will allow motorists to recover paid parking costs as cashback when they shop at participating neighbourhood businesses, in a move that blends urban mobility policy with support for smaller traders. The initiative, called Spots for Shops, is being introduced by Parkin, the emirate’s public parking operator, with the first phase due to go live on the Parkin app in […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Careem Pay has expanded its remittance service to Saudi Arabia and Türkiye, opening two new money-transfer corridors for UAE residents as digital finance platforms compete more aggressively for a larger share of cross-border payments in the Gulf. The company said transfers to bank accounts in both markets can be completed within five to 10 minutes, with transaction limits of up to AED150,000 for […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai FIFA has named a Saudi match-officials team for the 2026 World Cup, with referee Khalid Al-Turais, assistant referee Mohammed Al-Abakry and video match official Abdullah Al-Shehri selected for the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico from 11 June to 19 July. Their inclusion places Saudi Arabia among the 50 member associations represented in FIFA’s biggest-ever World Cup refereeing group, which will […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
By Saifur Rahman The UAE will host the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group in 2029 in Abu Dhabi, about 26 years after the country hosted the same in 2003 in Dubai. The news comes at a time when the UAE banking assets reached its highest value, to Dh5.4 trillion (US$1.47 trillion), and foreign reserves jumped 23.4 percent to Dh1.05 trillion […]
