UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan travelled by Etihad Rail from Abu Dhabi to Dubai on Monday as the national railway network prepared to add Dubai to scheduled passenger operations. The presidential journey preceded the inauguration of Etihad Rail’s Dubai Station at Al Yalayis by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, and […]
Media Business Network has introduced a redesigned website aimed at simplifying access to its projects, services, news and business opportunities as the Dubai-based company sharpens its focus on content, public relations and hospitality-focused marketing distribution. The refreshed platform presents MBN’s activities around three principal business areas and provides a more structured route for clients, advertisers and media partners seeking information about the company’s operations. MBN said the […]
Dubai-based flydubai has temporarily halted flights to and from Israel while authorities investigate the flight-deck altercation that forced its FZ1073 service to divert to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The carrier announced the suspension after passengers from the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight were taken onward following the emergency landing at Tabuk Airport. Flydubai said the measure was being taken in coordination with relevant authorities and would remain under review […]
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: It began as a routine flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Within minutes, passengers were screaming, a pilot was bleeding inside the cockpit and the aircraft was plunging thousands of feet toward the darkness below.17,000 feet reportedly. For those aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday, the question was brutally […]
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Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Global air passenger demand fell 0.8 per cent year-on-year in August, as a renewed contraction in Middle Eastern traffic outweighed growth across several other regions, the International Air Transport Association said. Demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, declined from August 2025 even as airlines increased total capacity by 0.3 per cent, measured in available seat kilometres. The global passenger load factor consequently slipped […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai UAE-based technology company AIQ has signed an agreement to enter India’s oil and gas sector, extending its international expansion with a deployment covering an unnamed conglomerate’s refineries, fuel stations and digital stores. Chief Executive Officer Dennis Jol disclosed the agreement at a media briefing on Wednesday but declined to identify the customer or give financial terms. The contract marks AIQ’s entry into one […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Israel’s Transport Minister Miri Regev has called for all Flydubai flights to Israel to be suspended after a Dubai-Tel Aviv service made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia following a serious cockpit incident on Wednesday. Regev asked Israel’s Shin Bet security service to halt the Dubai-based carrier’s operations pending an investigation into the episode and compliance with security arrangements governing its services to […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Oman’s manufacturing output rose 16.1 per cent year on year to about RO2.188 billion in the first half of 2026, with chemicals and refined petroleum products driving a broad expansion in industrial activity. Data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information showed basic chemicals manufacturing increased 22.7 per cent to RO659.6 million, while refined petroleum products climbed 40 per cent to RO397.2 […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Chicago’s City Council has approved the $2.53 billion sale of its privatised parking-meter concession to Stonepeak Partners, clearing the transfer from a Morgan Stanley-led investor group after months of political dispute over the transaction. Aldermen voted 46-3 on Tuesday to authorise Stonepeak, a New York-based infrastructure investment firm, to acquire Chicago Parking Meters LLC, which controls the city’s metered street-parking system under a […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have moved to activate military coordination under their new joint defence pact after Houthi attacks on the kingdom, with Pakistan pledging to defend Saudi Arabia by “whatever means” are required. Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Islamabad stood unequivocally behind the kingdom under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, though he did not say whether Pakistan had joined […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi sovereign investor L’Imad Holding is positioning AD Ports Group for tighter state control as the emirate strengthens trade routes outside the Strait of Hormuz, with its takeover of the ports operator moving towards settlement after attracting acceptances that will lift its holding above 98.5 per cent. The transaction, conducted through L’Imad’s wholly owned subsidiary ADQ, values AD Ports at Dh31.8 billion. […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia’s local-currency debt market is poised to attract greater foreign participation as riyal-denominated government sukuk enter JPMorgan’s Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets series from 2027, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch said the planned inclusion should draw additional overseas investment into a market that is already more developed than local-currency debt markets elsewhere in the Gulf Cooperation Council. Foreign investors accounted for 15% of […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Iraq Stock Exchange has begun live trading through Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange’s Tabadul network, giving investors in Iraq direct access to securities listed in Abu Dhabi and opening the Iraqi market to eligible investors across the cross-border platform. ADX said on Tuesday that ISX had become the eighth market to go live on Tabadul, while the wider network now comprises 11 exchanges. The […]
A London-founded modest fashion label is positioning itself as a bridge between British retail and Gulf manufacturing traditions, with a business model built around UK design paired with ethical production in Dubai. Alkareem London was established in 2020 by a founder who was 19 years old at the time of launch. The brand’s premise, according to its own materials, grew out of a gap the founder identified […]
Limassol, Cyprus, September 29th, 2026.- Dubai will host the second Middle East edition of Doers Summit 2026 from 25-26 November at Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) – the specialised economic zone for knowledge and innovation – and a member of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ). The summit aims to bring together founders, scaleups, investors, corporates and ecosystem leaders from around the world to unlock new business connections, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi-based Shorooq and Presight have invested in Maven Robotics as part of the US industrial robotics company’s $100 million Series A financing round. The investment was made through the Presight–Shorooq AI and Bedaya funds managed by Shorooq, the companies said. RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures and XTX Ventures also participated in the financing, which Maven announced earlier this month. The individual commitments from […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Oil prices steadied near $105 a barrel on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia restored substantial flows through its East-West pipeline, easing supply concerns while stalled US-Iran diplomacy kept a risk premium embedded in the market. Brent crude futures for November traded around $105.50 a barrel after settling at $105.28 on Monday, while US West Texas Intermediate was near $93. Prices had risen earlier as […]
DIFC confirmed on Monday that the publicly listed securities firm had received a licence from the DIFC Authority and authorisation from the Dubai Financial Services Authority, the independent regulator overseeing financial services conducted in or from the centre.
The office extends China Securities’ international footprint and is intended to support its engagement with regional institutions while improving links between Chinese, UAE and international capital markets. The firm has operations spanning equity and debt capital markets, investment banking, asset management and institutional services.
The move places China Securities among a substantial group of China-based financial institutions operating from Dubai’s financial free zone. DIFC said the group includes Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China Construction Bank, China International Capital Corporation, China Merchants Bank International and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, alongside other securities and financial services businesses.
China’s five largest banks together account for more than 30 per cent of total assets in DIFC’s Banking and Capital Markets sector, underscoring the scale of their existing presence within the centre. China Securities is the latest investment bank from the country to join that cluster.
DIFC said the opening followed sustained engagement with China Securities, during which the financial centre worked with the firm to explain opportunities available through Dubai, develop its understanding of the regional market and support its longer-term international expansion plans.
The Dubai base also gives the investment bank a presence within a financial centre that has been expanding rapidly. DIFC had 10,018 active registered companies at the end of the first half of 2026, crossing the 10,000 threshold for the first time. The total was 30 per cent higher year on year, after 2,318 new active registered companies were added over the preceding 12 months.
The number of regulated financial services firms in DIFC reached 1,134 during the same period, up 16 per cent from a year earlier. Banking and capital markets firms numbered 327, while the centre had 592 wealth and asset management companies and 165 insurance and reinsurance entities.
China Securities’ arrival comes as financial institutions seek to capture increasing business flows between Asia and Gulf markets. For the firm, the DIFC office provides a platform for direct interaction with Middle East clients and investors rather than relying solely on operations elsewhere in its international network.
The regulatory approvals are central to that expansion. A DIFC Authority licence establishes the company’s corporate presence in the financial centre, while DFSA authorisation covers regulated financial services carried out within or from the jurisdiction. The precise category and detailed scope of China Securities’ DFSA permissions were not specified in DIFC’s announcement.
The firm’s regional expansion also adds another securities house to a Chinese financial network in Dubai that already covers commercial banking, investment banking and capital-markets services. China International Capital Corporation and several of China’s largest commercial lenders are among the institutions with an established DIFC presence.
DIFC operates a separate legal and regulatory framework for financial businesses based in the centre, with the DFSA responsible for regulating financial services. That structure has helped attract international banks, investment managers, insurers and other financial institutions seeking a regional operating base.
The centre’s first-half figures show that growth has extended beyond banking. Wealth and asset management companies increased 35 per cent year on year to 592, while insurance and reinsurance entities rose 22 per cent to 165. Banking and capital markets businesses grew 13 per cent over the same period.
For China Securities, the immediate focus of the Dubai operation is engagement with clients, investors and financial institutions across the Middle East. DIFC said the office would also support connections between capital markets in China and the UAE and wider international markets.
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Majid Al Futtaim has opened ELMNT33° at Mall of Egypt, investing EGP457 million in a new dining, lifestyle and co-working destination as the Dubai-based group broadens its footprint in Egypt. The 5,250-square-metre development brings restaurants and cafés together with lifestyle offerings and flexible workspaces at the mall in 6th of October City. The company said the concept is intended to extend the role […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Unilever Egypt has commissioned a new Sunsilk shampoo production line at its Mashreq Personal Care factory in 6th of October City, raising the plant’s annual production capacity by 20% and directing the additional output entirely to export markets. The line is the 13th at the factory and forms part of the consumer goods group’s expansion of manufacturing in Egypt. The facility currently sends […]
OutdoorAdvertisingUAE.com (OAU), the specialist outdoor advertising and Out-of-Home (OOH) platform operated by EDS FZCO, has expanded its online resource with more detailed coverage of advertising formats, locations and campaign planning information across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE. The expansion follows the platform’s launch as a central reference point for advertisers seeking to understand the UAE’s fragmented outdoor media landscape, where advertising opportunities are distributed across […]
Dubai Comedy Festival will bring Zarna Garg’s Million Dollar Excuses to Dubai Opera on October 16, adding her family-centred stand-up to a 10-day programme of international and regional comedy across the city. Garg’s English-language performance is scheduled for 6.30pm, with tickets starting at Dh195. The show forms part of the seventh edition of the festival, which runs from October 9 to 18 and spreads performances across Dubai […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Abu Dhabi on Sunday for an unannounced meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to a senior Israeli official, while neither government disclosed details of the talks. Netanyahu flew to the UAE capital aboard a private aircraft and remained there for four hours before returning to Israel that evening. Flight details cited […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Iran maintained its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz under a seven-day plan on Sunday, as US President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s terms but said he expected negotiations to resume this week. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran would not dilute demands tied to reopening the strategic waterway, while insisting diplomacy remained possible. Iran is awaiting a definitive US response through […]
