Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia’s Knowledge Economic City narrowed its first-quarter net loss as higher revenue and stronger gross profit helped offset continuing finance and development costs at its flagship Madinah project. The Tadawul-listed developer reported a net loss attributable to shareholders of SAR15.43 million for the three months ended March 31, compared with SAR17.26 million a year earlier, a reduction of 10.6 per cent. The […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai International Financial Centre has reaffirmed the resilience of its financial ecosystem, saying global clients across banking, insurance, wealth management and innovation remain committed to Dubai and the UAE despite heightened uncertainty across parts of the Middle East. Essa Kazim, Governor of DIFC, said the past few weeks had tested regional markets, but had also underlined the depth of confidence among institutions operating […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai Holding has become the largest shareholder in Emaar Properties after Investment Corporation of Dubai transferred its entire 22.2723 per cent stake in the Burj Khalifa developer to Emirates Power Investment, a wholly owned Dubai Holding subsidiary. The transaction lifts Dubai Holding’s total ownership in Emaar to 29.73 per cent, giving the group a commanding position in one of the emirate’s most […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai has cleared a regulated path for residents to pay government service fees using virtual assets, after Crypto. com’s UAE entity secured a Stored Value Facilities licence from the Central Bank of the UAE. The approval allows Foris DAX Middle East FZE, Crypto. com’s local entity, to activate its partnership with Dubai Finance and process payments for Dubai government fees through a framework […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai e& and Qualcomm Technologies have deepened their technology partnership with a plan to develop AI-powered autonomous systems for robotics, drones and other physical platforms across the UAE, placing edge computing and intelligent connectivity at the centre of the country’s next phase of industrial digitalisation. Central to the collaboration is a Next-Gen Autonomous Management Platform for Physical AI, designed to combine e&’s connectivity infrastructure […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Space42 has selected Skylo Technologies to provide standards-based direct-to-device connectivity through Thuraya-4, advancing plans to merge mobile satellite services with mainstream telecom networks across underserved land, sea and remote industrial zones. The Abu Dhabi-listed space technology company said the partnership will use Skylo’s 3GPP-compliant non-terrestrial network platform with Thuraya-4, Space42’s next-generation geostationary mobile communications satellite. The integration is designed to allow ordinary compatible […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Al-Futtaim Engineering has completed a major mechanical, electrical and plumbing package at Dubai Exhibition Centre, strengthening the venue’s readiness for larger global exhibitions at Expo City Dubai. The company, part of Al-Futtaim Contracting, delivered the MEP scope for the Dubai Exhibition Centre within a nine-month programme, taking the project from site access to final commissioning and operational readiness. The development has secured Building […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Qatar has presented its labour-policy overhaul as a wider migration-governance model, placing worker mobility, fair recruitment and anti-trafficking controls at the centre of its pitch to international partners. The position was set out at the Second International Migration Review Forum in New York, where HE Sheikha Najwa bint Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour, argued that migration policy must move beyond […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Classrooms across the UAE are set to reopen on Monday, May 11, after education authorities cleared the resumption of in-person learning for students, teachers and administrative staff following a temporary shift to remote classes linked to regional security developments. The decision covers public and private schools, nurseries, universities and higher education institutions across the country, restoring normal campus attendance after precautionary distance learning […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Wynn Resorts has signalled a limited delay to its $5.1 billion Wynn Al Marjan Island development in Ras Al Khaimah, adding geopolitical risk to one of the Gulf’s most closely watched tourism and gaming projects. Chief Executive Craig Billings told investors during the company’s first-quarter earnings call on May 7 that the opening timetable for the resort, earlier guided for early 2027, would […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai UAE and Dutch officials have moved to deepen cooperation in energy, climate adaptation, water management and trade, using a visit by Abdulla Balalaa to the Kingdom of the Netherlands to align bilateral priorities ahead of the 2026 United Nations Water Conference in Abu Dhabi. Balalaa, UAE Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, held meetings with Dutch government officials responsible for […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi has moved to sharpen protection for factories, utilities and critical infrastructure after the UAE Cyber Security Council and Siemens signed an MoU to strengthen operational technology cyber resilience across industrial sectors. The agreement, signed on the sidelines of the fifth Make it in the Emirates, creates a framework for cyber defence, knowledge sharing and local security capabilities. It calls for a […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai DP World has launched an end-to-end cargo war risk insurance product for businesses moving goods through the Middle East, seeking to close coverage gaps that have widened as conflict risk, rerouting and port congestion reshape trade across the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea and connected inland corridors. The Dubai-based ports and logistics group said the policy would protect cargo across ocean or air transit, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai UAE workers are adopting artificial intelligence faster than any other labour force worldwide, placing the country at the top of Microsoft’s global AI diffusion ranking for the first quarter of 2026 and making it the first economy to cross the 70 percent usage mark. The latest Microsoft AI Economy Institute data puts AI usage among the UAE’s working-age population at 70.1 percent, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Google has launched Fitbit Air, a screen-less fitness tracker designed to make health monitoring less intrusive while keeping the core tools that made Fitbit one of the best-known names in wearables. The new device, unveiled on 7 May 2026, marks Google’s clearest attempt yet to reposition Fitbit around passive, round-the-clock health tracking rather than smartwatch-style interaction. Priced from $99.99 in the US, the […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai’s automotive data market is moving deeper into predictive intelligence after Seez entered a strategic collaboration with AutoData Middle East to strengthen vehicle valuation and market analytics across the region. The agreement brings Seez’s artificial intelligence models into AutoData Analytics, with an immediate focus on the platform’s Future Residual Value module. The integration is intended to improve projections of how vehicles retain value […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone has signed two strategic agreements with MAGRABi Retail Group and Mighty Industrial Park, widening the emirate’s manufacturing base through projects covering retail fit-out production, metal recycling, refining and advanced industrial activity. The agreements were signed during the fifth edition of Make it in the Emirates at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi, in the presence of Sheikh Saud bin Saqr […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Washington’s plan to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz has run into an early diplomatic test, after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were reported to have withheld full operational access before later easing restrictions on U. S. use of bases and airspace. The pause in “Project Freedom,” a U. S.-led effort to restore commercial navigation through one of the world’s most […]
Wall Street’s biggest financial groups are expanding digital-asset hiring, signalling that blockchain, tokenisation and crypto-linked trading are moving deeper into mainstream finance after years of caution. BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have advertised a fresh batch of roles tied to digital assets, blockchain engineering, tokenised products, risk controls and wealth-management infrastructure. The openings span senior product posts, software engineering, fraud-risk oversight, programme management and operations strategy, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Global health officials moved to contain public anxiety over a deadly hantavirus cluster linked to the MV Hondius, a Dutch-flagged expedition cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Cape Verde, stressing that the outbreak does not signal the start of another coronavirus-style pandemic. Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s director for epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention, said the virus behaves […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Mastercard has launched a regional resilience programme for small and medium-sized enterprises across the Middle East, bringing together banks, government bodies and business networks to help companies manage cash-flow stress, supply-chain disruption and higher operating costs. The initiative, called Built Small. Moving Strong, is being positioned as a coordinated response to pressure on smaller businesses at a time when trade disruptions, logistics costs, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai AE Coin and USDU are developing a regulated digital conversion framework designed to let institutions move between UAE dirham- and dollar-backed payment tokens for settlement, treasury and cross-border use inside the UAE’s tightening virtual-asset rulebook. The initiative is being structured with support from Al Maryah Community Bank, positioning the lender as a key banking infrastructure partner for compliant AED–USD token conversion. The framework […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Arada has entered the UAE healthcare market by acquiring a majority stake of more than 80 per cent in Reem Hospital, marking a decisive shift by the master developer from residential communities and branded wellness projects into clinical care. The transaction gives Arada control of one of Abu Dhabi’s specialist private healthcare assets and comes with an AED2 billion investment commitment to […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Mubadala Investment Company has taken a significant minority stake in Power Factors, deepening Abu Dhabi’s exposure to the software layer of the global renewable energy industry as operators confront larger, more complex and increasingly hybrid clean-power portfolios. The transaction brings Mubadala alongside Vista Equity Partners, the existing investor in Power Factors, and positions the Abu Dhabi-based global investor behind a company whose systems […]
