Attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding waterways have reached their highest monthly level since the war involving Iran began in February, with fresh strikes during the final days of October intensifying concerns over maritime security. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy recorded 28 confirmed and reported attacks during October as of October 23, bringing its tally to 113 since the US-Israeli […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai The Central Bank of the UAE has fined an unidentified foreign bank branch Dh200 million after examinations uncovered significant and repeated failures in anti-money laundering, governance, compliance and sanctions controls. The regulator announced the penalty on Friday, 30 October, alongside separate fines against two senior executives and an order requiring the foreign lender to undertake a mandatory programme to correct the deficiencies identified […]
Greenlogue/AP Climate change is causing increasingly severe health damage worldwide, prompting researchers behind the 2026 Lancet Countdown to demand formal recognition of a global health emergency and stronger international action. The assessment, published on Wednesday ahead of the COP31 climate summit, finds that deaths associated with extreme heat, exposure to drought and other climate-related dangers have increased faster than efforts to protect populations. Its authors want the […]
Polymarket has restored trading on its international prediction market after a compromised external technology provider triggered unauthorised withdrawals from customer accounts, with the company promising to reimburse affected traders fully. The platform suspended trading on Thursday, 29 October, while investigating the security incident. Its official status page marked the disruption resolved at 7.05pm GMT, following approximately one hour of restrictions on trading operations. Polymarket said it had […]
Britain’s competition regulator has launched an investigation into Meta Platforms over proposed commercial terms that could allow the technology company to use publishers’ website content for its own products, including artificial intelligence services. The Competition and Markets Authority announced the investigation on Friday, saying it would examine whether Meta was abusing a dominant market position by imposing unfair conditions on publishers, advertisers and other businesses using its […]
India Blockchain Week 2026 will bring cryptocurrency executives, financial regulators and technology developers to Mumbai on November 1 and 2, with institutional adoption of blockchain and digital assets occupying a prominent place on the conference agenda. The fourth edition, organised by Web3 investment firm Hashed Emergent, will take place at Fairmont Mumbai. It marks the event’s first move to the financial centre after three editions in Bengaluru, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Binance has estimated the impact of a security breach at $6.3 billion, potentially making it the largest cryptocurrency theft on record, while confirming that approximately $3 billion in affected assets has been frozen. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange said on Friday that its preliminary investigation pointed to a compromised laptop belonging to a DevOps engineer. The intrusion may have enabled an attacker to […]
Paracetamol use during pregnancy has been associated with changes in reproductive development among daughters, including smaller ovaries and uteruses, fewer ovarian follicles and altered hormone levels, according to a Danish study that raises questions about prenatal exposure to the widely used painkiller. The findings, published in Human Reproduction Open, suggest that exposure to acetaminophen, marketed as Tylenol in the United States, may influence reproductive development before birth. […]
Texas regulators have suspended permits linked to new data centres as Governor Greg Abbott seeks to curb a construction boom that has provoked voter opposition ahead of November’s midterm elections. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality confirmed this month that it had paused permits for construction and infrastructure directly supporting data centres. The commission provided its account after a watchdog examination of permitting records highlighted possible gaps […]
Apple has unveiled its first touchscreen MacBook Pro laptops, reversing a longstanding design position associated with co-founder Steve Jobs and bringing direct finger controls to its premium notebook range. The 14-inch and 16-inch models, announced on Wednesday, 28 October, combine touch-enabled OLED displays with M5 Pro and M5 Max processors. Pre-orders opened immediately, with availability scheduled for 6 November. The 14-inch touchscreen model starts at $2,899 in […]
Sudan has accused Ethiopia of allowing drones to launch attacks against its electricity infrastructure and civilian facilities, presenting what officials described as technical evidence linking strikes across several states to Ethiopian territory. The allegations, renewed on Thursday, follow a series of drone attacks that have disabled power stations, damaged fuel installations and disrupted electricity supplies across army-controlled areas of Sudan. Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Muawiya Osman Khalid said […]
DoorDash has agreed to acquire Instacart for approximately $17 billion, combining the largest US restaurant delivery platform with a leading online grocery marketplace in one of the sector’s biggest transactions. The companies announced the cash-and-share agreement on Thursday, valuing Instacart, formally Maplebear Inc, at $65 a share. That represents a 26% premium to its closing share price on 22 October, before speculation about a possible sale emerged. […]
Russia’s central bank has registered the country’s first self-regulatory organisation for operators issuing digital financial assets, establishing a formal industry oversight structure as authorities expand supervision of cryptocurrency and digital rights markets. The Bank of Russia confirmed that the National Association of Securities Market Participants, known as NAUFOR, had been entered into its unified register of financial market self-regulatory organisations. The registration, announced on 8 October, applies […]
The London Metal Exchange is exploring plans to convert metal inventories held in Hong Kong warehouses into digital assets that businesses could use to secure financing, as the city develops its commodities trading infrastructure. The exchange confirmed that its proposal remains at an exploratory stage and focuses on off-warrant metal, a category of warehouse inventory not covered by the standard title documents used in its established trading […]
Personal information concerning more than 40,000 employees and contractors of the US Department of Homeland Security has been published online, exposing staff involved in surveillance, intelligence gathering and undercover operations. Distributed Denial of Secrets, a nonprofit organisation that publishes leaked material, announced the release on Wednesday. The records contain names, work telephone numbers, email addresses, job titles and internal group memberships across several federal security agencies. The […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has issued dedicated guidance governing cryptocurrency mining operations, becoming the first international financial centre in the region to establish comprehensive commercial licensing and governance expectations for the sector. The guidance, published by ADGM’s Registration Authority, establishes crypto mining as a licensable commercial activity rather than a regulated financial service. It applies to businesses conducting mining operations within or […]
