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Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Sharjah has waived truck toll gate fees for cargo vehicles arriving from Oman and operating along approved logistics corridor routes, in a move aimed at cutting freight costs, easing cross-border movement and strengthening the emirate’s role in regional supply chains. The measure applies to cargo trucks entering through the Khatmat Malaha and Al Madam border crossings, provided shipments meet the initiative’s conditions and […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Jazeera Airways has launched its first direct service between Kuwait and Italy, operating an inaugural flight from Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 5 to Milan Bergamo Airport on Friday as the carrier pushes deeper into the European leisure and business travel market. The new Kuwait–Milan Bergamo route will operate three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, using Airbus A320neo aircraft. The service […]

Huawei has deepened its Saudi Arabia cloud strategy through a distribution partnership with Gulf Applications, widening enterprise access to cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence tools and disaster recovery services as the kingdom pushes ahead with its Vision 2030 digital agenda. The agreement appoints GAPP as Huawei Cloud’s official cloud solutions distributor in Saudi Arabia, placing the company at the centre of Huawei’s channel expansion in one of the […]

Texas has sued Meta Platforms and WhatsApp, accusing the messaging service of misleading users over the strength of its encryption and privacy protections, opening a fresh legal front in the global debate over encrypted communications, consumer rights and platform accountability. The lawsuit, filed in Harrison County, alleges that WhatsApp has assured users their messages are protected by end-to-end encryption while Meta and WhatsApp retain access to “virtually […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai’s ports and customs authorities have opened fresh discussions with Kuwait to strengthen maritime transport, customs cooperation and trade flows, as Gulf economies push for more resilient supply chains amid shifting regional trade conditions. Abdulla bin Damithan, Chairman of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation in Dubai, met Khaled Abdulrahim Al Zaabi, Consul-General of Kuwait in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, at […]

Bitcoin’s long-term security debate has sharpened after Glassnode mapped more than 6 million coins whose public keys have already been exposed on-chain, placing assets worth about $469 billion under theoretical risk from future quantum computers. Glassnode’s analysis estimates that 6.04 million Bitcoin, or 30.2 per cent of issued supply, sit in formats or usage patterns that could become vulnerable if quantum machines become powerful enough to derive […]

Dogecoin’s volatile online following has seized on a playful remark by co-creator Billy Markus after he floated the idea of a $20 trillion valuation for DOGE, reigniting speculative debate around the meme token even as its market price remains near a fraction of its 2021 peak. Markus, who posts on X under the name Shibetoshi Nakamoto, is known for sharp, ironic commentary on cryptocurrency culture. His latest […]

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Hackers are exploiting unsupported F5 BIG-IP appliances to gain SSH access to enterprise Linux systems, turning trusted edge infrastructure into entry points for deeper attacks on identity systems and internal applications. A May 22 threat intelligence disclosure detailed a multi-stage intrusion that began with an exposed F5 BIG-IP load balancer and moved through Linux infrastructure, an internal Atlassian Confluence server and eventually Active Directory. The case underlines […]

Dubai Maritime City has opened Maritime Business Centre 2, an AED160 million commercial tower designed to add premium office capacity to DP World’s maritime, logistics and trade ecosystem at a time of sustained demand for Grade A workspace across the emirate. The new tower, located in the Commercial District of Dubai Maritime City, was completed in 20 months and had secured leasing commitments for 78 per cent […]

Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company has completed a Dhs110m transaction using DDSC on ADI Chain, marking one of the first live institutional-scale tests of a UAE dirham-backed stablecoin on a regulated blockchain infrastructure. The transfer, valued at about $30m, was executed on ADI Chain, an institutional Layer-2 blockchain developed by ADI Foundation. DDSC is designed as a digital payment token backed one-for-one by UAE dirham reserves, positioning […]

Dubai motorists will pay more to use toll gates and public parking from June 1, with Salik and Parkin applying 5 per cent value-added tax to their services under the UAE’s federal tax framework. The change will add VAT to Salik toll gate use and tag activation charges, while Parkin will apply the tax across its public parking services, including on-street and off-street parking, seasonal cards, permits […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Brazilian refiner Acelen has secured $1.5 billion to begin construction of a major biofuels refinery in Bahia, advancing Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala-backed strategy to build a large-scale renewable fuels platform in Latin America. The project, led by Acelen Renováveis, is expected to start operations in 2029 and produce up to 1 billion litres a year of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. The financing […]

Google’s publication of exploit code for an unresolved Chromium security flaw has intensified scrutiny of how browser vulnerabilities are handled when technical details surface before a patch is ready. The issue affects the Chromium codebase that underpins Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi and several other browsers used across desktop and mobile environments. Security researchers say the flaw can be abused through the Background Fetch API […]

Chun Wang, co-founder of the Bitcoin mining pool F2Pool and commander of SpaceX’s Fram2 private astronaut flight, has been named for Starship’s first interplanetary human spaceflight mission, a planned Mars fly-by that places a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at the centre of one of the most ambitious commercial space ventures yet announced. The mission is designed as a two-year journey beyond the Earth-Moon system, flying past Mars before returning […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Islamabad has moved to contain a political storm over deportations of Pakistani nationals from the United Arab Emirates, after opposition lawmakers accused the government of failing to protect workers who they said had been detained, expelled and denied access to savings and belongings. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry told the Senate that 3,494 Pakistani citizens had been deported from the UAE between […]

Grayscale Investments has moved a step closer to launching a spot exchange-traded fund tied to Hyperliquid’s HYPE token after submitting a third amended S-1 registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, sharpening market expectations that regulated access to one of the fastest-growing decentralised trading ecosystems may be nearing approval. The proposed Grayscale HYPE ETF would trade on Nasdaq under the ticker GHYP if cleared by […]

OKX is moving beyond digital assets into oil-linked derivatives through a partnership with Intercontinental Exchange, marking a fresh step in the convergence of crypto trading platforms and traditional commodity markets. The crypto exchange plans to introduce perpetual futures contracts tied to ICE Brent Crude and ICE WTI Crude benchmarks, giving eligible users exposure to two of the world’s most closely watched oil price references without using conventional […]

Hackers are turning Middle East telecoms and hosting networks into a major command-and-control layer, exposing a regional cyber risk that now extends beyond compromised devices to the infrastructure patterns that sustain attacks. A three-month mapping of malicious activity between 1 February and 1 May identified more than 1,350 active C2 servers across 98 infrastructure providers in 14 countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey, Israel, Iraq, Iran, […]

Seychelles and Bangladesh have moved to accelerate bilateral cooperation, with pending agreements and memoranda of understanding now expected to take clearer shape this year after talks in Victoria between Bangladesh High Commissioner Dr Zokey Ahad and Seychelles Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Minister Barry Faure. The meeting, held on 21 May at Maison Quéau de Quinssy, centred on formalising cooperation frameworks that have been under discussion since Dr […]

Dubai motorists will pay 5 per cent value-added tax on public parking and Salik toll services from June 1, 2026, in a shift that will raise daily transport costs while accelerating the emirate’s move towards digital payments. Parkin Company PJSC, Dubai’s main paid parking operator, will apply VAT across its services, including on-street parking, off-street parking, seasonal cards, permits and reservation services. Salik Company PJSC will apply […]

Google and Blackstone have agreed to create a $5 billion TPU-powered cloud company, widening the battle for artificial intelligence infrastructure as enterprises seek alternatives to graphics processing units that dominate AI training and inference. The US-based venture will offer data centre capacity, operations, networking and Google Cloud’s Tensor Processing Units through a compute-as-a-service model. Blackstone is making the initial equity commitment, with the first 500 megawatts of […]

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token has pushed beyond its former record, turning a sharp 24-hour rally into one of the most closely watched moves in the digital-asset market as trading volumes, exchange activity and listed-product demand converge around the decentralised derivatives platform. HYPE traded above $62 after gaining strongly through the week, surpassing the previous peak near $59 set in September 2025. The move lifted the token into the […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Flydubai and Cyprus Airways have launched an interline partnership that gives passengers from Larnaca wider one-stop access to destinations across the Gulf, Asia, Africa and the Indian Ocean through Dubai International. The agreement allows customers to book travel on a single itinerary, with coordinated baggage handling and smoother transfers at DXB. For Cyprus Airways passengers, the arrangement opens connections beyond Dubai to flydubai […]

Cybercriminals are expanding phishing infrastructure built around the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with threat researchers mapping 222 malicious or suspicious domains to 203 unique IP addresses as fraud campaigns target fans, sponsors, travel operators and online shoppers before the tournament opens on 11 June. The findings point to a much broader operation than the first wave of 79 lookalike domains that impersonated FIFA and ticketing-related services. The […]

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