Setting the day’s agenda for conversation
India has barred shipping companies from assigning the country’s seafarers to vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, tightening safety measures after deadly attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf. The Directorate General of…
Dubai’s plan to launch commercial air taxis has moved closer to operation after the UAE aviation regulator certified a purpose-built vertiport…
The UAE’s first Etihad Rail passenger service has begun carrying travellers between Fujairah and Abu Dhabi, opening a new phase in…
Tehran opened weeklong funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, turning public mourning for the slain former supreme leader into…
Dubai’s off-plan office market surged to a record AED13.1 billion in the first half of 2026, surpassing the combined value of…
Kuwait has opened a $4.25 billion three-year term loan to a wider group of lenders, using the Kuwait Investment Authority as…
UAE investors are moving into the second half of 2026 with stronger risk appetite as easing energy-market stress and lower geopolitical…
Iraq has signalled that it may reconsider its position inside OPEC unless its production quota is lifted sharply, opening a new…
GEMS Education has recorded a modest slowdown in registrations at its UAE schools as families reconsider overseas moves amid uncertainty linked…
Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala is reviewing a potential commitment to a private equity project fund seeking to acquire control of…
United States and Iranian negotiators ended their first round of high-level talks in Switzerland on Monday with an agreement to pursue…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has opened another spot crude tender, offering buyers the option to load cargoes inside the Strait…
Dubai International Financial Centre has opened a 30-day consultation on proposed amendments to its Data Protection Regulations, setting out tougher governance…
Gulf economies are forecast to stage a sharp rebound in 2027 after a conflict-driven contraction this year, as energy exports recover,…
Abu Dhabi’s AED55 billion public-private partnership programme is set to redraw the emirate’s infrastructure funding model by bringing private capital deeper…
Dubai is preparing to award strategic contracts worth more than Dh55 billion for the expansion of Al Maktoum International Airport, marking…
Global peace has deteriorated for a 12th consecutive year as armed conflicts, military build-ups and geopolitical fragmentation deepen instability across much…
The Persian Gulf Strait Authority has said the Strait of Hormuz will be “completely closed” to transit traffic, escalating fears of…
Universities face mounting pressure to redesign coursework and examinations after a large study of undergraduates found that generative artificial intelligence is…
Crescent Petroleum Chief Executive Officer Majid Jafar has warned that the Gulf conflict has moved beyond an energy-market disruption into a…
Global airlines are facing a sharp downgrade in earnings expectations for 2026, with industry profit forecasts almost halved as the Middle…
Saudi Arabia has moved to reassure global energy markets that it will remain a dependable supplier as geopolitical shocks, shipping risks…
US forces said they defeated an overnight wave of missile and drone attacks launched by Iran towards Gulf states and civilian…
Russia has imposed a temporary ban on aviation fuel exports until 30 November, tightening control over domestic supplies as repeated Ukrainian…
A sweeping overhaul of the UAE’s civil law takes effect on June 1, lowering the age of legal adulthood to 18…
Kuwait’s air defence systems intercepted hostile missile and drone threats aimed at its airspace early on Thursday, the Kuwaiti Army’s General…
Washington has moved to fold Middle East normalisation into its Iran diplomacy, with President Donald Trump urging key Muslim-majority states to…
Gold prices advanced by more than 1 per cent on Monday as a weaker dollar and a sharp fall in crude…