Abu Dhabi’s ADGM (Abu Dhabi Global Market) posted landmark 2025 figures. Total workforce surged 51% to 44,339 employees (from 29,338 in 2024), active licences grew 30%...
Dubai+ is the UAE’s newest digital milestone, launching this February with a curated selection of home-grown stories. As a family-focused platform, it prioritizes local shorts that...
The highly anticipated Taste of Dubai 2026 returns from February 6–8, transforming the city into a culinary paradise. The 2012 edition will be a unique experience...
The Gulf isn’t experimenting with “smart city” ideas on the side. It’s treating them like national infrastructure, on the same level as roads, airports, and utilities....
Sreenivasan has passed away, and the Malayalam film industry is sad about losing one of its most important figures. He shaped a time of meaningful storytelling...
Travelling from the GCC to Christmas destinations can be fun, but it can also be very expensive. Every year, ticket prices to people’s home countries go...
Dubai drivers have been given another warning about using the fast lane the wrong way. The government says that fines of 400 dirhams can now be...
On Wednesday, May 21, astronomers in The United Arab Emirates (UAE) confirmed that they had sighted the crescent moon. With this first sighting of the Rajab...
The Kuwait non-oil export has come out to show a great strength in 2025 by registering a remarkable figure of 2.68 billion dinars in the first...
Queuing two compulsory pit stops will limit the strategies of Qatar GP, as drivers say, posing a challenge never seen before by the teams and the...
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