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ADQ, Orion to establish JV

The partners commit to deploying $1.2bn in the next four years.

Alpha Dhabi acquires interest in NCTH

The deal increases NCTH's portfolio to 8 hotels with 1,500 keys.

Meraas awards construction contract

The $272m contract has been awarded for Bluewaters Bay.

SIB’s 2024 profit $272m

The profit surpassed AED 1 billion for the first time in bank's history.

AD Ports to invest in Kazakh port

Under the deal, AD Ports Group owns 51% stake.
  • Coalition says record drugs haul seized near Gulf in 2021

    The value of the drugs seized by the Bahrain-based Combined TCommander of CTF 150, Royal New Zealand Navy Captain Brendon...

    The value of the drugs seized by the Bahrain-based Combined Task Force 150, or CTF 150, exceeded the past four years combined

    The haul including 6,550 kilograms of heroin, 4,052 kilograms of methamphetamine and 56,834 kilograms of hashish was all destroyed

  • UAE biggest trading partner of Australia, relations between two growing

    The UAE is Australia’s largest trading partner and the second-largest source of investment in the Middle East, said Justin McGowan,...

    Annual trade between the two countries is valued approximately at AU$9.8 billion ($7.1 billion).

    More than 250 Australian companies are based in the UAE, said Justin McGowan, Commissioner General of Australia at Expo 2020 Dubai.

  • Instagram boss faces US lawmakers over impact on kids

    Instagram's boss faces a grilling Wednesday from US lawmakers after damning press reports based on leaked internal research showed the...

    The documents leaked by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen include research from 2019 that found Instagram makes body image issues worse for one in three teenage girls

    Another report, from 2020, revealed that 32 percent of teenage girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made it worse

  • Dubai Financial Market announces new trading hours from 3 Jan 2022

    Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has announced new trading hours from 3 January 2022. The new trading session of five hours...

    The new trading session of five hours will be between 10 AM and 3 PM from Monday to Friday.

    The new trading hours have been set in coordination with local and international market participants, DFM said.

  • Ras Al Khaimah moves to regulate transporting passengers by luxury vehicles, limousines

    Ras Al Khaimah has regulated the activity of transporting passengers by luxury vehicles and limousines in the emirate. Sheikh Saud...

    Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi approved Resolution no.3 of 2021 which paved the way for this regulation.

    The move mandates Ras Al Khaimah Transport Authority to organise the activity of transporting passengers by luxury vehicles and limousines in the emirate

  • Iraqi fishermen caught in net of water frontiers

    Iraqi fishermen at Al-Faw, such as Tareq Ziad, complain of "being harassed" by both Iran and Kuwait.

    Iraqi fishermen at Al-Faw, such as Tareq Ziad, complain of "being harassed" by both Iran and Kuwait

    The head of the fishermen's union in Al-Faw, Badran al-Tamimi, said they have "no support from the (Iraqi) government"

  • Three laws introduced in UAE after the biggest-ever amendments

    The UAE has introduced three new economic laws, with the government saying these laws underwent the largest legislative amendments of...

    The laws are the Commercial Companies Law, Commercial Registry Law and the Trademarks Law.

    Commercial Companies Law abolishes the maximum and minimum percentage of the founders’ contribution to the company’s capital at the time of the public offering

  • China offers Kuwait help in developing its ports to boost maritime trade

    China is willing to assist Kuwait to develop its ports given the significance of such facilities in the ##international maritime...

    Chinese port official stresses the significance of port facilities in international maritime trade.

    Kuwait's imports from China were worth $4.94 billion during 2020, according to the UN database on international trade.

  • Aramco taps L&T for Saudi facility

    Spread over 120,000 square meters of area, the facility which is to construed by L&T aims to create crucial equipment...

    L&T is to build the region’s first Heavy Wall Pressure Vessels facility at Jubail Industrial City

    More than 20 MoUs were signed under the Namaat program of Aramco in September 2021

  • Tecom to be listed on DFM

    It is part of a strategy to help DFM reach the AED3-trillion mark

    Tecom is said to have 10 business communities that offer infrastructure, regulations, and a support network to help businesses set up operations

    These business communities include Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City, Dubai Design District, and Dubai Industrial Park