UAE to launch Digital Dirham by year-end to modernise payments and noost financial inclusion
As the global race to deploy central bank digital currencies heats up, the UAE announces a firm launch window for its own ...
Arabian Post on MSN4h
UAE Emerges as Global Leader in Cryptocurrency Adoption
The United Arab Emirates has ascended to the forefront of global cryptocurrency adoption, marked by a 41% year-on-year increase in crypto app downloads, totaling 15 million in 2024. In January 2025 ...
Council on Foreign Relations2d
U.S. Forces in the Middle East: Mapping the Military Presence
The ramped-up U.S. attacks against the Yemen-based Houthis are possible in part due to an extensive military footprint in the ...
Ramadan TV Series Stokes Tensions Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims
The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has ...
Anchorage Daily News3d
Worries about civilian casualties grow as US airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels intensify
The U.S. is moving from solely targeting launch sites under the Biden administration to firing at ranking personnel as well ...
Al-Monitor3d
Sudan's booming wartime gold trade flows through the UAE
Sudan's gold industry has become the lifeblood of its war, with nearly all of the trade channelled through the United Arab ...
UAE’s bumper US bet is AI access down payment
United Arab Emirates’ Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan may be seeking to bend President Donald Trump’s ear on artificial ...
MyNorthwest3d
Takeaways on AP’s report on intense new US airstrike campaign targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels
The Trump administration promised a tougher stance against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and its new airstrike campaign appears to ...
US gives initial approval for Qatar to purchase MQ-9 armed drones for nearly $2 billion
The United States has given an initial approval for the energy-rich Mideast nation of Qatar to buy eight armed MQ-9B Predator ...
UAE is the second safest country in world, number one is... not US, UK, France or Italy, India and Pakistan are at...
The tiny principality of this place, which has been ranked as the safest country, is located in the high mountains of the ...
Transparency International4d
New index reveals alarming opacity and money laundering vulnerabilities in global real estate markets
The OREO Index reveals opacity and money laundering vulnerabilities in global real estate markets, including G20 countries ...