Category: UAE News

If you are in the UAE this weekend, pack patience for the roads: the National Centre of Meteorology says fog, blowing dust and easing temperatures are all on the cards. Temperatures are expected to fall gradually from Wednesday, but humidity could climb as high as 90% in coastal and internal areas — the classic recipe […]

The UAE has been named the most electric-mobility-ready market in the Gulf, taking 22nd place worldwide in Arthur D. Little’s Global Electric Mobility Readiness Index (GEMRIX) 2026 with a score of 53 points. It is the strongest showing in the region for a country that is betting heavily on an electric future. How the UAE […]

Sharjah International Airport is getting a major staffing boost. At its weekly meeting on September 22, 2026, the Sharjah Executive Council approved a plan to recruit 150 passport control officers for the airport, with hiring to run in three phases starting in October 2026. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Sheikh Sultan […]

Nonstop flights between Manila and Dubai are back on the board. Philippine Airlines resumes its Manila–Dubai service today, Friday, October 2, 2026, ending a roughly two-month suspension that was prompted by airspace safety concerns tied to the Middle East conflict. For the large Filipino community in the UAE — one of Dubai’s biggest expatriate groups […]

If you lived in Dubai in the nineties or early 2000s, you probably spent a weekend or two at Lamcy Plaza. The Oud Metha mall opened in 1997 with five floors and more than 150 stores, and for years it was one of the city’s favourite family hangouts — long before Dubai Mall and Mall […]

Some of the world’s best-known brand names are converging on Dubai tonight. The 14th edition of the Global Brand Awards takes place this evening — Friday, October 2, 2026 — at Address Sky View, where leading brands across real estate, banking, education, hospitality, automotive, technology and lifestyle will take home honours. What the awards are […]

Dubai is filling up fast. Newly reported official figures put the emirate’s population at 4.58 million at the end of 2025 — 332,000 more residents than a year earlier, a year-on-year jump of 7.5%. And the growth hasn’t slowed: recent reporting suggests the city is now closing in on 4.8 million people. For anyone planning […]

Dubai has held its crown as the world’s leading market for branded residences, with 175 live and pipeline schemes — more than any other city on the planet, according to Knight Frank’s Residence Report 2026/27. For a city already synonymous with luxury living, the numbers confirm it has no real rival in this niche. A […]

Kazakhstan’s flag carrier is back at Dubai International. Air Astana is resuming scheduled services to Dubai from both Almaty and Astana, rebuilding capacity through October after the disruption linked to the regional situation. The return is good news for travellers between Central Asia and the Gulf — and it lands right at the start of […]

Two tax dates land side by side this week. The corporate tax filing deadline for companies with a December 2025 year-end has just passed, and amended VAT rules take effect on October 1. Meanwhile, Dubai’s free zone mainland framework is reshaping how small companies trade. Here is what changes, what it means for you, and […]