Saudi Central Bank approves Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company to launch the Kingdom’s first mortgage-backed securities ...

Dubai Police roll out 250 patrols, drones and student ambassadors under the “School Security” initiative to safeguard the 2025–2026 academic year ...

Dubai real estate hits $17.3bn, UAE unveils AI school reforms, Saudi opens property to foreigners, Kuwait plans $32bn projects, and more GCC news ...

Hotels remain the clear favourite, accounting for 80.5 per cent of all property searches by Saudis heading to Europe in 2025. Apartments (7.06 per cent), aparthotels (3.70 per cent) and ...

Saudi Arabia has doubled SMEs to 1.2m since 2016, with 400k freelancers and new youth initiatives driving Vision 2030 entrepreneurship and growth ...

The administration is tightening visa screening, adding more in-person interviews and post-issuance checks of social media, law-enforcement and foreign immigration records, plus any US law violations ...

The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) has urged businesses in Saudi Arabia subject to value added tax (VAT) with annual supplies exceeding SR40m ($10.7m) to file their July tax returns by ...

The UK will continue as the leading Western hub for Islamic finance, supported by the London Stock Exchange (LSE) serving as a key listing venue for global US-dollar sukuk and the widespread use of ...

An IMF team welcomes the move saying the new scheme aims at increasing household savings and potentially reduce remittance outflows ...

Dubai’s luxury real estate soars as 9,800 millionaires relocate in 2025, driving record $116m sales in Palm Jumeirah and ...

Inaugural Abu Dhabi Autonomous Week features the Autonomous Summit, DRIFTx, RoboCup Asia-Pacific and the Autonomous Racing League.

It will generate a net cash return of $80mn, delivering an unlevered cash-on-cash multiple of 1.7x and an internal rate of ...