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Dubai’s property market is beginning to show early signs of weakening nearly three weeks into ​the US-Israeli war on Iran, with data from analysts showing tanking transaction volumes and some real estate agents pointing to price reductions. The war, and ‌Tehran’s strikes against Israel, US bases and Gulf states including the United Arab Emirates, have pierced Dubai’s image as a safe haven for the world’s wealthy. Real-estate transaction volumes in the UAE fell 37 per cent year-on-year in the first 12 days of March, and 49pc month-on-month, Goldman Sachs analysts estimated in a note published this week. Some properties are already being offered at big discounts, with price cuts of 12-15pc, according ​to some real estate agents and messages on social media that Reuters reviewed. For instance, a seller was looking for a “quick sale” for a property close to the Burj Khalifa — the world’s tallest building — a message shared by an agent read. The seller was looking for $650,000, down about 12pc from a previous pric...

Een expat in Dubai zag voor het eerst in zijn leven de raketten boven zijn hoofd vliegen. Oorlog maakt alledaagsheid ineens aangenaam. Zelfs in de meest opwindende stad van de wereld.

At present, foreign airlines cannot land at Ben Gurion Airport because of a NOTAM from the Israel Civil Aviation Authority, which severely restricts activity in Israeli airspace.

Ukraine will participate for the first time in one of the world's largest humanitarian aid and development exhibitions – Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference and Exhibition (DIHAD) – which will take place on May 5-7, 2026 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, provided the security situation allows.

A pair of planned Dubai conferences, Token2049 and TON Connect, have been pulled from the calendar amid Middle East unrest.

Abdul Malick sat among mourning relatives in his village in southern Pakistan, receiving condolences from neighbours after his nephew, Muzaffar Ali, was killed in Dubai last week. Ali, a 27-year-old labourer, was one of two Pakistanis killed in retaliatory Iranian strikes against Gulf countries since the start of US-Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic two weeks ago. Debris fell on his vehicle when a projectile was intercepted. “It is a great tragedy for a family whose sole breadwinner was lost,” said Malick, flanked by Ali’s three young children. “We have nothing to do with this war. It is unfortunate that the poor are being used as fuel for a conflict they have no part in,” he told AFP. Ali moved to Dubai from Jamshoro four years ago. Relatives offer prayers on the grave of Pakistani national Muzaffar Ali, who was killed in Dubai amid the ongoing Middle East war, after his funeral in Jamshoro in Sindh on March 12. — AFP Another victim, Murid Zaman, a 48-year-old father of five from Bannu, had been workin...

The crypto conference organizer said tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled April 2027 event, with holders also able to transfer tickets to the Singapore event. Update March 13, 10:56 am UTC: This article has been updated to add more information about the regional situation and additional details from the announcement. The Dubai edition of Token2049, one of the crypto industry’s largest global gatherings, has been postponed until 2027 due to regional uncertainty affecting international travel and event logistics.  The organizers said on Friday that the conference, originally scheduled for April 29-30, in Dubai, will instead take place on April 21-22, 2027.  Read more

Directorul general al Tarom, Bogdan Costaș, a acuzat Ministerul Afacerilor Externe că a refuzat oferta înaintată de compania aeriană de a repatria românii blocați în Dubai.

Het bekende vlogstel Gio Latooy en Lynn Hermanussen is na meer dan een week Dubai ontvlucht. De twee zijn echter niet naar Nederland gevlogen maar naar Thailand. Dat laat het koppel weten op sociale media.

O dronă iraniană a lovit sâmbătă zgârie-norul 23 Marina Tower din Dubai, provocând un incendiu, în contextul în care Teheranul a lansat un val de atacuri cu rachete și drone ca răspuns la loviturile americano-israeliene din 28 februarie.

Imagini video care circulă pe rețelele de socializare arată momentul în care o dronă a lovit în apropierea unui terminal de la Aeroportul Internațional Dubai, sâmbătă dimineața. Din imagini nu este clar dacă impactul a fost cauzat de o interceptare sau de un atac țintit, relatează CNN.

Grupul vrâncean rămăsese blocat în Dubai de sâmbătă, 28 februarie și a fost repatriat vineri, 6 martie. Elevii și cadrele didactice fuseseră într-o excursie privată în Emiratele Arabe Unite, pe timpul perioadei de vacanță.

KLM heeft het hervatten van zijn vluchten naar Dubai, Riyad en Dammam wederom uitgesteld. De luchtvaartmaatschappij vliegt tot en met dinsdag niet naar de bestemmingen in het Midden-Oosten vanwege de oorlog in Iran.

De vrees in Dubai zat er goed in toen vorige week Iraanse raketten op de stad werden afgevuurd. Veel Nederlandse expats en ondernemers zochten contact met elkaar. ‘Iedereen hier is alert.’

Soon after the first Iranian missile and drone attacks on Dubai last week, two Indian entrepreneurs based there tried to move more than $100,000 each from their local bank accounts to Singapore to hedge risk. Technological glitches in the aftermath of the Iranian attacks initially scuppered those plans, the entrepreneurs, who did not wish to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, told Reuters. One of them said he managed to subsequently transfer the sum to his Singapore bank account via another Emirates-based bank. Scores of other wealthy Asians are making enquiries or taking similar steps to move their Dubai-parked assets to the regional financial hubs of Singapore and Hong Kong, industry advisers and lawyers said, as the US-Israel war on Iran clouds the Gulf’s safe-haven aura and rattles investors. While the rich typically diversify their investments across regions and asset classes, they choose where to be based depending on tax, regulatory, privacy and operational considerations. Towards that...

The regulator warned investors that promotions tied to the exchange are not approved in Dubai and urged residents to verify licensed virtual asset providers. Dubai’s digital asset regulator has instructed entities behind crypto exchange KuCoin to halt unlicensed virtual asset services in the emirate, warning investors that the platform is not authorized to serve Dubai residents. ​In a Thursday investor and marketplace alert, the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) said that Phoenixfin Pte Ltd, MEK Global Limited, Peken Global Limited and Kucoin Exchange EU GmbH, all commercially advertising as KuCoin, may be providing virtual asset activities to Dubai residents, “without the necessary regulatory approvals and misrepresenting its licensing status.”  VARA said the group had been instructed to cease and desist from all unlicensed digital asset activities and stressed that KuCoin did “not hold any licence to provide Virtual Asset services in/from Dubai.” Read more

KARACHI: Traders have been trying to revive trade links with Dubai, as the relationship was disrupted following the US-Israel attack on Iran, which turned Dubai into a war zone. Traders said two flights were likely to depart from Karachi and Lahore for Dubai tonight, but were unable to identify who these people are or why they want to enter Dubai while the war is still ongoing. Dubai is a global financial centre, while hundreds of Pakistani companies operate there to benefit from tax exemptions and other facilities not available in Pakistan. “We have collected foreign currencies and a person is expected to fly to Dubai to buy dollars against these currencies,” said Zafar Paracha, General Secretary of the Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan (ECAP). Foreign currencies such as Saudi Riyal, UAE Dirham, and all currencies other than US dollar are collected and sent to Dubai to purchase dollars. So far, a flight from Lahore was expected to depart at 3.30am for Dubai, and our representative carrying foreign c...

O fostă prezentatoare TV din Rusia, care a devenit escortă în Dubai, susține că cererea pentru lucrătoare sexuale a crescut de cinci ori în timpul conflictului militar, iar telefoanele lor sună neîncetat din partea cetățenilor blocați în Emiratele Arabe Unite.

Compania aeriană Wizz Air a anunțat joi că prelungește suspendarea zborurilor dinspre Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi şi Amman, până pe 15 martie, urmând ca zborurile din Regatul Unit către Jeddah şi Medina să fie reluate din 8 martie.

Fragmente ale unei drone rusești „Geran-2” - același model utilizat de Moscova împotriva orașelor ucrainene - au fost descoperite în apropierea portului Jebel Ali din Dubai, în urma unui atac aerian iranian de amploare, a relatat jurnalistul ucrainean Serhi Bratciuk, citat de Euromaidan Press.