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Getuigen hebben een explosie gehoord bij de Palmeilanden in Dubai, een bekende locatie in de stad. Een van de getuigen verklaarde dat er dikke zwarte rook opsteeg bij een hotel op het eiland en dat er meerdere ziekenwagens naar de locatie snelden. Inwoners van Dubai en journalisten ter plaatse maken melding van meerdere luide knallen kort na de eerste ontploffing.

Un incendiu puternic a izbucnit sâmbătă, la hotelul Fairmont The Palm, de cinci stele, din Dubai, după ce clădirea ar fi fost lovită de o rachetă iraniană. Patru persoane au fost rănite și au fost transportate la spital.

Tallon Griekspoor heeft zich vrijdag geplaatst voor de finale van het ATP-toernooi in Dubai. De Nederlander won met 7-5 en 7-6 (6) van voormalig topvijfspeler Andrey Rublev en gaat zaterdag in de eindstrijd voor de vierde ATP-titel uit zijn carrière.

Tallon Griekspoor staat in de halve finale van het toernooi van Dubai. De beste Nederlandse tennisser boekte een knappe zege op Jakub Mensik: 6-3 3-6 6-2.

Tallon Griekspoor heeft donderdag de halve finales van het ATP-toernooi in Dubai bereikt. De Nederlandse tennisser won in drie sets van het Tsjechische talent Jakub Mensík. Vorig jaar haalde Griekspoor ook de laatste vier in de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten.

A Trump-tied hotel development in the Maldives and the Dubai Land Department announced details on tokenizing their real estate projects this week. Entities in Dubai and the archipelagic nation of the Maldives are moving forward with tokenized real estate development projects worth millions of dollars, combined. On Friday, the Dubai Land Department announced that it would launch the second phase of a real estate tokenization pilot program. The move followed about $5 million worth of real estate in Dubai being tokenized, allowing the resale of about 7.8 million tokens. The tokenization infrastructure partner for the pilot, called Ctrl Alt, which is also licensed as a Virtual Asset Service Provider in Dubai, will issue “Asset-Referenced Virtual Asset management tokens” to facilitate the transfer of the tokens on secondary markets. Read more

Animoca said the license allows it to commence operations in Dubai, offering broker-dealer services and digital asset management and investments.

Dubai’s regulator approved the license on Feb. 5, allowing Animoca Brands to target institutional and qualified investors under the oversight of Dubai’s VARA. Animoca Brands has secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), clearing the way for the company to broaden its crypto operations across the Middle East. The license allows the Hong Kong-founded Web3 investor and platform developer to offer broker-dealer services and investment management related to virtual assets in and from Dubai, excluding the Dubai International Financial Centre, according to a Monday announcement. The services are aimed primarily at institutional and qualified investors. “This licence enhances our ability to engage with Web3 foundations as well as global institutional and qualified investors within a well-regulated framework,” said Omar Elassar, managing director for the Middle East and head of global strategic partnerships at Animoca Brands. Read more

Dubai’s DP World named a new chairman and chief executive officer on Friday, replacing its former leader Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, after the Epstein files revealed frequent correspondence between him and the convicted sex offender. “DP World announced the appointment of His Excellency Essa Kazim as chairman of its Board of Directors and the appointment of Yuvraj Narayan as Group Chief Executive Officer,” the group said in a statement published by the Dubai media office. The statement did not mention Sulayem. Described by Jeffrey Epstein as one of his “most trusted friends”, Sulayem was group chairman and chief executive officer of DP World, one of the largest port operators on the globe. He is cited more than 9,400 times in the documents recently released by the US Department of Justice, which revealed close ties between the two men. They maintained regular correspondence from 2009 to 2018, exchanging messages on intimate matters, meetings, introductions and business opportunities. The correspondence suggests...

The chip, developed by G42 and Cerebras Systems, is set to be deployed at the largest AI factory outside the US.

President Asif Ali Zardari met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, at Zabeel Palace to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and expanding economic, trade and investment cooperation.

DFSA’s new company-led suitability model and AML expectations may make it difficult for licensed entities to justify supporting privacy-focused assets. The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) made a major update to its Crypto Token Regulatory Framework, shifting responsibility for crypto token suitability assessments from the regulator to licensed companies operating in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Dubai’s financial free economic zone. Under the revised rules, which took effect on Monday, companies providing financial services involving crypto tokens must determine whether tokens they engage with meet the DFSA’s suitability criteria. As part of the change, the DFSA will no longer maintain or publish a list of recognized crypto tokens.  The update follows a consultation process launched in October 2025, and reflects a shift in the regulator’s approach since introducing its crypto token regime in 2022. Since then, the DFSA said it has closely monitored developments and engaged with sta...

ZachXBT has reported that Danish Zulfiqar, a British suspect connected to a $243M Bitcoin theft, may have been detained in Dubai. Blockchain data shows millions in seized crypto, though authorities have not confirmed any arrest or asset seizure linked to the case. The post ZachXBT: British Hacker Linked to $243M Genesis Theft Likely Nabbed in Dubai appeared first on Cryptonews.

A Dubai restaurant has opened that prides itself on having the world’s “first AI chef”, the latest ostentatious dive into new technology in a city obsessed with being on the cutting edge of the future. The Emirati city has become increasingly known for its growing culinary scene, with thousands of restaurants on offer from luxurious Michelin-starred eateries to greasy spoons serving up bona fide street food from across the Middle East and Asia. But at Woohoo, the brains behind the menu is not a person but an AI programme — known as chef Aiman — trained on thousands of recipes and decades of culinary research and molecular gastronomy. Chef Aiman can also optimise menus and balance flavours, according to the establishment. The real work of preparing and serving the food, however, remains in human hands, for now. “AI is going to create better dishes than humans maybe in the future,” said the restaurant’s Turkish co-founder Ahmet Oytun Cakir. While Woohoo’s menu mostly comprises international fusion dishes, some ...

Dubai a inaugurat oficial cel mai înalt hotel din lume, Ciel Dubai Marina, o clădire impresionantă de 377 de metri și 82 de etaje, cu 1.004 camere și suite. Hotelul face parte din Vignette Collection by IHG și se alătură celor mai iconice structuri verticale din capitala Emiratelor Arabe Unite.

Zakenman Willem Blijdorp is verwikkeld in een hoogoplopend financieel geschil in Dubai. Er staan miljoenen op het spel. Net nu hij probeert zijn handelshuis B&S van de Amsterdamse beurs te halen.   

România aduce șoferi de TIR din India, Dubai, Qatar sau Bahrain, pentru a acoperi deficitul uriaș de forță de muncă din transporturile rutiere de mărfuri sau de persoane, estimat la 70.000 de șoferi profesioniști de camion și încă pe-atât pentru conducători de autobuze, autocare și taxiuri.

The partnership marks Dubai’s latest step toward regulating the “machine economy,” blending onchain robotics, AI and tokenized real-world assets. Decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) protocol peaq has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to develop a regulatory framework for onchain robotics and tokenized machines. According to a Thursday press release, the memorandum centers on peaq’s Machine Economy Free Zone, with additional areas of collaboration including guidance for projects seeking VARA licenses, joint training initiatives in technology and compliance, and data sharing to support research and regulation. Launched in July, the Machine Economy Free Zone is a controlled environment to test how robotics and AI can function within decentralized networks. Read more

Khawaja Tarif Gulshan, widely known as Teefi Butt and the prime suspect in the Amir Balaj murder case, has been brought back to Lahore from Dubai.

Dubai deploys oil wealth and Islamic finance to challenge Asian crypto dominance, but Hong Kong’s liquidity firepower and Beijing backing maintain supremacy. Opinion by: Joshua Chu, co-chair of the Hong Kong Web3 Association It is no secret that Dubai has been aggressively challenging its Asian counterparts for the crown of becoming the world’s next crypto capital. Beneath the gleaming air-conditioned skyscrapers, where supermodels are everywhere at crypto events and pilot blockchain programs, a complex grand strategy is unfolding. Read more