UAE News
Standard Chartered study puts UAE in the forefront of digital trade readiness
Standard Chartered, one of the biggest banks in the world, released a report identifying the UAE as the…
Category: Government & Policy
Government & Policy news and digital analysis from The Nation Middle East, focusing on UAE, Dubai, and the Middle East’s evolving power dynamics.
Business & Economy
Emirates NBD partners with GCAA for fully automated H2H payment platform
Emirates NBD has announced a partnership with the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to implement a Host-to-Host…
Government & Policy
The Architecture of Ambition: Mapping the UAE’s Three Eras of Nation Building
As National Day approaches, H.E. Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi’s reflection on the UAE’s journey offers a blueprint…
Government & Policy
The Great De-Risking: Why GCC Family Offices Are Pivoting from Passive LPs to Active Nation Builders
The days of parking capital in Western blind pools are over. The smartest money in the Gulf is…
UAE News
UAE ranked 5th in global competitiveness ranking; Cabinet reviews $1.4tn trade success
The UAE has ranked in fifth place in a global competitiveness ranking, outperforming major economies including the US,…
UAE News
Burjeel Holdings chairman pledges AED2.5mn for Air India crash victims’ families
The founder and chairman of Burjeel Holdings and managing director of VPS Health, said the tragedy struck a…
Middle East
DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say
Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council that the investigation and analysis undertaken by his office, OHCHR, had…
Real Estate
Dubai real estate: Metro Blue Line to turn infrastructure into wealth generator, says fäm Properties CEO
Construction has begun on Dubai’s Metro Blue Line expansion, with a property expert predicting the infrastructure project will…
UAE News
GCC government spending to pass $542bn this year
GCC government revenues in 2025 totalled $487.8bn, while expenditures reached $542.1bn, resulting in an estimated deficit of $54.3bn,…
Real Estate
EXCLUSIVE: Sharjah’s BEEAH to unveil ‘major’ UAE development in coming weeks, CEOs reveal
The diversified group, which began as a waste management company 17 years ago, has officially announced its entry…