UAE

The UAE has launched the U-Ask platform, a unified AI-powered chatbot for government services, the Emirates News Agency reported on Tuesday. The platform, which employs generative AI technology, enables users to access information about…

The UAE’s banking sector recorded a 35 percent growth in net profits to 18.3 billion dirhams ($4.98 billion) during the first quarter of 2023, reported global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal. This boost in profitability…

The UAE’s vision of strengthening its capital markets has become one step closer to reality as Sharjah-based energy company Dana Gas plans to raise its foreign ownership limit to 100 percent. Listed on the Abu Dhabi market, the firm…

Japan and the UAE signed an agreement in Abu Dhabi on Saturday to transfer defense equipment and technology. This marks the first time such an agreement with a country in the Middle East region has been made, the Foreign Ministry said in…

The UAE has announced the establishment of a fund to support world heritage, document conservation, and capacity building projects at a number of sites across Africa, Emirates News Agency reported on Thursday. The announcement was made…

The UAE International Investors Council has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Egyptian-Emirati Business Council to enhance existing investment partnerships, the Emirates News Agency reported on Monday. The memorandum aims to…

Saudi Arabia’s mobility sector is set to benefit from the collaboration of the Public Investment Fund-backed iot squared and UAE-based AHOY Technology as the former will obtain software licensing and resale rights of IT products offered by…

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, UAE’s minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, met the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly on Monday for the inaugural UK-UAE Strategic…

Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, even as the yearslong war in his country over his rule grinds on. Assad’s invite, late on Monday, to the…

The UAE Minister of Economy, Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri has said his country supports the creation of a single customs union to help build trade across the region. Speaking on Monday at a meeting of the economic and social council in…