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Banking relief for UAE and Gulf amid Iran–US–Israel crisis: Emirates NBD Bank removes ATM cash withdrawal charges In a move aimed at easing financial access during a turbulent period in the Gulf, Emirates NBD has announced that it will temporarily waive ATM withdrawal fees at other banks’ machines across the UAE and the wider GCC….
Dubai records Dh422m apartment sale, third highest ever amid regional tensions Dubai’s ultra-luxury property market has delivered another headline-grabbing milestone. Even as geopolitical tensions ripple across the Middle East, the emirate has recorded a Dh422 million apartment sale, the third-most expensive residential apartment transaction in its history, highlighting the remarkable resilience of Dubai’s high-end real…
The White House’s social media blurred the lines of reality Friday, posting montages that wove snippets of Hollywood blockbusters and video games into real footage of military strikes on Iran. In a second post, the White House interspersed real war footage with a scene from video game ” San Andreas” in which the player’s character…
In Dubai, traders have begun offering gold at discounts of up to $30 per ounce compared with the benchmark price in London. (AI image) US-Irasel-Iran war impact on gold prices: In UAE’s Dubai, which finds itself in the midst of the escalating Middle East crisis, the yellow metal is now available at very steep discounts….
Global oil prices surged on Friday as the conflict in West Asia intensified, pushing benchmark crude above the $90 mark amid fears of further supply disruptions.The Brent North Sea crude, the international oil benchmark, rose more than 5% to $90.25 per barrel, its highest level since April 2024, AFP reported.The US benchmark West Texas Intermediate…
Photo credit: X/ @HardeepSPuri NEW DELHI: Union minister for petroleum and natural gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Friday sought to allay public concerns about energy availability, stating that there is “no shortage of energy in India” and no reason for consumers to worry amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in West Asia. In a post on X,…
When Richard Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one” in 1971, he set in motion a war whose consequences still ripple across the Americas. What began as a campaign framed around morality and public health quickly transformed into an aggressive law enforcement and militarized approach, with consequences Nixon could scarcely have imagined. Decades later,…
The United States’ military campaign against Iran has cost an estimated $3.7 billion in its first 100 hours, with most of the spending not previously budgeted, according to new research by the Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).The analysis, conducted by researchers Mark Cancian and Chris Park, estimated that the conflict,…
The war in the Middle East entered its seventh day on Friday as the United States military released footage of what it described as multiple precision strikes on Iranian targets.In a post on X, the US central command shared a video showing American forces carrying out strikes against Iranian assets. “Iranian targets are being decimated…
The government has also directed producers to supply LPG, propane and butane to state-run refiners. (AI image) Middle East crisis impact: The government has activated emergency provisions to ensure there is no shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in wake of the ongoing US-Israel-Iran war that has hit India’s imports of the energy source. India,…
