Author: Editorial team

Dubai: For the first time in weeks, you might step out and realise you’re not immediately perspiring from high humidity – cooler days are here. The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) forecasts fair to partly cloudy weather today, with a chance of convective cloud formation northward and eastward, which may extend over some internal areas. These clouds are associated with rainfall. Yesterday, the NCM demonstrated changing weather conditions around Kalba and Masafi, with hail falling in Wadi Shees in Khor Fakkan, and Wadi Al Helo in Sharjah. These areas can expect convective cloud cover again today, with a high chance…

If you have ever looked out of an aircraft window and noticed the same city or coastline appearing again and again, you may have wondered why your plane is circling instead of landing. It does not necessarily mean something is wrong. Aircraft sometimes enter a holding pattern, flying a designated route while waiting for permission to approach an airport. This can happen when runways are busy, bad weather affects arrivals or air traffic controllers need to manage congestion.Now, the United Nations’ aviation agency, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), wants countries to work more closely together to reduce unnecessary waiting in…

Lazio maintained their unbeaten start to the season and moved provisionally top of the Serie A standings with a 6-2 win at Sassuolo on Tuesday, while AS Roma kept pace with a 4-2 victory over Cagliari and Como won 3-1 at Torino.Gennaro Gattuso’s Lazio side have eight wins from nine games and are on 25 points, three ahead of Inter Milan, who visit bottom club Venezia on Wednesday. Roma are one point further back in third, one point ahead of Como.Lazio, backed by a sizeable away support, roared into a second-minute lead through Kenneth Taylor but the game had barely…

HomeBusinessDubai property survey 2026: 46% of buyers expect prices to rise – and 45% of renters are considering buyingA Bayut and Dubizzle survey of 2,014 participants shows 52% are planning long-term UAE residency as their main reason to buy, with Dubai Silicon Oasis leading affordable apartment searches and Palm Jumeirah villas averaging Dh44 millionBy Kaltham Al BalushiPublished: 29 October 2026, 05:40 (UAE)8 min readDubai Marina, Downtown Dubai, and Dubai Hills Estate attracted the attention of those seeking luxury apartments, while Palm Jumeirah and Bluewaters Island stood out in the ultra-luxury apartment category. File photograph. Source: Emirates 24|7

Abu Dhabi: The Al Ain Court for Civil, Commercial and Administrative Cases ruled that a man must pay a young man the sum of Dh7,482, representing the cost of repairing damage to the rear of his electric vehicle while it was in his possession.  The court rejected the rest of his claims, including compensation for battery and high-voltage system malfunctions, due to the defendant’s lack of proven responsibility for them. In detail, a young man filed a lawsuit against his friend, demanding compensation of Dh200,000 for the damage to his electric vehicle, the resulting costs of repairing and replacing the…

ABU DHABI, 28th October, 2026 (WAM) — EDGE’s medium- to large-calibre ammunition manufacturer, LAHAB, has completed the first dynamic test firing of its 155mm Extended Range Full Bore (ERFB) artillery ammunition, which features a deep intrusion fuze well and was designed and produced in-house. Launch conditions were in line with expectations, and all rounds, fired from a 52-calibre barrel, held their predicted trajectories and impacted within the target area, demonstrating consistent grouping and tight dispersion. The trial was designed to confirm compatibility with weapons built to the Joint Ballistics Memorandum of Understanding (JBMOU) standard, agreement between theoretical and measured chamber…

Abu Dhabi: The banking and insurance disputes settlement unit Sanadak revealed that a local bank was obligated to return an amount deducted from a customer’s account via a digital payment service, after the bank failed to provide evidence proving that the customer’s phone was linked to the service or that he agreed to use it. Sanadak explained in a disclosure that the customer, whom it referred to by the letters B.H., filed a complaint against one of the banks operating in the country, in which he stated that his bank account had been hacked, confirming that he had not received…

DUBAI, 28th October, 2026 (WAM) — Over 250 senior maritime leaders will gather in Dubai on Thursday, 12 November 2026 for the inaugural Seatrade Maritime UAE Summit, held by Seatrade Maritime with host partner DP World, as geopolitical disruption across the region has placed resilience at the top of the industry agenda. Held under the theme, “Navigating the Future: The UAE and the New Era of Global Maritime Leadership”, the Summit has been curated for senior maritime stakeholders who are setting, shaping and defining the next chapter of the global shipping industry and the UAE’s maritime landscape. This includes a…

Dr. Abdulla Ibrahim Al Meer, Founder and Chairman, Mazal.  Founder and Chairman Dr. Abdulla Ibrahim Al Meer outlines how escrow-protected transactions, digital valuations and secure transfers aim to bring greater transparency to trading and broaden access for eligible international collectors. Trust, transparent pricing and secure ownership transfers are central to Mazal’s plans for Dubai’s premium number plate secondary market. The platform aims to bring greater structure to a trading environment often shaped by fragmented broker negotiations and manual processes, combining verified listings with escrow-protected payments and digital tools for managing collections. Dr. Abdulla Ibrahim Al Meer, Founder and Chairman of…

The race to make artificial intelligence commercially autonomous took a significant step forward in Abu Dhabi this week, where AI agents were used to make real-world purchases without requiring human approval, highlighting a broader shift towards what technology firms call the “agentic economy”.At a build day hosted by XDC Network at Hub71, AI agents bought coffee and merchandise from merchants before paying each other for services using USDC, a dollar-pegged stablecoin. More than 200 developers, founders and technology enthusiasts participated in the event, dubbed Unsupervised, with agent-driven transactions exceeding $1,000 by the end of the day.The exercise reflected a growing…