Middle East Experience

ADGM posts record growth in H1 2025 with 11,128 licences, AED 500bn ($136bn) market cap, and 42 per cent AUM surge as Abu Dhabi strengthens its global hub role
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Abu Dhabi’s ADGM hits record 11,000 licences and 6bn market cap in H1 2025

UAE aviation drives $92bn economy, 18 per cent of GDP, with DXB the world’s busiest airport, 160m passenger capacity and 4.36m tonnes of cargo in 2024
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: UAE aviation sector fuels 207,000 jobs and bn economy as DXB stays world’s busiest airport

Qatar Airways and China Southern expand their codeshare with new Doha–Beijing flights from October
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Qatar Airways and China Southern expand partnership to 64 weekly flights across Greater China

Yemen's internationally recognized government accused the Houthi rebels of planning to attack underwater cables in the Red Sea in February 2024.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Middle East internet slows after Red Sea cables cut: What to know

Two officers were killed and two others wounded in a shooting attack on a police station near the Turkish city of Izmir on Monday, with a 16-year-old suspect arrested, officials said. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the "heinous" attack on the police station in Balcova, just west of the resort city, left two officers dead and a third "seriously injured". "The suspect in the incident, 16-year-old E.B., has been arrested and an investigation has been opened," he wrote on X.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Teen arrested after two Turkish police officers shot dead

Turkish lawyers defending human rights or representing clients who challenge state policies have found themselves increasingly caught in the crossfire of the crackdown on its main opposition party. At least 10 defence and human rights lawyers have been jailed or arrested in Istanbul alone since the start of this "black year", said Ibrahim Kaboglu, head of the city's bar association.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lawyers caught in Turkey's crackdown on opposition

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday that more trade and financial integration among the BRICS group of developing nations would help mitigate the effects of protectionism."Tariff blackmail is being normalized as a tool for conquering markets and interfering in domestic issues," Lula said in the government's published remarks of a Monday virtual meeting of BRICS leaders, without directly citing the United States.BRICScountries have become "victims of unjustified and illegal trade practices," Lula said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Brazil's Lula calls for tighter trade ties for BRICS as tariffs bite

Dubai-born Luxury For You launches with free membership, insider pricing on 1,200 designer brands, $300m collections, and global shipping to 130 countries
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai startup Luxury For You debuts members-only platform with 0m designer collections

The group of medics signed up to protest outside parliament in pairs wearing stethoscopes and medical tunics splashed with fake blood, taking turns in 24-hour fasts in a relay system.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Swiss medics start hunger strike over Gaza outside parliament

Hamas sources said that the proposal presented to them contains "many traps and pitfalls that need to be dismantled," adding that they are focused on a deal that would end the war. 
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Hamas casts doubt on Trump-backed deal, says hostages wouldn't be released on first day of truce