Gulf Briefing

When the UAE established the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in March 2022, it became the world's first jurisdiction to create a dedicated regulator...

Opinion, Gulf Times NowEvery major GCC government has invested in youth entrepreneurship programmes, startup accelerators, and innovation funds over the past decade. From Hub71...

When Khalid Al Ameri first began posting videos on Facebook from his Abu Dhabi apartment in 2014, the concept of an Emirati man narrating...

Gold has sat at the centre of Gulf culture, commerce and investment for millennia, and 2025 gave no sign of that loosening. What is...

As digitalisation accelerates across the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, cybersecurity has emerged as one of the most critical risk domains for governments and private...

Most entrepreneurs point to a university project, a failed job, or a late-night idea as the origin of their first business. Dr. Sara Al...

Saudi Arabia's two largest cities, Riyadh and Jeddah, offer distinct lifestyles, career landscapes, and living environments for expatriate professionals. Choosing between them is one...

Cricket has a surprisingly deep-rooted history in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, driven primarily by the large South Asian expatriate communities that have called...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and France's TotalEnergies have signed a strategic partnership agreement to develop the UAE's largest green hydrogen production facility,...

Dubai handles more physical gold than almost anywhere else on the planet. The city's position at the intersection of African, Asian, and European trade...

The United Arab Emirates was among the first countries in the world to appoint a dedicated Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and to...

There is a particular irony in the fact that Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, the man who disrupted Saudi Arabia's financial sector with a new generation of...