Careem is raising its Plus membership fee to AED 29 per month from July 1, 2026, applied at each member's next renewal. The company is adding global money transfers via Careem Pay, Quik grocery discounts, and GoOut experiences to the existing lineup of ride cashback, free deliveries, and dining deals.
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Dubai-based cargo airline SolitAir has appointed OpenSky World as its sales agent in Italy, giving European freight forwarders access to a network covering 50 routes across more than 30 countries. The deal targets corridors between Europe, the Gulf, Africa and Asia, where cargo demand growth has been outpacing global averages.
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Dubai's office market recorded AED8.2 billion in Q1 2026 sales, up 203% year-on-year, with off-plan transactions overtaking ready sales for the first time since 2010. Sales prices rose nearly 23% annually to AED2,029 per square foot, while rental rates climbed 20%.
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Kuwait has released footage of an Iranian drone strike on its international airport. The Prime Minister visited the wounded and offered condolences for a fatality. Regional powers condemned the attack, with Yemen's STC warning of exploited security vacuums amid escalating regional tensions.
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FIFA has confirmed a range of technology upgrades for the 2026 World Cup, including semi-automated offside detection, 3D player scanning for all 48 squads, and a new AI platform giving every team equal access to performance data. Each stadium will run 16 optical tracking cameras producing over 150 million data points per match.
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Emirates has repurposed more than 88,000 kilograms of Economy Class plastic over the past year through a closed-loop recycling programme backed by an AED 50 million investment. Used trays and dishes are processed at a Dubai facility and returned to service as new serviceware containing up to 25% recycled material.
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is set to benefit from SpaceX's planned $75 billion IPO. In 2011, when Alwaleed was worth around $20 billion, Elon Musk had yet to become a billionaire.
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Asyad Group has acquired a controlling stake in two Tashkent freight businesses, Universal Logistics Services and Highway Logistics Center, giving the Omani group a foothold in a market it says handles roughly a quarter of Uzbekistan's railway container traffic. The deal, structured with Orient Group and the Uzbek-Oman Investment Company, is designed to link Central Asian cargo flows to Oman's ports.
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