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Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on April 17, as the glitzy financial center reeled from record rains.

Huge tailbacks snaked along six-lane expressways after up to 254 millimeters of rain, about two years' worth, fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on April 16.

Dubai is also facing problems from the bad weather that will continue until 18:00

Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost airline in the Middle East and North Africa, will expand its European network by adding direct flights to Greece this summer.

As of June 28, the company will inaugurate a direct flight between Athens and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), four times a week.

Türkiye wants to increase the bilateral trade volume with Kuwait from its current level of around $1 billion, Trade Minister Ömer Bolat has said.

Bolat traveled to Kuwait on Nov. 7, accompanied by a large delegation of Turkish businesspeople to hold high-level talks.

Dubai has retained its leading position in the MENA region on Kearney's Global Cities Index, ranking 23rd globally and claiming a spot in the top 25 for the third consecutive year.According to the report, prominent emerging hubs around the world, particularly in the Middle East, have seen incredible gains in their global city performance amid a changing profile of globalisation--and a new distr

DUBAI - The chambers of commerce of Serbia and Dubai will set up a joint business council that will include all of the most significant companies in Serbia and Dubai.

This was agreed at Thursday's meeting between Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (PKS) President Marko Cadez and Dubai Chambers President Mohammad Ali Rashed Lootah.

Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East have warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized, a stark advisory amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S.

A regional hub for advanced digital technologies has opened at the Slovenian pavilion at Dubai Expo City to showcase and position Slovenian companies in the Middle East and North Africa region and in Asian markets.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic is on an official visit to the UAE, where he attended the ceremonial opening of the March 7-9 World Police Summit in Dubai, the Serbian Interior Ministry said in a statement.