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UAE conglomerate Al Habtoor Group has installed the final glass façade panel on Habtoor Tower along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. The residential skyscraper is being developed in coordination with China Railway 18th Bureau Group Dubai and features 1,740 units.
Hamad International Airport in Doha remains open with passenger terminals, transit connections, and Qatari airspace functioning under alternative routings, according to Wego Travel Blog. Qatar Airways continues transit operations, though services to Saudi destinations including Abha, Dammam, Riyadh, and Taif remain temporarily suspended. Aviation authorities and government advisories continue to highlight regional unpredictability, with EASA maintaining maritime overflight cautions.
Around 14 million barrels per day of crude and refined products have recently departed the Middle East, according to Vitol CEO Russell Hardy. Speaking in London, Hardy noted that these continuous flows help balance energy markets and prevent prices from escalating to $200 per barrel. He also highlighted surging shipping costs and pointed to China's domestic oil reserves as an essential market buffer earlier in the year.
Infasme and Fotopia Technologies have launched Digitizeme, an AI document management platform aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises in the UAE. The system combines bilingual Arabic and English optical character recognition, automated review workflows, and regional data residency. The companies report over 99% OCR accuracy, with document data hosted across facilities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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