Trending Middle East

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.   In today's episode, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, has set out plans to make public transport in the emirate emission-free by 2050.   Blockchain services provider Binance said it has received a Financial Services Permission from the regulatory authority of Abu...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.   In today's episode, former US President Donald Trump announces that he is once again running for president, telling supporters that “America's comeback starts right now”.   Despite growing signs that major breakthroughs are unlikely at Cop27, the Egyptian hosts are tenaciously cli...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.   In today's episode, US President Joe Biden meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Indonesia and they discuss the intense rivalry between the two superpowers.   The FBI opens an investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Ak...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.   In today's episode, six people have been killed and scores injured in an explosion on a busy pedestrian street in Turkey's capital Istanbul.   Cristiano Ronaldo says he feels “betrayed” by Manchester United and is being forced out of the club.   Dolly Parton has been awarded $100...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, Emirates airline reports a record profit in the first half of the financial year, driven by strong demand during summer as international borders reopened and coronavirus restrictions eased.   Dubai restaurants gear up to cater to football fans who live in the city a...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, US President Joe Biden celebrates the performance of his Democratic Party in the midterm elections after a predicted Republican "red wave" failed to materialise.   Russia has ordered its troops to leave the Ukrainian city of Kherson, in what is a highly symbolic set...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, the UAE and Egypt have entered into an agreement to build one of the world's largest wind farms in Egypt.   Abu Dhabi has started a new association, backed by the emirate's financial free zone, to hasten the development of blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the regi...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed gives a warning that climate change poses a threat to the world’s security and stability, and calls on nations gathering in Egypt for Cop27 to unite.   Former US president Donald Trump says he will make a big announcement on November 15,...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, the central banks of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar raise their benchmark borrowing rates after the US Federal Reserve increased its key rate for the sixth time this year.   Pope Francis condemns the “monstrous and senseless reality of war” as he begins a...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.   In today's episode, Pope Francis begins a four-day trip to Bahrain, his second official visit to the Gulf following his journey to the UAE in 2019.   The UAE Central Bank raised its benchmark borrowing rate after the US Federal Reserve aggressively increased its key interest rate...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.   In today's episode, the UAE and US signed a strategic partnership to invest $100 billion to produce 100 gigawatts of clean energy globally by 2035.   A dramatic tariff increase for Lebanon’s state-supplied electricity has taken place, the first since the 1990s.   Iraq, Opec's seco...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, the UAE mission to the Moon, which will deliver the Rashid Rover to the lunar surface, is now scheduled to launch from a Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida on November 22.   Iranian authorities issue arrest warrants for 1,000 protesters involved in demonstrations t...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, Adipec 2022, the world’s most influential gathering for energy professionals, is trending as it gets under way in Abu Dhabi.   Another power vacuum arises in Lebanon after Michel Aoun leaves the presidential palace, with parliament yet to decide on his successor.  ...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, according to various reports.   The family of Mahsa Amini are being held under house arrest at their home in Iran, her cousin has confirmed to The National.   Iraq’s parliament approves a new government...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, Elon Musk changes his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit” during a visit to the microblogging platform's headquarters as he prepares to buy the company.   Gebran Bassil, the influential leader of Lebanon's Free Patriotic Movement, says he will not stand in the way of a cons...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, a UN special envoy says Syrians are facing a bleak winter as they endure the worst economic crisis since the civil war began in 2011.   Members of the family of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli raid, are set to meet Pope Fra...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, a report finds that 25 per cent of Iraq’s farmers have seen almost all their wheat crops fail this year due to drought.   Rishi Sunak is given a jubilant welcome by Conservative MPs in central London after being declared Britain’s next prime minister.   Lebanon’s pa...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, Indian families in the UAE are full of Diwali delight as they celebrate the holiday in style.   Gold’s Gym owner Rainer Schaller, his family and two others are feared dead after a plane they were on apparently crashed in Costa Rica.   Rishi Sunak looks set to become...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, White House National Security spokesman John Kirby confirms that Iranian troops have been training Russian forces in Crimea to use Tehran-made drones to strike Ukrainian cities.   Etihad Airways is set to operate a net-zero emissions flight from Washington's Dulles...

Cody Combs gives a round-up of today’s trends.

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world. On today's episode, the Abu Dhabi government transfers ownership of the Etihad Aviation Group, the parent of Etihad Airways, to holding company ADQ in a move aimed at transforming the emirate into a global aviation hub.   Jordan calls for discussions between the US and Saudi Arabia to so...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. On today's episode, in an apparent act of defiance, Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi competes without a headscarf at the Asian Sport Climbing Championships. Media reports differ as to where Rekabi is now after the event in South Korea.   President Abdel Fattah El Sisi says Egypt is...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, four prisoners die and 61 others are injured after a fire breaks out and gunshots are heard at Iran's notorious Evin prison in Tehran. Iranian social media posts have challenged state media claims over the cause of the fire and apparent explosions at the prison.   L...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world. On today's episode, the world’s first production-ready solar car, the Lightyear 0, will arrive in the UAE early next year, not long after it goes on sale in Europe at the end of 2022.   Iraq’s Parliament elects former water resources minister Abdul Lateef Rasheed as the country’s new pre...

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world. On today's episode, the UAE’s Rashid Moon rover will soon be shipped to its launch site in Florida for lift-off in early November. Meanwhile, Etihad Rail, the UAE's national railway project, took a significant step forward when Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah were connected to the network.  ...