John Bambridge

Email: john.bambridge@meed.com

World Bank slashes GCC growth forecast to 1.3%

April update strips 3.1 percentage points from January forecast and projects contractions for Kuwait and Qatar
10 April 2026
Agentic AI comes for the customer journey

Autonomous AI systems that shop, book and bank on a consumer’s behalf could transform how the service sector operates
08 April 2026
UAE counts energy infrastructure costs

Five weeks of Iranian aerial attacks have left damage across Abu Dhabi’s industrial corridor that will take months or years to repair
08 April 2026

Iran strikes Gulf aluminium after hits on Iranian steel

30 March 2026

Risk accelerates Saudi spending shift

27 March 2026

Iraq’s oil sector faces structural collapse

27 March 2026

Gulf index rises amid tensions

25 March 2026

Oil price climbs back above $100 on tanker attacks

12 March 2026

Iran’s new supreme leader

11 March 2026

Riyadh navigates a changed landscape

10 March 2026

US-Israel attack on Iran incurs heavy regional price

05 March 2026

Iran-US talks see earnest engagement

27 February 2026

Egypt’s crisis mode gives way to cautious revival

26 February 2026

Gulf index leaps upward in 2026

24 February 2026

Iran-US negotiations teeter on the brink

24 February 2026

Egypt adapts its foreign policy approach

10 February 2026

Qatar’s strategy falls into place

03 February 2026

Gulf projects index enters 2026 upbeat

27 January 2026

Damascus consolidates control over Syria

19 January 2026

Damascus expands conflict in northeast Syria

16 January 2026

Iran protests elevate regional uncertainty

16 January 2026

Qatar enters 2026 with heady expectations

16 January 2026

Factional fighting erupts again in Syria’s Aleppo

08 January 2026

Oman steadies growth with strategic restraint

31 December 2025

Tech trends for the Middle East in 2026

26 December 2025

Saudi caps ninth month of Gulf projects growth

17 December 2025

Bahrain pursues reform amid strain

25 November 2025

Larsen & Toubro climbs EPC contractor ranking

24 November 2025

UAE fuels Gulf projects expansion

20 November 2025

Bahrain’s cautious economic evolution

05 November 2025

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