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Resident Sita Devi holds up her and her husband's government identity cards, which still name her village in Bihar, north-east India, as Pakistan Tola. Photo: Taniya Dutta / The National

The Indian village that's called Pakistan - and wishes it wasn't

The writer with his mother and sisters at his father Joselito Diaz's grave in the Philippines. One Carlo Diaz / The National

CommentA letter to my father, who died too soon

'I Voted' stickers on display in Arlington, Virginia. Getty Images / AFP

One month to go - and for Harris, Trump, America and the world there's still everything to play for

Cinili Hammam in Istanbul's Uskudar district has been serving bathers since 1640. Halil Taskin / The National

Postcard from IstanbulLocal hammams find favour as tourists soak up gentrified bathhouses

Experts have explained why vaccines won't take as long to manufacture in the future. Getty Images

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Nick Donaldson

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Quiz of the weekFind out how well you’ve kept up with the news of the past seven days

A new study has revealed that aircraft noise at night can affect sleep. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

What living near an airport really does to your sleep

Resident Sita Devi holds up her and her husband's government identity cards, which still name her village in Bihar, north-east India, as Pakistan Tola. Photo: Taniya Dutta / The National

The Indian village that's called Pakistan - and wishes it wasn't

The writer with his mother and sisters at his father Joselito Diaz's grave in the Philippines. One Carlo Diaz / The National

CommentA letter to my father, who died too soon

'I Voted' stickers on display in Arlington, Virginia. Getty Images / AFP

One month to go - and for Harris, Trump, America and the world there's still everything to play for

Cinili Hammam in Istanbul's Uskudar district has been serving bathers since 1640. Halil Taskin / The National

Postcard from IstanbulLocal hammams find favour as tourists soak up gentrified bathhouses

Experts have explained why vaccines won't take as long to manufacture in the future. Getty Images

How Belgium has become the 'Silicon Valley' of vaccine development

Nick Donaldson

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Quiz of the week

Quiz of the weekFind out how well you’ve kept up with the news of the past seven days

A new study has revealed that aircraft noise at night can affect sleep. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

What living near an airport really does to your sleep

Resident Sita Devi holds up her and her husband's government identity cards, which still name her village in Bihar, north-east India, as Pakistan Tola. Photo: Taniya Dutta / The National

The Indian village that's called Pakistan - and wishes it wasn't

The writer with his mother and sisters at his father Joselito Diaz's grave in the Philippines. One Carlo Diaz / The National

CommentA letter to my father, who died too soon

'I Voted' stickers on display in Arlington, Virginia. Getty Images / AFP

One month to go - and for Harris, Trump, America and the world there's still everything to play for

Cinili Hammam in Istanbul's Uskudar district has been serving bathers since 1640. Halil Taskin / The National

Postcard from IstanbulLocal hammams find favour as tourists soak up gentrified bathhouses

Hezbollah clashes with Israel on Lebanese border as strike kills Hamas leader in north

A view shows a damaged floor in a building at the site hit by an Israeli strike that, according to a security source, killed Saeed Atallah, a leader in Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam brigades, with three family members, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon October 5, 2024. REUTERS / Omar Ibrahim

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October 7 - one year of war

Women in Gaza city mourn for people killed in an Israeli bombardment earlier this week. On Wednesday, as the UN Security Council met to discuss the spiralling situation in Lebanon, Gazans were counting the cost of the latest Israeli attacks across the Palestinian enclave. AFP

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Kfir Bibas was eight months old when Hamas militants took him captive along with his four-year-old brother Ariel, mother Shiri and father Yarden from the Nir Oz kibbutz in southern Israel on October 7 last year. Photo: Hostage Families Forum

Israeli children held by Hamas cannot be forgotten, family urges

Gaza, Hamas, and life before and after

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Marwan Muasher, former Jordanian foreign minister, told The National that Israel wants control of Palestinian territories without the people on the land. Reuters

Jordan's first ambassador to Israel warns of threat to kingdom’s stability, one year into Gaza war

Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, February 19, 2024. Reuters

Gaza war: How Israel starved and strangled population for a year

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli air strike on a crowded tent camp housing the displaced in Muwasi, in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 10, 2024. AP

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Beyond October 7: 'Gaza is no more'

Beyond October 7: 'Gaza is no more'

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo / Richard Drew)

Israel's war - and its reputation: The view from around the world

Women in Gaza city mourn for people killed in an Israeli bombardment earlier this week. On Wednesday, as the UN Security Council met to discuss the spiralling situation in Lebanon, Gazans were counting the cost of the latest Israeli attacks across the Palestinian enclave. AFP

EditorialThe world forgets about Gaza at its peril

Kfir Bibas was eight months old when Hamas militants took him captive along with his four-year-old brother Ariel, mother Shiri and father Yarden from the Nir Oz kibbutz in southern Israel on October 7 last year. Photo: Hostage Families Forum

Israeli children held by Hamas cannot be forgotten, family urges

Gaza, Hamas, and life before and after

PodcastGaza, Hamas, and life before and after

Marwan Muasher, former Jordanian foreign minister, told The National that Israel wants control of Palestinian territories without the people on the land. Reuters

Jordan's first ambassador to Israel warns of threat to kingdom’s stability, one year into Gaza war

Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, February 19, 2024. Reuters

Gaza war: How Israel starved and strangled population for a year

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli air strike on a crowded tent camp housing the displaced in Muwasi, in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 10, 2024. AP

'These scars will last for a very long time': How the Middle East changed in a year

Beyond October 7: 'Gaza is no more'

Beyond October 7: 'Gaza is no more'

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo / Richard Drew)

Israel's war - and its reputation: The view from around the world

Women in Gaza city mourn for people killed in an Israeli bombardment earlier this week. On Wednesday, as the UN Security Council met to discuss the spiralling situation in Lebanon, Gazans were counting the cost of the latest Israeli attacks across the Palestinian enclave. AFP

EditorialThe world forgets about Gaza at its peril

Kfir Bibas was eight months old when Hamas militants took him captive along with his four-year-old brother Ariel, mother Shiri and father Yarden from the Nir Oz kibbutz in southern Israel on October 7 last year. Photo: Hostage Families Forum

Israeli children held by Hamas cannot be forgotten, family urges

Gaza, Hamas, and life before and after

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Marwan Muasher, former Jordanian foreign minister, told The National that Israel wants control of Palestinian territories without the people on the land. Reuters

Jordan's first ambassador to Israel warns of threat to kingdom’s stability, one year into Gaza war

President Sheikh Mohamed is received by Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of Egypt, at Cairo International Airport. Photo: UAE Presidential Court
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President Sheikh Mohamed meets Egypt's El Sisi on working visit

UAE leader attends a ceremony for graduates of Egypt’s military academy

Walz pledges to work 'side by side' with Muslim Americans

An election banner for Tunisian president and candidate for re-election Kais Saied in Tunis ahead of the upcoming presidential elections. AP

Tunisians abroad head to polls in presidential elections

Britain’s new Iran ambassador has experience of Hezbollah’s rise

Boris Johnson greets Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 10 Downing Street in 2019. Getty Images

Bug device 'found in Boris Johnson's toilet' after Netanyahu visit

Antarctic turning green at a 'dramatic rate'

US job growth beats expectations ahead of presidential election

One in three people globally live with threat of floods

US among 'fastest' growth markets for Masdar as it expands capacity

In focus

The 10-song album receives a three out of five by The National. Photo: Anna Lee

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Migrants at a refugee centre in Lithuania. Researchers have found adolescent migration can lead to a heightened risk of psychosis. AFP

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Bukayo Saka celebrates scoring Arsenal's second goal in their 2-0 Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain on October 1, 2024. AP

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The Global Chess League will host its second season in London after a grand opening in Dubai last year. Photo: Global Chess League

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Un Ballo In Maschera touches on the corrosive impacts of pride, jealousy and betrayal. Photo: Royal Opera House Muscat

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The New Murabba project in Riyadh will include a museum, a technology and design university, a multipurpose immersive theatre and more than 80 cultural and entertainment venues. Photo: New Murabba

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The British flag is displayed at a Remembrance Day Sunday service at Kandahar Airfield on November 9, 2014, in Afghanistan. Getty Images

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Migrants at a refugee centre in Lithuania. Researchers have found adolescent migration can lead to a heightened risk of psychosis. AFP

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Bukayo Saka celebrates scoring Arsenal's second goal in their 2-0 Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain on October 1, 2024. AP

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The Global Chess League will host its second season in London after a grand opening in Dubai last year. Photo: Global Chess League

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The New Murabba project in Riyadh will include a museum, a technology and design university, a multipurpose immersive theatre and more than 80 cultural and entertainment venues. Photo: New Murabba

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Migrants at a refugee centre in Lithuania. Researchers have found adolescent migration can lead to a heightened risk of psychosis. AFP

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British actress Elizabeth Hurley, global ambassador of S&P 500-listed Estée Lauder Companies' breast cancer campaign, visits the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday October 2. AFP

Global stock markets up as strong US jobs report calms nerves about economy

EU presses ahead with up to 45% tariffs on China-made EVs, raising spectre of trade war

Gulf states in race to make low-carbon metals as EU carbon tax looms

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How strong female mentors helped shape Hend Sabry's career

Green Art Gallery's Bound: Textiles Between Loss and Repair is an exploration of our relationship with fabric. Photo: Green Art Gallery

Weekly UAE museum and gallery guide: Ancient Islamic art on display

Houthis release video of Red Sea attack on tanker Cordelia Moon

Houthis release video of Red Sea attack on tanker Cordelia Moon

Khamenei: Strikes on Israel are 'legal and legitimate'

Khamenei: Strikes on Israel are 'legal and legitimate'

The National visits strike sites in southern Beirut

The National visits strike sites in southern Beirut

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Mangled rail tracks after Hurricane Helene tore through Marshall in the US state of North Carolina. AFP

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An artist paints an effigy of the Hindu demon king Ravana for the Dussehra festival in Varanasi, India. AFP

Houses partly submerged in flooded areas of Bamako, Mali. AFP

A cat wonders what it's all about after an Israeli air strike in the Mreijeh neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs. AFP

People on Cullercoats Beach, Tynemouth, England, at sunrise. PA

Trees decorated with lights as the Christmas season kicks off, as per a decree of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela. Reuters

Fencing action from day two of the Saudi Games in Riyadh. Getty Images

Balloons carrying rubbish launched across the border by North Korea are floating in the sky above Seoul to the south. AFP

Mangled rail tracks after Hurricane Helene tore through Marshall in the US state of North Carolina. AFP

A Chinese performer surrounded by flames, a traditional molten fire act during the Golden Week holiday in Beijing. Getty Images

An artist paints an effigy of the Hindu demon king Ravana for the Dussehra festival in Varanasi, India. AFP

Houses partly submerged in flooded areas of Bamako, Mali. AFP

A cat wonders what it's all about after an Israeli air strike in the Mreijeh neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs. AFP

People on Cullercoats Beach, Tynemouth, England, at sunrise. PA

Trees decorated with lights as the Christmas season kicks off, as per a decree of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela. Reuters

Fencing action from day two of the Saudi Games in Riyadh. Getty Images

Balloons carrying rubbish launched across the border by North Korea are floating in the sky above Seoul to the south. AFP

Mangled rail tracks after Hurricane Helene tore through Marshall in the US state of North Carolina. AFP

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